The recruiter told me $140k was the absolute hard ceiling, but their own job posting lists the range up to $185k. When I called them out, they claimed the top of the range is strictly reserved for candidates who fulfill 100% of the nice-to-have requirements, including a laundry list of niche certifications. Bait-and-switch. How do you handle it when a company flat-out refuses to honor the salary transparency ranges they publish?

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A company that actually wants you, does not do this BS.

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Move on. You aren’t their first or top choice.

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If it's a recuriter, they would definetly want you to get paid more as they get paid more

Do you want the job? Is their whole package, beyond just the salary acceptable? Some places never start at their ceiling so you can grow into it. Their comment regarding "reserved" is odd but, I certainly wouldn't take it personal.

It's a range. Nobody almost ever gets offered the top of the range.

I have grown so sick of corporate dweebs lying about everything then making excuses that I am about to change careers completely.

If the Scientific world has no honor after putting in 30 years running a lab, I am going back to the Porn business (behind the scenes!) (making websites and video editing) (The most amusing special effects I ever made!).

At least those people are honest and treat employees with respect, unlike Corporate America (which can go to Heck for all I care!) (Heck is where you go when you don't believe in Gosh).

I’d write a Glassdoor review tbh

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