Why companies don't post salaries in job adverts - BBC Worklife
You’re scrolling through LinkedIn when you come across a promising job ad. The description is inspiring, the team members look compatible and you meet most of the qualifications for the role. Then, when you get to the part about the expected salary, you find that instead of an actual figure there are phrases like “depending on experience” or simply “competitive”.
“In traditional corporate environments, the salary is often hidden because it’s a game of cat and mouse trying to figure out what salary the candidate is currently on, what they’re expecting, and what the company is willing to pay,” explains Tom Harmsworth, the UK managing director at property-technology company WeMaintain, which operates in the UK, France and Singapore.
But this lack of disclosure hurts workers. Knowing the expected salary upfront lets a candidate understand whether a job will be financially viable for them. It also streamlines conversations later in the hiring process. This chimes with data from a 2018 LinkedIn survey, in which the overwhelming majority of respondents (61%) said compensation was the most important part of the job description. A Glassdoor study showed similar results, with salary (67%) being the top factor jobseekers look for in ads.
