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From: kentb@uo-vax1.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.jobs
Subject: Job offer info?
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Date: Sat, 14-Apr-84 21:33:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr 14 21:33:00 1984
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Nf-From: uo-vax1!kentb    Apr 14 18:33:00 1984

Observation: It seems to me that employers hold all the cards when it comes
to asking that hard-ball question, "What were you looking for in terms of
salary?"  I end up asking for what I think is the high end of the going
market rate, but the information I have is all vague hearsay, with no
particular substance to it.  For whatever reason, there seems to be an
unwritten taboo against discussing the details of job offers.  Since this
can only benefit employers, I ask the following...

Question: How much information is it appropriate (ethical, right, ...) to
reveal about a job you have been offered?  To whom should this information
be told?  Is it alright to give the name of the company involved, or should
just a general description of kind of work and location be used?  Where did
this silly distaste for publishing this kind of information come from?  

Answers to the net would probably be appropriate.
TIA
Kent Beck
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