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SheepherderFew3844 t1_iumt6kn wrote

Reply to comment by RolandDeepson in Employers that have four or more employees in NYC are legally required to share salary ranges for job listings. by [deleted]

You must be responding ftom Mensa headquarters!! A 4 paragraph post stating nothing regarding your answe letter to the question. If you go on a job interview you know what salary you want and deserve for your experience and skill level. My point is the city council has much more pressing issues that making this a law. Who was harmed so terribly that someone said we can never have this happen again. It must be stamped out. It’s a completely unnecessary law issued by people who have zero concept how the private sector works.

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schkra t1_iuo5q0d wrote

to answer your question: this is important because it gives transparency to employees to see if their pay is reasonable, and it gives them data to negotiate for fairer wages. transparency is good for workers. additionally, it lets you sift through jobs to understand if it’s worth your time to apply. i’ve gone through multiple interviews before where the employer asks comp expectations at the end. if i’m asking for 1.5x what the position pays, seeing salary upfront shows me i shouldn’t bother. for employers, it also saves time on wasted interviews for candidates who never would’ve said yes anyway. for small companies it might be unpleasant, but if comp is small you can compensate in other ways that don’t need to be published such as equity or profit sharing. i fail to see how this is a dumb law for a state like new york where top talent goes.

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