[Cialug] How normal is it to ask for w2s and pay stubs as part of the interview process?

[Don Ellis]

What I hear is that, if you were underpaid at your last job, we want to be
sure you're underpaid at this job as well.

I've had just a couple of jobs (which I really enjoyed) that, when they
terminated me, made me feel really good about it. One, at a restaurant,
made sure to give me something extra when I ate there. Another, said I
could do much better work; within three months, I was earning about twice
what they were paying.

--Don Ellis


On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 2:17 PM Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:

> Its not an "honesty test" when they qualify it with "I want to make
> sure your starting salary isn't more than what you made in the past".
>
> :) Dave
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Dave Weis <djweis at sjdjweis.com> wrote:
> > It's partly an honesty test. If I tell you I'm making 80k as a level one
> > help desk but actually making 40k it is not a good start to our
> > relationship.
> >
> > Anyway, not that uncommon. If you're uncomfortable then decline the
> request.
> >
> > On Jun 28, 2016 10:57 AM, "Josh More" <jmore at starmind.org> wrote:
> >
> >> If you have to take the job, do what they say, but keep looking.  I
> agree
> >> that this one is manipulative and not worth any long term plans.
> >>
> >> -Josh
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
>

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