Are hiring managers informed of the salary being offered to the candidates?
For those who are hiring managers: Are hiring managers informed if say the TC of the candidate is higher then the hiring manager himself. What is the general guidelines followed in sharing TC with higher ups?
I had an experience where recruiter knew my salary expectations all along. She brought me onsite for interview with HM and other team members. Within few days, I heard from recruiter that my salary expectations are 20% higher than top of the range they could offer. What I thought was that the HM was kept in dark about my salary expectations. Recruiter thought that I would be emotionally vested after the interview and positive feedback and would accept any offer they make. I didn’t accept anyways but emailed HM about this fiasco. HM’s answer was even more baffling. HM said she knew my salary expectations all along but decided to bring me onsite anyways. 🙄
Maybe you did well but not well enough in the interview to justify putting you in the higher salary band
@WAM382: That is what I thought. But the level they were interviewing for had a Glassdoor range and I had expectations for 20% more than the max. on Glassdoor. The only possibility I think is that, they thought based on interview performance, they could uplevel me to justify my salary. I did meet the requirements for the level I was interviewing for but not for next level up. I still think it is unjust to lure people to onsite if they are gambling about my level
Recruiters lead the salary discussions and HM’s will be asked to give approval before the offer goes out. Have personally experienced this as a HM, where the offer was considerably higher than my own salary and I only found out at the last minute. At the time, I flipped. Now I understand that it’s better to pay for great team members who will help you and your team achieve maximum potential.
You got mad at the time that your report had a higher salary?
Interested in how his works at google. Does hiring manager sit in the comp committee ? If candidate asks for a or if band TC, does hiring manager get involved ?
HM is always aware of the salary range. The moment you are hired they know your exact salary. Its useless for the company to keep HM out of the salary loop. HM may say NO to a very high comp which imbalances their entire team but I have also seen exceptions for hard to fill positions. Sometimes HM may call few good candidates on site to drive a point to the company or group director.. aka... Good talent isn't cheap. Unethical but happens all the time in non faang companies.
“HM is always aware of the salary range” That is not true in every company. At Uber there is no transparency on salary ranges in the company, even for managers.
Interesting I didn’t know that was a thing but I can respect it overall.
Have came across many instances where offers were not issued only because TC was considerably higher and the reasons given were "it affects team parity". Keeping the TC confidential is the only way around this for high range TCs.
When I got an offer letter for a FAANG, I interviewed specifically with a manager at the end and during negotiations with the recruiter I was told partial approval would go through the HM (aside from finance and stuff). Sounded like the HM would have partial final say on all the numbers. This might not be how it works for every case though.
That’s how it works here