Recently I heard from two separate people in different industries being asked to provide proof of bonus and other benefits during salary negotiation. I always was under the impression that such a thing was 'unprofessional' ethics, but is this becoming a new normal? Case 1: Data Scientist position at Gilead - asked by new company to provide details of bonus from the current employer Case 2: Engineer at Samsung - asked by the current employer to provide proof of offer from Samsung to get the internal counteroffer. Personally, I myself would not be willing to provide this information without seeing the first offer. I will only provide this as justification if the offer differences are significant and the hiring party is still willing to negotiate, and I too want to move with them. However, I would like to invite opinions from both HR and people currently receiving offers so that I can be better prepared from whenever I am actually trying to switch jobs. #humanresource #HR #salarynegotiations #bonus #offerletter #counteroffer
it’s just the bonus, wouldn’t it be stranger to not ask for proof and believe whatever folks tell them
So it would be alright to ask what everyone is making in that position at their company? Or that this is as high as they can go? Transparency goes both ways. Stop licking boots.
stop farting irrelevant and illogical nonsense
Hard no. I answer any previous / current comp question by saying " that's between me and the company l work for ". If you were to look at it from the perspective of your current employer, this is a sensitive information, unless your current employer is advertising all open positions with the salary details/ranges. If they insist on having this information and say they can't move you forward, l'd run ..
I usually don't get recruiters asking proof as long as the offer is within what they would expect. The exception here in my recent experience is Google required proof to negotiate their offer from 60% of the competing offer to 75% of the competing offer (for same level).
Just let the recruiters (or whoever asked) know it's not allowed. Some companies asked employees not to provide comp. info as part of training so/and ask employees to sign such agreement.
Most states it’s illegal to ask. Not to mention it’s just tacky, hard no from me
Asking for current compensation is illegal in some states so you can deny giving them any proofs , Recruiters know it , but still ask , feel free to push back if it’s not too risky