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Does this mean employers check your previous earnings for salary negotiation?
Maybe. You can see who has looked at your tax record. For famous folk that is usually a bunch of journalists. You can hide a check by hiring a private detective to enquire in your behalf but the enquiry is still logged
You can of course check the earnings of the rest of your team if you want to use that to negotiate
jellybaby-
Maybe. You can see who has looked at your tax record. ... You can of course check the earnings of the rest of your team if you want to use that to negotiate.
It's possible, but very unlikely to happen:
- The tax you pay doesn't to give a precise picture of your wages. Too many other factors influence your final tax bill. This means you are mostly safe to fib within a 10 - 20% range if you are asked about your previous salary. I assume that's the range which most people exaggerate when changing jobs? If you tried to claim you somehow earned way more than that in your previous job, there are easier ways for your new employer to assess that than logging in and snooping in your tax records.
- And yes, like jellybaby says, the snooper can't check your records without leaving a digital trace, so you will be able to see exactly who accessed your records. I can't image any potential employers would want a reputation for snooping into prospective candidates personal affairs. Again, it's not illegal but it would kill your reputation.
- It's equally legal to snoop in the tax records of your prospective colleagues, but again I can't imagine a single instance where doing so wouldn't lead to a job offer being withdrawn. Who would want to work with a sneaky cunt like that?
- The tax you pay doesn't to give a precise picture of your wages. Too many other factors influence your final tax bill. This means you are mostly safe to fib within a 10 - 20% range if you are asked about your previous salary. I assume that's the range which most people exaggerate when changing jobs? If you tried to claim you somehow earned way more than that in your previous job, there are easier ways for your new employer to assess that than logging in and snooping in your tax records.
starfish&coffee
Does this mean employers check your previous earnings for salary negotiation?
And do people have tinder plug-ins so you can do benchmarking between potential dates?