AIBU to expect job adverts to include salary ranges upfront?

[Netcurtainnelly]

Do you agree that the salary range should be posted on every job hiring ad so that applicants' time is not wasted?

I couldn't agree more. I won't even apply for a role that doesn't give an indication of salary.

I emailed about a role I was interested in with no salary advertised to be told it was "Band X" which means nothing unless you're working for the company and know what the bands are. They said they'd only confirm salary to the successful candidate, but if I tell them what I'm currently paid, they'll tell me if it matches what they'll pay 🙄 I didn't even respond. I'm not playing "I'll show you mine, if you show me yours."

I'm public sector at the moment. All adverts have the salary range and they're published so everyone knows what everyone else is paid. Stops all the cloak and dagger nonsense.

but if I tell them what I'm currently paid, they'll tell me if it matches what they'll pay

Wow, so if you're really lucky, you may just get what you're already getting! Fabulous career progression opportunity!!

Agreed, that ridiculous, they must know what budget they have and what that band means internally! Just an excuse to try and pay the least possible or waste everyone’s time, I don’t blame you for not bothering.

Or entrepreneurial and flexible.

Some may indeed see it that way as well; but most people primarily do their job to earn money to support themselves and their family - and they need to know the score.

Council tax, electricity bills and food don't cost less for people who are entrepreneurial and flexible, if they take their career bravely out into the unknown and can't plan securely for the future.

I agree to a degree, but in my last round of recruitment we got an applicant better than we expected for the role (we knew of him in the industry already, and he’d recently been made redundant) and we snapped him up at considerably more than we’d have paid someone less experienced, and adjusted the job description to suit his experience. If we’d advertised the initially expected salary range for the initially expected role he may not have applied. We are a small business though, with the flexibility to move like that.