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Not only is there an inflation wave thanks to Biden, but a lot of companies are trying to hire super senior developers, but wanting to pay them junior level salaries. I just got done interviewing with a company, and they were trying to pay 50$/hr for a senior/lead developer position. However, they waited until AFTER the interview to try and do a switch and bait on the salary. Scumbags all around

Not only is there an inflation wave thanks to Biden, but a lot of companies are trying to hire super senior developers, but wanting to pay them junior level salaries. I just got done interviewing with a company, and they were trying to pay 50$/hr for a senior/lead developer position. However, they waited until AFTER the interview to try and do a switch and bait on the salary. Scumbags all around

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[–] • 4 pts (edited )

I had a company that wanted to interview me. But they wanted a zoom interview, even though they were a local company. I told them I don't have zoom and I'm not interested in downloading it either. And said before we get ahead of ourselves, what does your company pay? (painter position) She said $12/hr

I laughed really hard into the phone and said Y'all won't get a professional painter at 12 an hour! That's only gonna get you a painters helper.

[–] • 3 pts

Yeah, for an interesting take on this interview. They were interviewing for a softwatre developer who could do Desktop, Assembly, Memory Profiling, shared piping, Web APIs, AND lead projects and initiatives. Maximum rate they could afford, around 58$/hr

[–] • 1 pt

Y'all won't get a professional painter at 12 an hour!

Right, they won't get professional painters- they'll get laborers. They'll do a lousy job.

You get what you pay for. Interestingly, the plandemic hoax has sort of turned the tables when it comes to the employee-employer power dynamic. Right now, employees have more power than they've ever had before, at least in my recent memory (though I am rather young). Two years ago, looking for a job was all about what the worker had to offer.

Now, it's the other way around. What does the company have to offer me? I know what I do, I know I'm dedicated and self-motivated and absolutely earn every penny I make. So I demand to be paid as such. And with good workers in short supply right now... it's up to the company on whether they want to bring in a bunch of temps for low wages, or if they want to find one guy that can do all of those jobs... if you pay him for it.

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I say this as someone who knows people in tech recruiting. It's important to understand what is really going on here.

100% what you experienced was them building justification for giving that position to an H1-B. To be allowed to use H1-B they have to first demonstrate that they were unable to fill the position using domestic talent. So they do a round of interviews with bullshit requirements and bullshit comp to ensure they will find no domestic candidates.

If you want to fight back against this classwar-on-the-DL I'd recommend taking the job and then immediately quitting. Make it as expensive as possible for them.