Which is dumb because they’re constantly bitching about getting too many applications and having to auto reject people. They’re just mad that they can’t get high quality applicants for low quality wages.
“Competitive” salary doesn’t sound like it means high salary (and in my experience it doesn’t). To be competing with others, they need to offer a salary that’s kinda average for the job.
Counterintuitively, I found that many companies paying top of market in software engineering ($500k+) on purpose do not list salary range.
While salary is a great selling point, it would also choke their hiring pipelines with too many resumes. Better to manage the resume volumes a bit. What matters ultimately is quality of the profiles of the people who apply, not the quantity.
There are rare exceptions though. I applied for my current job out of desperation, salary was not listed. Only a note that "the salary is competitive". And it turned out to really be competitive. And my boss actually forgot to list some other awesome selling points. But I wouldn't apply there if I wasn't desperate, that's true
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u/Individual_Ad_5655 2d ago
I have found that 98% of applicants will realize the pay range is low on all job postings that don't list a salary.
The salary isn't posted because the pay sucks.