← Back to context Comment by nsxwolf 3 years ago How can anyone say it’s accurate? 9 comments nsxwolf Reply BeefySwain 3 years ago Employers provide it. Obviously they could report incorrectly, but it's not like Equifax is just guessing. nsxwolf 3 years ago Would you be willing to torpedo a good candidate making a reasonable request for compensation based on a discrepancy on this site? BeefySwain 3 years ago Would I personally? No. But then I would not ask the requisite question of "what was your prior salary" in the first place.Fact of the matter is that this tool makes it trivial for medium and large employers to suppress wages. avs733 3 years ago And if you were, I suspect you are doing the candidate a favor. 1 reply → redanddead 3 years ago You could start your own co. and raise your salary to the sky, this can be gamed. But then, why would you even be an employee.However, for the average worker, this is awful nkozyra 3 years ago Wouldn't you still need to be a paying Equifax customer to supply that? 1 reply → btmiller 3 years ago Silver lining is that I don't see any RSU compensation listed in my report! That's the biggest chunk of my earnings anyway, so that should be fair game during negotiations.
BeefySwain 3 years ago Employers provide it. Obviously they could report incorrectly, but it's not like Equifax is just guessing. nsxwolf 3 years ago Would you be willing to torpedo a good candidate making a reasonable request for compensation based on a discrepancy on this site? BeefySwain 3 years ago Would I personally? No. But then I would not ask the requisite question of "what was your prior salary" in the first place.Fact of the matter is that this tool makes it trivial for medium and large employers to suppress wages. avs733 3 years ago And if you were, I suspect you are doing the candidate a favor. 1 reply → redanddead 3 years ago You could start your own co. and raise your salary to the sky, this can be gamed. But then, why would you even be an employee.However, for the average worker, this is awful nkozyra 3 years ago Wouldn't you still need to be a paying Equifax customer to supply that? 1 reply →
nsxwolf 3 years ago Would you be willing to torpedo a good candidate making a reasonable request for compensation based on a discrepancy on this site? BeefySwain 3 years ago Would I personally? No. But then I would not ask the requisite question of "what was your prior salary" in the first place.Fact of the matter is that this tool makes it trivial for medium and large employers to suppress wages. avs733 3 years ago And if you were, I suspect you are doing the candidate a favor. 1 reply →
BeefySwain 3 years ago Would I personally? No. But then I would not ask the requisite question of "what was your prior salary" in the first place.Fact of the matter is that this tool makes it trivial for medium and large employers to suppress wages.
redanddead 3 years ago You could start your own co. and raise your salary to the sky, this can be gamed. But then, why would you even be an employee.However, for the average worker, this is awful nkozyra 3 years ago Wouldn't you still need to be a paying Equifax customer to supply that? 1 reply →
nkozyra 3 years ago Wouldn't you still need to be a paying Equifax customer to supply that? 1 reply →
btmiller 3 years ago Silver lining is that I don't see any RSU compensation listed in my report! That's the biggest chunk of my earnings anyway, so that should be fair game during negotiations.
Employers provide it. Obviously they could report incorrectly, but it's not like Equifax is just guessing.
Would you be willing to torpedo a good candidate making a reasonable request for compensation based on a discrepancy on this site?
Would I personally? No. But then I would not ask the requisite question of "what was your prior salary" in the first place.
Fact of the matter is that this tool makes it trivial for medium and large employers to suppress wages.
And if you were, I suspect you are doing the candidate a favor.
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You could start your own co. and raise your salary to the sky, this can be gamed. But then, why would you even be an employee.
However, for the average worker, this is awful
Wouldn't you still need to be a paying Equifax customer to supply that?
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Silver lining is that I don't see any RSU compensation listed in my report! That's the biggest chunk of my earnings anyway, so that should be fair game during negotiations.