I applied for a job through Indeed, salary range was 30-35k GBP (I'm in UK). The external recruiter rang me, all was well, he sent my CV over to the company and got me to type up a small cover letter. This was Friday 8th Sept.
Radio silence from the recruiter all last week, I chased him on 13th Sept. Chased again today and got this response:
“Apologies I’d not come back sooner.
Their MD had been overseas on work. Unfortunately they have re-evaluated the role and dropped the salary bracket significantly to 27k
If you would like to be considered at that level then please let me know? I appreciate that wasn’t the level we first discussed”
This is for an admin role, and while I appreciate the initial salary range was high, I just feel like it's a bit bait and switch to lower the bracket now. What do you think, red flag?
This role is much closer to home for me, but the benefits stop there… so I probably won't go for it. New salary offered is what I am on now.