I got laid off from a job recently. A recruiter contacted me about an opportunity, I sent in my resume, etc. During this process, he asked “What did you make in your last job?” which I have no problem sharing.
I had an in-person interview today. When I got to the interview, they gave me the list of responsibilities (which ranged everything from what I would consider HR duties, accounts payable, payroll, front desk, administrative support and so on). They want someone there between 7:30 am to 5 pm but also available some evenings and weekends if they have events or customer meetings.
After all of the questions, they said “We see you have this amount listed as your salary expectation, but what is the lowest amount you would be willing to accept?” They had my previous salary written on the top of the paperwork, so they already knew, before asking to interview me, what I used to make.
I asked if they had a budget for the position, and they refused an answer. I asked what range the former person in that role had and they also refused to answer. So you want me to lowball myself?
I told them that I don’t want to make less money. I don’t think this is going to work out. Smh. I’m mostly frustrated at the colossal waste of time driving down there to interview.