Is this legal? I interviewed at company X for a job. They had the salary range and I went for the very top of the bracket – actually 10% more because I told her I was earning more than the bracket in my current role so I’d need a raise to move.
It was a new position at X so they didn’t have anyone else there doing the same job to compare internally.
They were surprised as I don’t have the most experience but the hiring manager said she really liked me. She said she’d fight to get the extra budget to offer me what I wanted, but I should send her a copy of my old contract or a payslip so she could justify to her CFO why I should be hired on more money.
Trouble is, I’m not on anywhere near that in my current job so I can’t provide the documents. Also it’s weird to provide that info? There was a bit of back and forth with me refusing.
In the end she said while she was happy to give me the benefit of the doubt that wasn’t good enough for the CFO as my salary would be way, way above their market research for the role so without something concrete she could take to CFO she couldn’t make an offer?
Is this legal? Extorting me for what are essentially private legal documents?