I work for one of the giant evil corporations and recently secured a transfer to another division of the company. Today missed a call for a government contract for IT services that was posted last year so the wage was not posted in the req.
I called back and let them know that I already accepted a position and would like to know what the schedule is and what their budget for the wage was. She advised me that I would have to call someone else for that information as she did not have it and did not want to give me mis-information. so I called the next person, left a message and waited.
The woman that called me and that I spoke with initially called me back to tell me that the schedule was m-th 4/10 and if i interviewed they would tell me the wage.
I audibly laughed, “cool, thanks. I'm good.” click.
Money is the reason we work, but by all means lets all waste our time because no one wants to be upfront about it.