This guy from hiring agency called me and asked a bunch of questions and said that we have the right to verify your current income either by asking you to provide your current pay stub or w2 form.
Do they have this right ? Am i required to do so ?
Or can i just say somthing to the effect of that this is my current salary, believe it or not.
2007-02-22 06:19:03 · 8 answers · asked by Salman Hashmi 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Sometimes employers ask this question to see how serious you are. Sometimes they just want to see if they can pay you less. The interesting thing is it's always 3rd parties that ask this info, I have yet to meet an employer that asks for that. Employers usually ask for Sales Metrics, customer lists, rolling 12's. Not W2's.
Quite frankly it's irrelevant. If you are being underpaid and a potential employer finds out, it's generally read as a red flag, or they will try to "low ball" you. Same thing if you are making more, but for whatever reason you are fine taking a pay cut. Employers read that as red flags as well.
Do research on what you are worth, state a fair salary range, and ask for their best offer. They can check with your former employer what you make.
I would NEVER give my w-2 to anyone but a home loan officer or my accountant. Too much personal information on there.
2007-02-22 06:29:20 · answer #1 · answered by zeebarista 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course they have the right to ask for a pay stub or W2. You don't have to provide it but they can ask.
You can certainly say that your current salary is X, "believe it or not". From experience I can tell you they will chose "not" and you won't get the job.
Look at it from their point of view, what good reason would you have for refusing? None. The only reason to refuse is because you're not being honest.
2007-02-22 06:24:51 · answer #2 · answered by Oh Boy! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want the job they can require that you present them with proof of what you made previously. They can also ask that you sign a form that allows them to ask previous employers about your compensation and work practices, without permission a previous employer can only tell them your dates of employment. Is it ethical? no. But they can also make you a job offer and you can refuse based on the money just not being there.
2007-02-22 06:24:55 · answer #3 · answered by Amy V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the hot agency would not provide a damn what absolutely everyone else paid you. they're going to grant you a sales in accordance to what they're planning to pay. Any questions asking about previous salaries are in simple terms a ploy to get you to fasten in a sales variety to make sure the position you're coming from.
2016-12-04 19:26:50 · answer #4 · answered by gagliano 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess you could tell them that, but...you may have signed something with them to give them permission to get your current rate of pay. Do you work for this hiring agency or did they place you at your current employer.
2007-02-22 06:23:54 · answer #5 · answered by blah1977 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right is irrelevant. They have no obligation to hire you and they do not have to give you a reason why they don't. If they ask for it and you don't supply it, they will simply tell you that the position has been filled by someone else.
2007-02-22 06:23:23 · answer #6 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To authenticate your statement and as you have admitted it to be true, they could verify the same with indirect authority conferred by you on them. (if you are not furnishing a document for supporting it).
2007-02-22 06:25:06 · answer #7 · answered by cabridog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't have the right to verify anything that you do not give your written autorization for!
2007-02-22 06:26:39 · answer #8 · answered by ladystardust566 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋