Should I lie about the salary of my last job in the interview?

[Joyce423]

I am going to change my job, and in an interview, the HR just asked the salary of my last job.
Is that OK for me to lie about it? Will they check my salary and know I lied about it?

 

[mrbeachman]

They may check, but it is highly unlikely.

Take a calculated risk.

Morally there is nothing wrong with this.

 

[newtone]

They will not check for that, cause its confidential information. If you plan to lie then make sure you do it very professionally. It is an art and also a talent not many people are gifted with

Take a look at the link below and make sure you gather enough confidence, good luck

http://sabotagetimes.com/life/the-art-of-lying-how-to-make-friends-and-influence-people/

 

[torontosm]

I am going to change my job, and in an interview, the HR just asked the salary of my last job.
Is that OK for me to lie about it? Will they check my salary and know I lied about it?

Employers can check your salary by asking you to present your T4 or other proof of income prior to extending an offer. The firm I work for does this regularly, particularly when the stated salary appears suspect.

 

[mrbeachman]

Employers can check your salary by asking you to present your T4 or other proof of income prior to extending an offer. The firm I work for does this regularly, particularly when the stated salary appears suspect.

Unless this company is in a banking/financial industry here is a piece of advice for anyone wanting to work for this firm. I would avoid it like plague.

 

[torontosm]

Unless this company is in a banking/financial industry here is a piece of advice for anyone wanting to work for this firm. I would avoid it like plague.

Why? Because you can't lie and get away with it? Sounds like employers should be avoiding you like the plague.

 

[mrbeachman]

You sound like someone who would do push ups if interviewer asked you to obey. This is what I call a spineless Canadian employee. It is simply none of their business what my T4 looks like. This is just a potential for a further abuse and spying by the company.

 

[torontosm]

You sound like someone who would do push ups if interviewer asked you to obey. This is what I call a spineless Canadian employee. It is simply none of their business what my T4 looks like. This is just a potential for a further abuse and spying by the company.

I don't understand why you are so sensitive about disclosing your current salary to employers. I know that I wouldn't hire you if I suspected you of fabricating your salary and you refused to provide any evidence to the contrary. For that matter, I probably wouldn't hire you anyway with your crazy conspiracy theories. Now please put your tin-foil helmet back on and go back to hiding in your basement where the satellites can't see you.

 

[zardoz]

They can see into basements...

 

[on-hold]

I agree with Mr. Beachman on this -- one of the most pernicious aspects of changing jobs is this weird idea that what you made in the past should affect what your new company paid you. It's a class mechanism that makes sure skilled workers with lower-paying jobs will continually make less. Your salary should be based on what you bring to the firm, your real value to them; forcing a new employee to bring in old T4 forms is simply a way of trying to squeeze them as much as is feasibly possible. How does a company think its workers are going to be loyal when it basically admits that it isn't even evaluating their value, but just trying to pay them as little as it can?

 

[mrbeachman]

I don't understand why you are so sensitive about disclosing your current salary to employers. I know that I wouldn't hire you if I suspected you of fabricating your salary and you refused to provide any evidence to the contrary. For that matter, I probably wouldn't hire you anyway with your crazy conspiracy theories. Now please put your tin-foil helmet back on and go back to hiding in your basement where the satellites can't see you.

Gotta love it. It is a conspiracy theory! How can you argue anything now when you have been accused of being anti-government and anarchist!

Well, I gotta go. Alex Jones just called.

 

[Katayoon]

+1 to you;
And facebook can read into basements

They can see into basements...

 

[s.gupta1487]

I am going to change my job, and in an interview, the HR just asked the salary of my last job.
Is that OK for me to lie about it? Will they check my salary and know I lied about it?

No body checks anybody's payslip...That's ludicrous..Tell whatever you want to..but be realistic..

 

[mrbeachman]

No body checks anybody's payslip...That's ludicrous..Tell whatever you want to..but be realistic..

Well, apparently a scummy employer here checks T4.

 

[torontosm]

Well, apparently a scummy employer here checks T4.

I think the lying employee qualifies as being "scummier"

Don't hate a company because they don't tolerate your loose morals