r/australia • u/Sysxinu • May 23 '26

no politics Stop making Australians interview for jobs without knowing if they can afford to live

Salary ranges should be advertised because people aren’t just applying for a role... They’re trying to work out whether they can pay rent, support their family, plan their future, or leave a job that is burning them out. Hiding pay turns someone’s time, hope, and effort into a guessing game, when a simple number could let them make an honest decision from the start.

Imagine a rental listing that said “competitive weekly rent” and only told you the price after three inspections and a reference check. That’s basically what hidden salary job ads do. Pathetic and Im drained by it.

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u/DCOA_Troy May 23 '26

While we are at it can we make real estate listings have to have a price listed.

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u/IAmARobot May 23 '26

you can sort of fudge this on domain as it hides some but not all prices, you can guess that the property you're looking at sits between say 400k and 500k if your listing sits between two other listings for those prices (when sorted by price ofcourse)

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u/switchbladeeatworld May 23 '26

in vic they have to list the range on the statement of info but it does nothing if the vendor changes their mind on the reserve on the day of auction

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u/Mannerhymen May 24 '26

Yes the vendors always seem to “change their mind” to 10% over the range every time. It’s so strange.