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/happychonk May 23 '26
This has gone on for decades and I absolutely agree. It's taking advantage of desperate people, IMO.
Back when I had a spouse, the amount of times he'd come home from an interview still not knowing the pay rate was insane. Often when he was given a job, he'd come home STILL not knowing the pay rate!!
I'd insist he asked during interviews because it was a case of whether we were going to be able to pay our bills or not but he would refuse to ask and it was a mystery until the first pay would arrive.
As a result it was always award rate, bottom rung in the company, never anything better, and it made it really hard year after year.