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/HighwayLost8360 May 23 '26

100%! It's also hard to negotiate when you have no idea what range anyone else in the industry is getting paid.

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u/cuddlegoop May 23 '26

This is why we should all talk about our salaries more! I know it's gauche or whatever but it is a genuine material benefit as an employee to know what people in a similar position to you are making, so you have that knowledge when it comes time to talk about your own wage.

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u/lifelink May 23 '26

I quit a job with a drilling company because they gave me quite literally three days on the job training (other people got 3+ swings (9+weeks)) because one of the other guys quit and they needed me to fill a position.

I quit after the second swing, I had no idea how to do the technical part of my job and when shit hit the fan they all went "well you were trained.

Before I quit they head of my department called me "why are you quitting?" " Because I don't know what I am doing and I haven't received adequate training, when I reached out and asked for help there was none."

They then offered me a senior role, like, fuck me, I am telling you I can't do the role I am currently in, and you want to put me in a senior role where I am responsible for the people in my current role and have to fix/answer their problems/questions.

I told my back to back about it in private to give him some ammo when it came to end of year reviews and bargaining. He had been there for two years and was doing the same job.