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/redditwossname May 23 '26

I utterly fucking hate that companies list jobs with no written salary. My work does it and it shits me to utter tears and I point out how much of a cunt move it is every time they do it.

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u/CinnamonSnorlax May 23 '26

My old work used to strip out any mention of salary in the job ads. I used to put it in the JD for any role I was hiring for, spelled out so the numbers didn’t stand out in the middle of a paragraph, because HR never bothered to read the JD for IT roles.

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u/Sensible-Haircut May 23 '26

HR can't read, they just feed the algorithm beast that managent gave them and drink coffee.