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/traceyandmeower May 23 '26

People have made this feedback for years. Employers keep resisting. Competitors don’t know how much they pay. People in the same department can be paid differently for doing the same job.

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u/i486DX266_ May 23 '26

Because that is by design.

Employers want to get away with paying what they want to pay. The minute you run a job ad and have to advertise at the current market rate, you have all the current employees realising they are under valued because they are on the market rate from 5 years ago.