| You can disagree with me, but there's nothing "in bad faith" about what I wrote. > Padding a resume is sometimes necessary to bypass automated systems You're justifying lying. Not a good start for a relationship with your employer. Would you hire someone you knew was lying on their application? > recruiters will openly tell you to do this If they do, you know you're dealing with dishonest recruiters. Is that who you want to do business with? > who will make mistakes Just go to another company where you do qualify. > Padding the salary history is almost impossible Back before the internet, other people endlessly bragged to me how they got a better offer by padding their salary. When I interviewed for jobs, I'd bring a paystub to show the interviewer that my salary history was honest. They appreciated that. They were aware that such padding was routine. > If the company doesn't do this diligence A lot don't do that, especially smaller outfits. > What about cases where the employee ends up being better than expected and brings way more value to the company than the originally agreed upon offer? Simple. Document the value you brought to the company, go to the manager and start negotiating. If he won't budge, quit, and interview at the next company, being sure to present your evidence of the value you bring. P.S. if you really did bring the value, the company will be happy to raise your pay in order to keep you. > The amount of resources a company/corp has The only power a corp has over you is if you give it to them by being afraid to negotiate and afraid to walk away. They're not going to hire thugs to beat you and shoot your dog. BTW, just for fun, I've been watching "Power", a miniseries about drug kingpins. I have to laugh at how they negotiate. It's always "do this for me or I'll kill you". Way to inspire loyalty! Or at least the silly Hollywood fantasy way. |
While I agree with everything else you said, this strikes me as a poor strategy unless you have some highly assured leverage with which to negotiate your salary (e.g. you have lots of competing job offers, or you know that you're uniquely qualified for a job with few applicants).