[seanoliver]

> - forcing a range means these ranges will skew lower so higher performing people will lose out and average salaries will go down

I could easily see this having the opposite effect: Forcing a range causes employers (particularly those with less name recognition) to increase posted salaries in order to get people interested enough to apply.

I don't see how posting lower salaries would do anything but discourage top applicants.

[marcus_holmes]

I can see how companies paying their current staff a lower salary would be hesitant to post the new job at a higher salary range. There would be a strong temptation to post at a lower range, despite that not attracting the best new talent, to avoid the demands of pay raises from the existing staff.

[NoraCodes]

Sounds like a good thing. Those companies will either pay their workers what they're worth, or hurt for talent.