Why do job listings hide the salary?
Companies often leave pay ranges off job descriptions, forcing applicants to waste time on interviews only to discover mismatched compensation later. This lack of transparency makes it impossible to gauge whether an opportunity is worth pursuing upfront, leading to widespread frustration among job seekers.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Asking for the pay band in the comments or direct messaging posters, guessing based on job requirements, or ignoring the posting altogether.
- 2Asking only HR or the hiring manager instead of team interviewers
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“No pay band listed. Entry-level, but requires multiple years of experience with multiple languages and full ci/cd technologies... Show the pay or GTFO.”source ↗
icvader · r/Netsuite · 5 upvotes
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
- 4Why are corporate accounting manager salaries so low?
- 2Why do dream jobs pay so little?
- 2Is taking a lower job title a red flag on a resume?
- 3Should I take a very low-paying entry-level job out of desperation?
- 4Why am I paying for professional certs that barely increase my pay?
- 21Doing higher-level work without a pay raise