u/kashigujer

I’m trying to get better at asking for the salary range early without sounding rude or making it awkward.

A lot of recruiters want to move fast, but they won’t share compensation until after multiple interviews. I don’t want to waste their time or mine if the range is way off.

How do you professionally ask for the salary range before committing to interviews?

Been thinking about this a lot lately. Some jobs just seem to print money for what feels like very little actual work or skill, while people doing genuinely hard, important work get paid scraps.

I'll go first — corporate "consultants" who fly in for a week, run a few PowerPoint workshops, tell your company things the employees have been saying for years, then charge six figures for the privilege. Half the time the report just gets shelved anyway.

Not trying to start a war, just curious what jobs you've seen up close and thought "wait... this is what they get paid for?"

Could be a job you've worked, a job you've worked alongside, or one you've just watched from the outside and scratched your head at. Bonus points if you can explain what they actually do day-to-day vs what people think they do.