Hacker News Reader

It's a good idea, if the salary talk is after I've had a chance to prove I have value.

But a lot of times there's actually a specific field in the application form with "expected compensation".

Put market rates down in that field, and then when they reach a hiring decision, say "By the way, because of tax rates in my country, I'd like it if you could make my salary no more than $55K and donate the rest to these charities." I don't know any business that wouldn't be glad to find out, on hiring decision, that their new employee will cost them half as much as they bargained for and they can take a tax write-off on the rest.

If you're trying to get a job at BigCorp that's probably an HR nightmare to figure out.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com