Me: "Sorry- we arrived at an agreeable number earlier. I don't see how a salary history would change that."
Them: (stammers...)
Either way it's a win- you either get it, or they toss you and you dodged a FUCKING BULLET.
You say "you dodged a FUCKING BULLET", and I agree in principle, but in practice, a lot of employers do this, and a lot of people submit themselves to this kind of crap which makes you stick out more (like a sore thumb) when you don't.
I wonder if you could just counter the request by saying you signed a NDA that forbid sharing that information.
>I wonder if you could just counter the request by saying you signed a NDA that forbid sharing that information.
Seems reasonable, or some version of "No thanks, I'd rather not."
I don't know who "they" is, but this isn't true at all. Many large-scale employers are only willing to verify dates of employment, because they're scared of being pulled into a defamation lawsuit. But that's just an overabundance of caution from them. There's nothing to stop your former employer from responding to requests with "southphillyman typically visits the toilet every day between 11:20 and 11:40".