Asking someone to confirm if a salary offer is appropriate

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manpreet Tuteehub forum best answer Best Answer 2 years ago

My company works very closely with another firm, and I have a friend that I referred to the other firm for a job. He interviewed with them and got an offer, but he and I both think the offer is kind of low for the href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/position">position. I work on a team with someone from the other firm that holds the same href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/level">level of href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/position">position my friend got offered. Would it be taboo or illegal for me to simply email this href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/person">person and say "Hey my friend got offered this amount for this href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/position">position, can you just confirm one way or another if that's the standard starting salary for it? We were both thinking it would be higher."

I can't think of why this would be an HR href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/violation">violation or something similar, but when it comes to financial stuff I'm always leery of accidentally stepping out of line.

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manpreet 2 years ago

Would it be taboo or illegal for me to simply email this person and say "Hey my friend got offered this amount for this position, can you just confirm one way or another if that's the standard starting salary for it? We were both thinking it would be higher."

At least in the US, it's not at all illegal.

As far as taboo, in my part of the world salaries are seldom discussed, but I wouldn't categorize such discussion as "taboo". And I think the way you have phrased it is perfectly appropriate.

If you and your friend get confirmation that the offer is low as you suspect, make sure not to name this person as the reason for your feelings. That wouldn't be appropriate.


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