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My HR Team Won’t Tell Candidates the Salary Until We Make an Offer. Is This as Bad as It Feels?

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11.09.2026

My HR Team Won’t Tell Candidates the Salary Until We Make an Offer. Is This as Bad as It Feels?

Keeping candidates in the dark about pay is a recipe for wasted interviews and rejected offers. Alison Green shares how to break the cycle.

EXPERT OPINION BY ALISON GREEN, INC.COM COLUMNIST @ASKAMANAGER

Illustration: Adobe Stock

Inc.com columnist Alison Green answers questions about workplace and management issues—everything from how to deal with a micromanaging boss to how to talk to someone on your team about body odor.

I’m in the process of hiring a new staff person, and I’m struggling with our HR team about salary.........

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