A tad harsh, Martin. Variable pay offers depending on
experience is very common now - even where wages are stated,
they're often modified with "depending on experience" / ranges
/ starting at. By them submitting what they're working for
now, it saved them wasting time coming for an interview if
it's completely disparate. We're up-front about it - many
aren't. We're also up-front that we're a charity, and rates of
pay are not always competitive with other businesses; but not
everyone is in the market for money above everything else.
And of course, all the employer does is make an offer for
services rendered. If the potential employee doesn't think
it's fair, they're not being held by gunpoint.Â
We're undergoing IIP level 2 accreditation this week as
it happens, having passed Level 1 three years ago, and
several people from this lug have worked for or with us over
the years - so shysters screwing staff isn't a reasonable
stab either. There's a number of benefits we offer beyond
the legal minimums, and our retention is generally very
good.
But, I guess I won't be seeing your application then, and
that's probably for the best for both of us :)
(FWIW, we've had a very good level of response with four
excellent candidates (and quite a few who saw
'Administrator' in the title and applied without any IT
experience), and I'm interviewing next week.The advert did
its job, regardless of your personal feelings. If anyone
else here is still interested, we'll be closing applications
by end of the week, so get a wiggle on!)