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Ok that makes sense from the point of view of the company.
Here in EU of course you disclose your previous company and they will call to make sure you worked there.
However I highly doubt the previous employer would disclose your salary. Employees salaries are part of the corporate secret. Having your competitors know how much you pay your employees is not a very good idea.
Actually, not even my managers know my salary. If I told them, or they asked for it, that would be a serious breach of contract.
I think there are maybe 2 people in HR that have access to salary data, most HR people can't even know. They know a very rough salary band, like "senior engineer with 5-10 years of experience is in band C, which is between 60k and 120k per year. That's all they know.
It's scary that my bank history could be publicly accessible like that. I know that the government could force my bank to tell them, and I hate the idea.
But a private company? Fuck no!
Ok that makes sense from the point of view of the company.
Here in EU of course you disclose your previous company and they will call to make sure you worked there.
However I highly doubt the previous employer would disclose your salary. Employees salaries are part of the corporate secret. Having your competitors know how much you pay your employees is not a very good idea.
Actually, not even my managers know my salary. If I told them, or they asked for it, that would be a serious breach of contract.
I think there are maybe 2 people in HR that have access to salary data, most HR people can't even know. They know a very rough salary band, like "senior engineer with 5-10 years of experience is in band C, which is between 60k and 120k per year. That's all they know.
It's scary that my bank history could be publicly accessible like that. I know that the government could force my bank to tell them, and I hate the idea.
But a private company? Fuck no!