Recruiter Gets Mad After Applicant Answers Question About Their Expected Salary, Sends A Rude Email After The Interview

Finding a job can be undeniably daunting—from the endless scrolling through job postings to finding a suitable one that fits your schedule with a decent salary. When you finally receive an offer, you are about to encounter one of the most challenging steps of all: the interview process.

You can never know exactly what might happen in an interview beforehand, as it could either end well or leave you feeling like it was a total disaster. However, if an interviewer is kind enough, you will most certainly feel relieved throughout the process, as it helps with the nerves when you know the person you are speaking to is considerate enough to cut you some slack.

Conversely, the opposite occurs when you sense that the person interviewing you has an attitude and is merely forcing themselves to be nice because their job is also at stake. People who have been jumping from one job posting to another certainly know what it's like to be interviewed by obnoxious recruiters, and it rarely ends well because their hidden attitude keeps slipping through.

One daunting part of the interview process is when the recruiter asks, "What is your expected salary?" because you never know if you're undervaluing yourself or asking for too much. That sounds like a trick question, right?

When this particular Redditor with the handle Main-Yogurtcloset-82 shared their experience regarding a rude recruiter, other users applauded her for how she answered the million-dollar question. Spoiler: the recruiter was not happy with it.

Just check out the story below!

A certain Reddit user posted her experience on the Antiwork subreddit about how she dealt with a recruiter who offered her a potential position well within her expertise.

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Her resume was still available on some websites because she had gone on a job search journey months ago, so recruiters were still able to see her details.

As of now, OP works as a gig worker and hops from job to job, but she is still able to sustain herself more than adequately.

Given that, she's still on the lookout for a more stable job, so she's not exactly closing her doors to opportunities.

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So when a recruiter contacted her for a 9-to-5 office job, she was interested enough to agree to an interview. However, things went downhill when the recruiter asked her about her expected salary.

OP (and most of us, really) hated being asked this, so she seized the opportunity to ask for an amount she knew the company wouldn't give her.

And sure enough, the recruiter wasn't happy with it.

The recruiter sent her a rude email, telling her that she would never find work with the kind of attitude she had.

OP, however, is amused—given that she's already making the amount of money she told the recruiter to surpass.

People flocked in to support her and posted many questions. OP was kind enough to entertain some.

She gets her gigs through a union, if you are also wondering.

90k was the lowest she made!

This one's way beyond the point, though.

She did file a complaint with the job site. Good for her!

Take a look at some of the responses in the thread:

Yep, they tend to ask for an experienced person but won't be willing to pay accordingly!

For job seekers out there, this one is for you.

And she was just bitter about it.

Their job doesn't excuse them from being rude.

Be careful of lowballing recruiters!

True enough.

This is how it should be!

Quick tip:

No wonder they're getting cranky.

Watch out for the red flags—they aren't worth it at all.

Don't let a bratty recruiter dictate your worth.

Well said!

Hmm, we might have to take this story with a grain of salt.

You must be unhappy; here's a job that pays $1,500 less than your current salary.

This post in a nutshell.

But at the end of the day, they're victims of capitalism too.

Shots fired. Wish OP had done that.

What kind of answers did you give recruiters when asked what salary you expected to receive? Did it turn out fine, or were they trying to lowball you?

Running a business is never easy, but it's never right to willingly underpay people for the skill set that deserves more. Do you have a similar story to share?

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