Recruiter bad-mouths candidate for requesting higher pay

Recruiters. It can often seem like you’re stuck between a rock and hard place. Trying to get clients to pay market value. Trying to mitigate against candidate’s unrealistic demands. Having to paint a picture, for everyone, about what the employment landscape actually looks like. Exhausting!

However, not everyone is as forgiving as you might be. Recruitment Grapevine managed to get hold of one hiring manager’s status update which is likely to spark divided discussion.

This hiring manager took to social media to slam a candidate who asked for higher pay. They then went on to claim that they had worked for free at their candidate’s age.

They wrote: “The other day, I interviewed a potential manager to work with my company. He requested to be paid $40 (£29) an hour to which I replied, ‘The most I pay anyone initially is $20 (£14.50) until I can trust then’. He then went on to tell me about his depth of experience and how he is not in the ‘try out’ phase of his life anymore. Then he hung up.