Recruiter rejects candidate because they want to make at least £25K per year: 'It's not something I can guarantee at this stage'

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Mar 7, 2024 11:00 AM EST

Ever since I was in college, I've gotten wild recruiter requests in my LinkedIn DMs. For some reason, the people at Volunteer For America and other low-paying teaching companies think that telling you they pay $15 an hour is a swanky deal for early 20-somethings trying to get their careers started. I don't have the heart to message them back and tell them otherwise. If you didn't already know, there are not a lot of great offers coming your way if a recruiter reaches out to you on a professional social network.

That said, I'm floating down the river of abundance here in the United States. People in the UK make way less money than we do in the States. A LinkedIn recruiter told one UK worker that they couldn't guarantee that the job they're recruiting for could pay at least £25K. For the Americans in the crowd, that's only $31,723.87. 

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    r/antiwork u/JohnFrenchGB • 10h The state of the UKK 6
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    3.10:07 What would you be looking for? You 10:24 Hello. Minimum from 25k a year otherwise it's not worth doing to be honest. Regards 10:27 , it's not something I can guarantee at this stage I'm afraid. Hi I would like to wish you all the best for the future. Regards, You 10:28 OK good luck Sent
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    They honestly believe that they will attract good people working full time for less than 25k a year ? It's just laughable
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    Individual_Milk4559.9h Anarchist Yeah, I asked my last job for a wage increase from 24k to 25k as I'd been there a while, and cost of living etc., they said no, I left soon after. Working full time but still not having enough to live on is vile ... Reply 2.9k
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    Prestigious-Sea2523.9h They should have known it would cost way more and 1k to hire/train a new employee... They're morons. ... 829
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    JohnFrenchGB OP. 9h I know mate its complete I can fully understand why low earners eventually completely give up on the 'system' and just claim benefits, to be honest. ←4211 ↓ ...
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    Next_Grab_9009 - 8h When I asked my company for an increase/ advancement, they dithered and dallied so long that I thought " , I'm going somewhere else." Smash cut to a month later, I had a job offer which was better paid, better placed for commuting, and paid a decent bonus, and handed in my notice, all of a sudden management were keen to speak to me, and offered me about £1.5k less than I was being offered by the other company. They were honestly surprised when I rejected it and left. Just ove
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    iamragin. 8h Yep. I left a job cos they waited to give me an increase then a year later they asked me back and I asked for 10k plus increase. I would have accepted 5k+ previous. They are costing themselves money/good staff by being so tight fisted. ↑ 111 ↓ ...
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    NEWSBOT3 . 9h genuinely don't know how they expect people to live on that these days here. Food, energy, transport, everything is going through the roof, it's all up 50-100% on a few years ago. Meanwhile i've had 0.95% of pay increase over 3 years. Rents are up 30% in 3 years too. ... Reply 4719
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    TheTurnipKnight . 8h They expect people to work multiple jobs. ... 192
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    vindaloopdeloop. 8h Except how can you when employers want full availability and some go as far as to putting you can't have another job in your contract 4 ... 170 170
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    Grumpy Dingo . 8h I know someone who finished MSc in Food Technology and applied for a job at a food factory doing QA assurance - these are the people who work at a lab making sure the food is safe and up to standard. They offered... £17K!!! Saying how great it was as a first job.... The cheek!!!! Reply 161
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    Redgrapefruitrage • 9h The actual As far as I'm concerned, to work a full time job, you need £27k+ to live at the moment. And that's to meet your basic needs a human being, not living in luxury. ? I'm on £27.5k and that is ok for now, but if I brought kids into the picture, it ain't gonna cut it. Reply ... 548
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    Raptoot83 9h ● Once this year's NLW increase kicks in, 25k will be barely more than minimum wage. ← ... 153
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    AHOY Cube4 Add5 . 8h Had a job paying £24k 2 years ago, was basically living paycheck to paycheck. I went to work, I got home, watched tv, went to bed repeat. Most miserable 7 months of my life. And the economy is even worse now Reply 4 67 ↓
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