Wage Surveilliance Is Here! (How Desperate Are You?)
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from the_wizard_of_0Z@lemmy.ca to privacy@lemmy.ml on 06 Aug 2026 19:42
https://lemmy.ca/post/68973629
from the_wizard_of_0Z@lemmy.ca to privacy@lemmy.ml on 06 Aug 2026 19:42
https://lemmy.ca/post/68973629
Cross posted from lemmy.ca/post/68973627
Imagine if a company could figure out exactly how desperate you are for a job…
Then use AI to offer you the lowest salary they think you’ll accept.
That’s the idea behind wage surveillance.
Companies are collecting more data than ever before, from AI interviews and online activity to your location and personal information, all in an effort to make hiring cheaper. The less they think you’ll push back, the less they have to pay.
In this video, we’re talking about wage surveillance, AI interviews, personalized salary offers, why you should stop oversharing during the hiring process, and how companies are using your own data against you.
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Glad that I live in a state where all job listings must list an accurate wage range within the job listing. Failure to do so can get the state DoL and attorney general involved
they easily get around that requirement by listing absurdly large wages between the junior employee’s wage and upper management’s salary.
That’s not allowed in my state. It must be the wage range for that specific position
Same in mine. Forces my employer to use ADP / Hays data to try and align job titles with comparable data from other employers. Basically everyone at my gig is at least making market and some a little better. Kills opportunities for big pay or bonus but I feel better knowing no one is getting royally fucked.
I wish California did this when I lived there and I’m glad to learn that more states have enacted these transparency laws.
And much like a lot of these things, it’ll work about 1/2 the time and further blow up in the corporations face while they insult all potential hires.
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Poison the data. Use AI to apply to a jobs under a fake name citing your current salary as way more than you make. Then apply.
That’s not how it is done.
Freelance nurses are a good example of this already in use. It used to be most freelancers would be recruited or apply to local hospitals. Now there are about 4 apps that hospitals force nurses to use.
These apps use AI to aggregate personal information bought on the open market. They use credit information , purchase information etc. to see how desperate a nurse may be for a job and low ball them. Just had a kid, have high credit card debt, just bought a house or car. All of those would make you desperate to take a job and would allow them to lowball you.
It was impossible to cross reference all of that data by a human. Now with AI they can do it at scale and build personality profiles on wage slaves.
Before you ever applied to that job they already know what kind of wage you’ll accept… You never stood a chance.
If you are desperate, accept the job and keep looking, job hop untill satisfied.
Extra points if you look for the new job during work hours.