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Career Clinic: Caught out lying about your salary

It might be tempting to lie about your previous salary to get a better deal with your new employer, but they will find out eventually

I lied about my previous salary to get a better deal with my new employer. Could there be repercussions if they find out?

The simple answer is "yes". It would probably be construed that you deliberately misled at interview and that there are significant trust and integrity issues.

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