How do you respond when a relative asks about salary?

Originally Answered: How do I answer when relatives ask about my Salary Package? Tell them the exact amount you earn. Smile. It’s your salary; not that embarrassing act of farting you hesitatingly have to own in a room of two.

Should I tell my family how much I make?

Practice Stealth Wealth! If you must share info given the other party has bared their soul, talk in percentages and temper them while you are at it. Never tell anyone how much money you make. You’ll never see or read about them disclosing how much money they are pulling in.

How do you avoid salary questions?

Here’s how it breaks down.

1. Politely but firmly refuse. First when they ask you to name your salary, find a way to politely but persistently refuse.
2. Assuage their underlying concerns. After you flatly, but firmly and as pleasantly as possibly refuse, the next step is to assuage their underlying concerns.
3. Pivot.

Is it okay to lie about current salary?

The Honest Truth on Lying About Your Salary in Interviews. Muse Career Coach, Theresa Merrill, advises people to be honest about their current or past salary. Misrepresenting anything about your work history in an interview or on an application is “unethical,” and therefore unadvisable.

How do you politely ask about salary?

If you’re asking about salary, use the word “compensation” rather than “money and ask for a range rather than a specific number. Likewise, if you want to find out about work-life balance, it may be more useful to approach the topic in terms of “office culture.”

Is it bad to talk about your salary?

You cannot forbid employees – either verbally or in written policy – from discussing salaries or other job conditions among themselves. Discussing salary at work is protected regardless of whether employees are talking to each other in person or through social media.