> (Most important takeaway about salary negotiation, by the way: disclosing a previous salary is almost always against your interests because it pegs your new salary to that plus 5% rather than your value to the new firm minus a discount, which is a brutal mistake, particularly in the years of your career where natural growth in capabilities/experience/the market/etc causes you to bring vastly more to the table with each new job.)
This is terrible advice. If a prospective employer asks how much you are making, respond with your desired salary at minimum. If they are serious, the negotiation point will be that plus whatever raise you claim to be looking for. If they want paystubs, you seriously don't want to work for them, because no professional should suffer that indignity and they're probably turning away great people as it is. I've only had one company ever ask for paystubs in my career and I got a weird vibe from them early on anyway.
This is terrible advice. If a prospective employer asks how much you are making, respond with your desired salary at minimum. If they are serious, the negotiation point will be that plus whatever raise you claim to be looking for. If they want paystubs, you seriously don't want to work for them, because no professional should suffer that indignity and they're probably turning away great people as it is. I've only had one company ever ask for paystubs in my career and I got a weird vibe from them early on anyway.