In my company, it's very rare that we'll have a need that's so specific that we could actually know the salary within $10k before we hire.
It's far more common that we have openings for "Software Engineers", and we end up hiring one very junior, one very senior engineer, and some folks in between. Thus, from the same ad, compensation could range from $90k w/1,000 shares to $280k w/20,000 shares. And, frankly, saying "salary is typically between $75k and $300k" isn't useful information.
How our comp actually works is that at some point in the interview process, you tell us how much you're hoping to make, and then we set the bar appropriately. If you want $250k, the bar will be very high. If you want $100k, it will be substantially lower.
It's far more common that we have openings for "Software Engineers", and we end up hiring one very junior, one very senior engineer, and some folks in between. Thus, from the same ad, compensation could range from $90k w/1,000 shares to $280k w/20,000 shares. And, frankly, saying "salary is typically between $75k and $300k" isn't useful information.
How our comp actually works is that at some point in the interview process, you tell us how much you're hoping to make, and then we set the bar appropriately. If you want $250k, the bar will be very high. If you want $100k, it will be substantially lower.
There is no reason to be "disappointed" by it.