Salary Negotiation:

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by BleedBurgundy

Figure out what you really want and go about 2- 3 thousand higher. That way there's room for negotiation if it gets to that point. No matter how much you love the job, if you start and find out you make significantly less than your peers, you're going to be miserable in pretty short order. Don't assume that they are going to be all that hesitant to pay a decent salary. I lucked out though with my current position, I had done research and someone in my position in Central PA with my level of experience usuallly makes about 35-45k. I asked for 45 and got 55. I have no idea how that worked out to this day... The point is, don't let it stress you out, these things have a way of working themselves out.

That's pretty incredible. Why on earth would they counter your offer of $45K with $55K?

[BleedBurgundy]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

That's pretty incredible. Why on earth would they counter your offer of $45K with $55K?

I have no effing clue, but I'd love for someone to tell me. They asked me what I wanted as far as salary was concerned and I told them $45 and asked if that was within the range they expected. They said it was and we went on to discuss other things. When I got the call 2 days later asking if I wanted the job, they told me the compensation would be $55k. I tried to sound "whatever" about it while air humping in front of my wife.

oh, and if this helps, I was told after I was hired that I was nowhere near the most experienced candidate they interviewed but was the most honest and I seemed like the person they would most like to work with. So there you go, tell the truth and don't be a dick.

[saden1]

A while ago I got a job offer and I declined the offer because I got a counter offer from my employer. I tried to nogocitiate to get the prospective employer to at least partly match the counter offer and they wouldn't budge even a little from their original offer. Anywho, after I declined their offer I told the head hunter that was working for me that I had a friend that I use to work with and he could probably do what they were looking for in a candidate. My friend got the job, got more money (5K more) and more stock options (10K more shares) than they offered me.


Always look out for #1, that's you mofo, that's you!

[mheisig]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

That's pretty incredible. Why on earth would they counter your offer of $45K with $55K?

I had something similar happen.

I asked for $45 and got $60 when they found out I had other offers, even though the other offers were for less than $60.