Salary Negotiation
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When discussing your wage, never refer to it as "pay" or "salary", ONLY refer to it as "compensation package" as in, "What is the compensation package?" This elevates the dialogue with the understanding that they are rewarding your services for work you do vs. just paying you and getting nothing in return. Because it's a two-way street, your talents for cash.
Also, consider the job title. If they can't pay tons, then ASK for a more senior title, that way when you leave it will be for even higher salary. iMO it would be worth it to take a low salary for a while with great title. If the pay is low and the title is low then you may have to rethink or just take the job temporarily if you need it bad enough.
You can also ask for a 6 month performance review be written in your contract to give them to chance to up the salary/job title.
hope that makes sense...
- pretty dumb advice herepinkfloyd
- true, and the package can also include more than salary, such as health care, retirement, etcmonospaced
- compensation package package can include contribution to housing, gasoline cash, health care, etc so this is bullshit.sted
- oh mono was faster nevermind.sted
- ...he might even be able to ask for more vacation days or work from home sometimes. West Coast companies are often progressive.robotron3k
- lol at the downvotes!robotron3k
- This is not bad advice. If they can't afford a certain level of pay, they can still sweeten your compensation with vacation days, WFH flexibility, etc.baseline_shift