'Do you have fixed salary expectations?'
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- ihavenomouth
If a potential employee asks this before an interview, what's the best way to answer?
- ihavenomouth0
D'oh, 'employer' i meant.
- kezza_20
I would say yes, if you think the job is the nuts, then take a view on it. If someone asks you that they want to offer you less than you'd want.
- 7point340
i have no idea what that even means.
and i'm not sure how you'd answer with no mouth.
... i'm just at a loss here.
- OhYeah0
I always get them to give me an offer, if you tell them what you want then you won't get more $$.
- anxiousarms0
i charge X per hour to design out of office. i add $10 to that for dev/flash work. i start at X+10 to work in office designing and add $10 more per hour if it's dev in office.
i take my highest of those rates and find my salary if i'm ever ask.
X changes depending on the client, the project and if i need/want the work.
so no, nothing entirely FIXED for me. i tend to stay within the same amount give or take $10-15 an hour tho. i feel like staying FIXED would be like shooting myself in the foot.
- i'm talking about a full time position dude :)ihavenomouth
- i answered you. told you how i find my salary and then said that it's NOT fixed. how did i not answer.. dude ;)anxiousarms
- d'oh, i got you know, sorry.ihavenomouth
- Jaline0
Make them tell you first and work from there. Otherwise, tell them exactly what you want (reasonably).
"Fixed", to me, seems like a negative term. It suggests that you are not flexible.
- Unless the workplace is hardcore and expect everything to be strict.Jaline
- it means they want your balls7point34
- oh noes!!!7point34
- *expectsJaline
- yea, FIXED is a bad term to live by.anxiousarms
- ihavenomouth0
The position is for a senior web designer in London... I currently work outside of London so I can only guess the going rate is a bit higher than where I currently am.
- ask them what they have in the budget for this position. you should have an estimate of what you should earn7point34
- ...or want to earn. they should have been up front with the salary range i would think.7point34
- i would remain firm. don't low ball yourself, especially in a senior position.7point34
- Thanks for the pointers mate. Appreciated.ihavenomouth
- Wouldn't expect them to offer a salary - I only sent them a brief email and portfolio link.ihavenomouth
- ah ok... i was thinking you answered an ad7point34
- MSTRPLN0
usually this always turns out to be some kind of bullshit game of trickery where no one wants to reveal anything first in order to get one over on the next guy.
- studderine0
My expectations:
Can the salary buy me happiness?
If not, find something else :)
- BaskerviIle0
Employers hate this survey that Design Week publishes every year but it's normally quite accurate.
So for a senior digital designer in london it says about £37k for last year.
- zenmasterfoo0
I don't know any employers that ask that question. If it's a full-time position, why ask? There's a salary attached, they've already set a budget. Unless you've given them the notion that you would rather have a position that is out of office and more flexible (i.e. contract).
- lobstarr0
Give them a range, preferably from the AIGA/AQUENT salary surveys +/- 5-10% on your skillset/job.
Giving a range will give you the flexibility of assessing whether or not other factors come into play -- vacation, medical, massages, bj's, sick days, personal days.
- jimzyk0
yeah give them an idea if they ask, the last thing you want is to take a pay cut moving into london! right?