Comments on: Don’t be afraid to negotiate a job offer

By: My Wealth Journey

My Wealth Journey — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:10:07 +0000

I wish I had read this a few weeks ago when I was negotiating. I did get 3K more but I didn’t give them an amount of how much more I was asking. I could probably have gotten 2-3K more easily by just asking and giving them a firm amount.

By: moom

moom — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 03:36:17 +0000

In academic jobs there are lots of things which are negotiable apart from salary and maybe more negotiable – relocation, travel money, teaching reductions in the first year (so you have time to prepare the new course first), and for immigrants visa level. I agree that it doesn’t hurt to ask once you have an offer as the worst they can say is “no”. But maybe not so good idea to state high requirements before they decided they like you for other reasons?

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:09:01 +0000

I agree. One HAS to understand the salary for their particular career and local job market. Although, large corporations typically won’t “haggle” much (if at all) from their local market range unless the position is critical for their needs. The one other thing people should do is get a realistic view of themselves in their company after they are hired – especially around raise/bonus time. IOW, if you feel your skills warrant a raise/bonus, but you don’t speak up, don’t be surprised if you DON’T get it!