A recruiter tried to tell me $100k was too much for an Associate Director, Media role.

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I’ll never get over the recruiter who tried to act like I was a brat for not considering a lateral move with a 30% pay cut

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He said I was being “unrealistic” about salary…despite my real, higher paycheck…just crazy lol

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Depending on your market, that's true.

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It’s New York City, so definitely not a smaller/lower paid market.

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that’s absolutely insane. 120-140 is normal

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Yea, I know multiple people making that much that have the same experience levels as me. I literally asked around before making my range. I think they were trying to dupe me and convince me to take a pay cut because I’m currently in house (where titles work differently). I only talked because I keep getting so many messages about “exciting opportunities.” 🤦‍♀️

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Depends on the market. size of the agency, etc

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Avoid recruiters at all cost

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I’ve been placed 2x by recruiters. I wouldn’t make a blanket statement like that.

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Seems reasonable to me for NYC and even Chicago. Also, depends on the number of years of experience. If you are being promoted from a supervisor, $100K might be at the higher end of the experience range.

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Lololol WTF.. Was this WPromote? I got the same speech once

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I think a recruiter from wPromote actually sent me an intro message with higher range than this. 🤷‍♀️

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