Any pointers for negotiating a salary even after accepting the position? I accepted an offer for a government contracting gig, which pays about 10k more than my current position in education. I will be good with the current salary, as it will sufficiently provide for my needs, but I also don't want to miss an opportunity to maximize my earnings, assuming there is one. I know I may not have as much leverage at this point, but I would like to at least try my hand at a salary negotiation. Thanks!

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Lol. What you describe as bad faith. In a negotiation, re-trading on terms already agreed upon tends to be very poorly received.

If I had a job candidate who attempted to re-trade post acceptance, I would pull the offer.

The one exception is if you can couch it as a bake-off (i.e. another offer just came in which was better). However, it's important to note that this creates risk. They may elect to not participate in a bake-off, and they may elect to pull their offer.

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I’d consider rescinding the offer based on the poor judgement displayed

If I'm understanding and you've accepted an offer, you won't have negotiating power unless your current employer counters to match or beat the government offer.

Edit: The above is true unless you do more market research and can bring to the table what you've learned with supporting evidence.

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The time to negotiate was before you accepted the offer. Once you accept, well, you accepted it. Trying to reopen the financial terms may make you look unserious. Worst case, they rescind the offer. But even if they don't, you'll be getting off on the wrong foot in a new position, which isn't great.

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Hard to negotiate now that you already accepted it Unless you’re prepared to possibly lose the offer

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