any stories or lessons learned around what NOT to do as it relates to salary negotiations? for me, mine was sharing what my current salary was when the recruiter asked. and the recruiter completely low-balled me by basing my offer on my current salary.

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I once accepted an offer without even trying to negotiate for anything better. At the time I really needed a job, so I was grateful just to get in the door. But it taught me a good lesson. As I thought about it I realized I could have tried to get more, and as long as I didn't seem unserious it might have worked. Since then I've always been careful not to just jump at something, even if my instinct is to just take the offer and not rock the boat.

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I once accepted a verbal offer too quickly before seeing anything in writing. Turns out the final package had less PTO and no signing bonus because “those weren’t standard for my level.” I push for full clarity now before saying yes to anything. Ever had to walk away from an offer to stand your ground?

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My biggest mistake was not doing research before going into it. I once foolishly said 'yes, I can make a salary in that range work' during a phone call with the recruiter, only to later find out how much I should have been asking for - and it was a substantial difference.

Recently, I caught the opposite side of that too, I interviewed for a role and without my knowledge an offer was extended to myself and another candidate, but when I hesitated by saying 'this isn't what we talked about', the other person quickly accepted the lower offer and mine was rescinded.

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Wow that seems awful

All depends. In this market, you can take laterals

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