Can someone give me advice on how to negotiate salary for first in-house role? Expecting to receive a verbal offer shortly and have never negotiated salary in my life!

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It’s not different than negotiating anything else except your comp isn’t just cash. You need to understand the different levers you can pull and figure out which are most important/available for you.

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No advice for OP but if anyone has some opinions on this scenario I’d appreciate it: I’m negotiating comp for an in house position that is actually in a different practice area than what I’m in. Am I “worth less” because I don’t have direct recent experience (even though I have more YOE than the position was looking for)?

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You’re worth less if you can’t come in and hit the ground running.

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For anyone wondering when they gave me the offer I just immediately asked if they had any flexibility to do a base salary of 10% higher and the recruiter said he would check and get back to me. Tbd if it works but that’s what I did🤷‍♀️

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In a similar situation. Expecting a couple offers in the next few days and need to know how much I can counter over what was offered without offending. Like, if they came in at $150k base and I am looking to get closer to $170k, Is that too big of a gap, and if not do I counter with like $190k? Never had to do this. Always had recruiters negotiate on my behalf. (This is setting all other factors aside, only focusing on base salary as an example)

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I’d generally say 15% and under is a safe counter. Not to say you can’t counter with something higher, but it’s riskier. I’d counter at a minimum of 10% higher, and don’t forget benefits like extra PTO, signing bonuses, guaranteed first year performance bonus, equity, etc.

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