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worst they did was just say sorry we can't do that lol
Say the number you want up front - don’t dance around the number and don’t be coy. Answers like “in alignment with market compensation” suggest you have no idea what you want or what is in alignment with the markets. No point in interviewing for a dishwasher role when you want to be a head chef.
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I grew up poor P1 and this is spot on advice. Strategic jumps and negotiation have helped me make substantially more than equally talented colleagues that didn’t play the game as aggressively.
Don’t give them a range where the low number isn’t what you’d actually take.
My fail was a multi-year one. I thought I'd done a great job negotiating because I got up to the absolute ceiling of the top pay band for my title and landed a sizable signing bonus. Company then let my salary languish with 0% raises for two cycles (bonuses were admittedly good) and then further penalized me with low raises while they elevated everyone around me to diminish the gap.
This is common when you get a substantial raise up front from being poached. Technically you’ve done better than you would have otherwise but I suppose you feel stagnant.