During my interview, I shared a salary range (already $1-2k under industry standard) and asked if it worked. The hiring manager said yes, totally reasonable. Then, the offer letter arrived yesterday (a week later) at 16% less than we discussed?? How do I address this? I don't want to come off as demanding, but this feels way off based on our verbal agreement.

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I feel like I have seen lots of posts like this lately. I would simply go back to HR and ask if there was some sort of mistake. Let themk know you had discussed X salary with the manager and you were told that would be fine.

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Tell them thanks but without the agreed upon salary, I must decline. I pray you find a qualified candidate.

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Be cautious if you need the job, because an attempt to negotiate further could cost you the job offer. Chances are they realized another suitable candidate was willing to take less, and they adjusted their offer accordingly. If you need a job, I would take it, but keep job hunting for something that pays better.

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Depends how bad you need this job.

If not essential, I’d ask for 5% above that initial number as payback for wasting your time. Likely they’ll withdraw the offer but whatever.

If you need it, try to negotiate to within 5%, and keep interviewing.

Chat with the recruiter and just clarify that the hiring manager said xyz and if there’s any way to meet there

It's rough out there and companies know it. They understand exactly what they are doing so you might get them to.come up a little, but there's no reality where you get them to offer that initially discussed salary. You need to decide if the role is worth their offer to you, and then go from there.

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