Have you ever had a recruiter play the middleman in a salary negotiation? My recruiter asked if I wanted to pass along any salary requests when I got my offer letter. Thought that was a little strange…

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Yes, they helped make the case for my ask. They have more visibility into market data and have an incentive to make sure you are happy and accept the job.

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Is this an external recruiter?

That seems odd. Presumably salary would have been discussed before an offer letter would be generated. So perhaps just reiterate whatever number you had brought up in those discussions.

That's weird. I don't get why they feel the need to insert themself into negotiations. That should be between you and the company.

I’ve never worked with a recruiter before. I would not have known that it was weird.

Yes. Normal. If they can negotiate a higher salary, their bounty is bigger.

Weird, I must say.

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