How have you all best negotiated a job offer? Just got a job offer as a Sr PM for $20K lower than I am making right now. I like the new company and role more, but not ready for that much of a pay cut. Any suggestions on how to negotiate with tact and to get results? Hoping to increase my offer by $15k.

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The best way to negotiate is if you're willing to walk away. Just be candid about the salary concerns and confident in your ask

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Yes. Confidence is key!

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I’ve told a hiring manager that I can’t accept a lower salary than I’m making because I have a budget in place and certain expenses I need to pay monthly. And that (unfortunately) to accept a lower salary would hurt my financial planning for my future. They were very understanding when I approached things ‘human-to-human’ and matched my ask.

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This happened to me. I sent a note back to the recruiter and broke down how much of a pay cut I would have to take per month. I said that I couldn’t justify that and would they be willing to at least match. They came close and I accepted the offer.

30% of that 20k goes to the government for useless initiatives anyway

This is an incredibly useless comment.

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Never leave money in the table! Most first offers are a lowball offer. You also don’t need to explain it’s a low offer, pay cut or whatever. Just explain to them where you’re at currently and where you would need xyz to “jump ship”. Also sell them on your experience, skill set and what you bring to the table when negotiating.

If they say they can’t move the base salary, ask if they’d consider adjusting other parts of compensation package.

That’s how I got a 5% bump to my base salary (with no prior experience in the industry too lol)

Negotiate! doesn't hurt to try to ask for more. At my current job i was able to make a case that my cost of living is more in my location. I got another 10k on top of the offer. Alot of arguments can be made aside from cost of living such as average salary, current salary, use data to your advantage. Something like i saved my last company money after implementing an idea.

The first question HR will ask is ‘why are u looking to leave your current role’. This is a very important question to get the right answer. You must never let them know you’re unhappy in your current role. This will ensure you have bargaining power as you have a choice to make and they don’t when it comes to remunerative negotiations.

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