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Please guide do Joining Cognizant on Contractual role is worthy or not?
Current Situation - due to bgv not completing as one of my company as per CTS is black listed so they changed my hiring from permanent to contractual role.
Please guide as I have no knowledge of contractual roles. 🙏
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Im not searching for a new job but an acquaintance reached out about a similar role at a similar energy company.Turns out 2 ppl threw my name in the hat. I looked into it and the position was posted 2 weeks ago.Their director wants to meet.I bet pay is one of the first things to be discussed so that no one’s time is wasted.Am I crazy for not wanting to entertain it for less than 20-25% base pay increase?Is it selfish to ask for more? I’m sure most salary conversations end in negotiation anyways?
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They definitely didn’t do anything wrong by offering you the $90k because that’s still within their posted range. How high or low you fall within a specific salary range depends on how qualified you are (years of experience, successful track record, education, skills, etc).
So, if you feel like you’re qualified for a higher salary within the range, just make sure you have data to justify what you’re asking for. Additionally, I always make sure to negotiate via phone or Teams call, never email.
Lastly, any company that “ghosts” just because a candidate presents a counter offer is not a company I would want to work for. Negotiating is part of the process and companies typically expect it. If they can’t meet the amount, they can simply say “no sorry” and leave it up to the candidate to decide. Just outright ghosting is a bit extreme. Huge red flag and you dodged a bullet.
Such a good response and very insightful - thank you!
Well, it's likely this company didn't actaully want to pay that huge of a salary and instead but did want to attract candidates who have the skills for that salary but hoped they would work for less.
Maybe they were willing to pay the maximum they offered, but for someone with better qualifications and experience. Maybe they considered 90k too much for what he offered.
Being said that, this dors not justify the ghosting. They should have answered, "no, sorry".
Not at all. A $10K bump within the posted range is a reasonable counter, especially if you're bringing strong experience. My husband had a similar situation recently where he countered respectfully and got silence. I think it says more about their culture than your ask. A company that ghosts during negotiation is a red flag, not your loss at all.
I agree with you you should be able to offer a counter offer! She did dodge a bullet
This might be my favorite place to comment. Let me put you on game. I have seen so many companies do this nonsense. First of all the range is completely fake. I say this because many people get payed outside the max range and many people get paid below the the minimum it's a sick game. The fact that they easily gave you 90k with zero fight means they could have went higher. However in this market people are desperate and that's what they want. They offer you 90k next guy getting 60k. You are worthy of the money. I'll tell you right now they are not going to hesitate to give you 120k worth of work.
This is absolutely accurate. Not all companies are equally adept at this 'sick game,' but it is still played by nearly all of them. One does not need to despair at this flaw of capitalism, but instead practice and be prepared to present with confidence your certainty of your value as an asset to the company.
That tells you a lot about the maturity of the organization. The hiring manager is junior. Good thing you did not go there.
Honestly name and shame them so others don't endure the same wasted time and disrespect you did. Because no one deserves that.
You should have taken the $90K and then looked for a better job as you were working for them as then it would it might be easier to ask for more money at the next place!
No. Regardless of what was proposed, they should've had the decency to give them a response. If they won't even do that, they're not worth working for.
Sounds like they also had another candidate that they actually could lowball.
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It doesn't matter what you countered them with. No professional employer that's serious about filling a role or has any respect for those applying is worth your time if they ever ghost you.
They likely had a second choice candidate they offered the same or lower salary offer when you negotiated higher and they took the bait!
Maybe they had another candidate with more qualifications and experience to whom they were willing to pay 110k.