I recently spoke with a colleague who had a frustrating experience in a job interview. Despite their strong qualifications, they were offered a salary much lower than expected. It’s disheartening to see such salary disparities, even among qualified candidates. We talked about the importance of researching industry standards and advocating for ourselves in negotiations. Have you ever felt undervalued during a salary discussion? I’d love to hear your experiences!

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I'm thankfully employed, but I have been keeping an eye on open job listings over the past couple of years. I have noticed the range offered gradually decreasing. The more desperate people get for work, the happier companies are to take advantage. Unfortunately, if someone needs work, taking 10% less is better than having no income at all.

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Some people just need the job and can’t wait for the perfect option, in this economy, many people are in that situation with so many layoffs…but you’re right, this then leads to the job being offered at a lower rate. It’s like selling anything, if you undercut your competitors than eventually all you are doing is driving the price down for everyone. Not a good strategy!

The cards are not in our favor for negotiating. It’s less about the qualifications or even tactics you use. The only thing that matters is the market. That is the most important leverage.

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I completely agree. The job market is quite tight at the moment, and it certainly seems like employers take advantage of that. It’s frustrating to see how much the market conditions can dictate our opportunities.

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I think that seems to be the case in this dreadful job market. Employers hold all the cards right now and that doesnt seem to be changing in the short term

With ai replacing jobs it’s not changing ever, it will just get worse.

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I believe it’s a way to low ball ppl into taking it due to no other options and used for those who are desperate. I’m finding that jobs I’m looking for are much much lower than what the state average displays. Maybe this is a way for them to get a lot of work out of someone for minimal pay. I thought this was case for small companies but this seems to be the case for companies who could afford 5-10k more a year for the position I’m applying to.

I completely agree. It does seem like a strategy to lowball candidates who feel they have no options.

There are literally 200 people applying for every open job. We are lucky they offer any money as people are willing to work for less because they are desperate. Cigna outsourced jobs to other countries. They can pay a Nurse in the Philippines 10% of what a nurse in the US will work for.

Yes, that happpens, usually the timing isn’t right, I would just move on and keep trying.

Honestly I’d take anything in my field I’m honestly sick of it I might career switch

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