If a recruiter says a pay band for a role, is that truly as high as the salary can go or is it open to negotiation? I’m applying for Principal Manager position and they said top is 105 which seems low.

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Negotiate always. This is the route I take (depending on company size)

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Or you can just reject the offer, no? Why fall into trap of one time bonuses or things tied up to your performance.

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Depends on the company but yeah there’s limits to levels, and unless you’re either super promising or have some prior experience in the next level you’re usually going to be capped in terms of base. Like others said though, make it up with RSU, sign on, and other benefits. For example, google doesn’t do a lot of negotiating on bae salary, but they damn sure do negotiate equity.

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If that’s the highest pay band for that level, you can always negotiate up a level

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Probably depends on the recruiter and the hiring company.

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