I’ve been told during an offer that my compensation was based on internal leveling rather than my experience alone, which limited flexibility. I’m curious how others have successfully negotiated when companies anchor hard on internal bands.

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This company is one that makes excuses to under-pay all their employees based upon a rigid, and flawed compensation program. I would move on.

Even if you negotiate higher pay, there will be no upward pay mobility next year.

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Your experience should place you In the right internal level. If not you value your experience more then they do. Id have that discussion but there’s only so much you can do. Just like they can choose not to negotiate you can choose to accept or reject the offer.

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Internal bands are real, but they’re not the end of the road. I’ve found it helps to negotiate around the band title calibration, bonus structure, equity, or even a written compensation review timeline.

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Why wouldn’t it be adaptable because your candidates aren’t all going to be cookie-cutter candidates they all bring different things – education, experience, even professionalism.
I know today is a different job market than any other time we’ve had before at least in my experience, and adhering to strict salary bands for companies does not make them more competitive – it almost brings up a red flag. Especially if they’re trying to lowball you on that salary.

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