So I just received a job offer through a recruiter & tried negotiating the pto and vacation.

I asked just for a few more days 2-4 but im terrified they might reject the offer all together. I’m definitely over thinking 😭 but I’m hoping they get back to the recruiter before leaving the office for the weekend.

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Don’t worry, no respectful company would reject for asking politely. If they do, trust me you dodged a bullet.

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Update: it’s official and I got an additional 4 days of PTO 😭

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negotiate while you can. you have the upper hand now cause they want you. it will just take some time. usually recruiters have a ball park of things they can work with that are within range and just need the thumbs up from the hiring manager

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Yeah that’s true!

Are they on east coast or west coast?

Yeah unfortunately. This is going to be on my mind all weekend lol making me think I should’ve just accepted instead of negotiating

In my experience, I’ve always found it difficult to negotiate PTO days. Most large companies follow a certain policy based on years worked there and they don’t make any exceptions.

If anything, waiting to hear back from them may mean they’re considering it as opposed to them saying no right away!

Damn If i would’ve knew this I definitely would’ve negotiated something else lol

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