Some people say never share your salary expectations.
Others say go in high and let them “meet you in the middle.”
Then - there’s the classic: “Say yes now and negotiate later.”

Are these helpful or harmful? What’s your take? What’s the worst salary advice you’ve heard👇

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None of these are right.

Never share your salary expectations - what are they supposed to do? Guess? Waste both side of the time?

Go in high and meet in the middle - that’s so wrong. Along the line of guesswork.

Say yes now and negotiate later - and waste interview times just to get disappointed?

All of these tactics are for those who don’t have confidence and hoping just to land a job. If you know your own worth, do the reverse.

In my first call with the recruiter, if they don’t ask me, I always ask what’s the pay structure and pay range is. If they ask my expectations first, I always ask back what’s their range. Then I’ll tell them where I’m comfortable with. If necessary, I even share where I’m currently at and tell them unless I’m getting X or Y, I’m not considering. Sometimes, we just agree we can’t work it out and safe ourselves some time from interview. When we can agree on it, the offer that comes after all round better be what I initially said I’m comfortable or I just say no. They’ll always come back if they want to hire me or if they don’t, we move on. Makes everything easy.

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Same. I put a lot of energy and effort in prepping for an interview. I’d rather know upfront if it is worth my while.
I will ask them the pay range and if they are being dicey, I let them know my minimum requirement is XXXX to even consider going further along in the process.

"Never share your salary expectations" has to be up there, though I don't think anyone has ever told me that. It effectively shuts down all room for negotiating. "Say yes now and negotiate later" is almost as bad. Sounds like a fantastic way to give whoever made you an offer reason to consider pulling it. Going in above what you want isn't necessarily bad advice, it's just too vague to really be useful.

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Worst salary advice from my mother: just accept what you’re given. (She’s an immigrant without corporate experience)

I've been asked what my salary expectation were and I responded as per the above asking where the salary range sat for the role. The response was that they NEVER share the salary or pay range. And this was just at the pre interview phase!

Well HCA I went in high expecting it will be set or negotiate but they rejected it. So with them lowball but in interview make sure they know you don’t wannabe the only one not having lunch bc you got the job but didn’t negotiate a salary properly

My recommendation is to share your salary expectations, but if the recruiter says that the company can't pay more than a certain number, honor that by not asking for a higher salary than that number. The worst salary advice is the third sentence you included: "Say yes now and negotiate later." It is important to negotiate before you're officially hired because you could earn many thousands more over the years. I hope this helps! You've got this!

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