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hello fishes,
need some advice.
my current ctc is 16 with 5.6 years of experience. I was a contract hire and parent company wants to hire me.
company is service based company.
my current title is senior analyst but they want to make me manager.
they are skipping tech lead and team lead positions.
they are ready to change 5 days working from earlier 6 days working.
they are asking me my expectations.
we are on client location and there is no one above us. Also team is not technically sound.FSS
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I finished my final round(s) for a TAM position at Google (GCP) last week and was told by my recruiter that my feedback was great and that I made a solid impression on the team and am "firmly in the running". I was supposed to hear back this week (according to the recruiter) but he just told me that it's still in the process and that I'll have to wait for another week or so.
Is this common at Google ? I have heard they are notorious for being really slow with their hiring process.
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As a ChemE I wouldn’t take less than 80k, I started right out of undergrad at 82k in LCOL, especially at a big company they should be competitive. I would research comp salaries on Glassdoor to help negotiate
Wow I got offered 50k to start that’s awesome to hear I’m happy for you
Offers are all low balling which is an opening to negotiate. Ask for a salary match or accommodation for, say, other perks (PTO, shares, stocks) etc… all prices are negotiable. Also figure out comparable salaries for the work in that area with competing companies. DuPont is almost a monopoly or not?
Thank you I agree I mentioned I wanted a competitive salary but I would prefer a role with commission
A big name on your resume will go along way with future employers. They immediately endow you with competence above other candidates. A couple years will pay dividends for years. I would push back though and point out the salary hit unless you applied for an entry level or you lack experience for this specific position.
Let me ask this:
Did you give them a salary number that you would accept prior to the offer?
Did you tell them how much you currently make?
If you told them either one of those things, then they knew what it would take and low balled you anyway.
Unless they have benefits that are golden compared to where you are like a 10% 401k match or free insurance, etc...I'd decline politely and walk.
Thank you for your kind words
Very low. You can earn 100k at a burger joint as a manager. I have friends who have been in the burger business for 30 years and they all make over $300k per year.
Damn I should of skipped college lol
If i were in your position I would let them know you are very interested in the position but the salary is significantly less than you are making now and you were surprised how uncompetitive the offer is, especially given Dupont's reputation. Unless you are desperate, I would be prepared to walk away.
Exactly I wanted to be a cheme but not for less than a lab tech I might just move away from engineering completely and go back to sales
Right now, salaries have been stagnant vs inflation and recession (on top of climate change, pollution, short term profit taking, perverse incentivization, and transnational corporations globalization).
For every person at the big companies, there are competing comparable workers all over the world. You are a number being minimized (as well as downsized) so push back when you are still able little guy. The biggest tadpole eats their smaller siblings to survive.
I wouldn't take it. I started at 65k and got bumped to 70k a year later. I work in the midwest with a mechanical engineering degree for background so the offer was within the expected range. I have friends who did chemical engineering and you should start at a minimum 70k right out of school regardless of location other than costal areas I would expect least 85k-90k due to high cost of living.
That’s what I thought but I haven’t found success I made 75k in tech sales before graduating and thought I’d make 70-90k at least I’m thinking of going back to sales and moving on from engineering unless I find a sales engineer role I hear they make 70k plus commission.
For Dupont, seems very low, for any location. Definitely negotiate but bring data to the table, glassdoor etc.
You need to get in your time machine and return to 2023 from 2007.
I agree with you it does seem a little bit low for a chemical engineer however it is not a typical and of course there's a big jump once in the past entry level engineering rules
What is YOE and COL? Is the job title Chemical Engineer? That number sounds very low to me and I'm struggling to see how they arrived at such a low number. For any title with engineer in it, at any location in the states, I would expect a salary in the 80s. Dupont in general has pretty good benefits but that salary doesn't make sense to me.
ChemE I - 55k offer
YOE - 1-3
I heard the same thing 68-98k for I and 85-125k for II
That’s why I applied
Update: DuPont never replied so I guess that’s a no time to brush off my fry cook cap