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I did this early on in my career. I said that after learning more about the role and XYZ additional responsibilities and looking at market rates, I felt X would be a more appropriate salary. We landed on a slight increase and a guaranteed re-evaluation based on performance in 90 days, which got me above where I wanted. I was asking for 15k (25%) more though. Probably wouldn’t do it for 5k.
Agree - if you realize based on responsibilities and market rate, it’s fair to ask. I did and it was so worth it.
5k? Seriously? Lump it. Otherwise you come off poorly. Unless you did it verbally, then gaslight them and say the salary you want and that they must have misheard you. In reality, 5k will get eaten up by ur state and fed taxes anyway. Better play is to prove yourself and ask for a raise after your first year.
How did it go!? Needless to say we hope you get what you ask and it’s a great job for you.
Just say “Woahhhhh! I didn’t realize y’all don’t offer a goat yoga space or free auto maintenance. We’re going to need to work something out.”
Are you asking about your job at Anomaly?
If you asked early on in the process, you can say that having learned more about the job, you’d like an additional $5k. But if you named the number and you agreed, you’re stuck.
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I’ve asked if there was any wiggle room on salary (without giving a number) and they offered up $5k more. I say it doesn’t hurt to ask just be ready if they say no - can you live with that.
Wow, some really bad advice here. Don’t ever leave money on the table. It might not make a difference in your biweekly paycheck, but it’s still $5k and . You provide a range because there are a number of factors that weigh into total compensation, salary is only one piece of that pie. You can go about a few ways: like someone mentioned above you can cite you’ve learned more about the role and it’s value is X. You can say the range you provided was dependent on soft benefits, and after seeing they don’t match in the same way as your previous employer (or any benefit discrepancy), ask for an increase. If they say they don’t have flexibility on your base salary, try to get that value elsewhere in your compensation, like additional vacation days, signing bonus, or other ways that won’t impact their reporting or salary structure.
Nothing. Do nothing now. Your reputation matters more.
It’s weird. Very weird.
When people do that it makes them appear flakey and grabbing. Because you already asked for, and got what you thought you were worth. Now suddenly you feel you’re worth more, so what’s changed, other than you sensing opportunity? Having hired people before I would personally not counteroffer once things are already agreed to, and see this as a misalignment of values. You lose power and reputation in this equation.
you're talking like $200 a check. maybe less depending on tax bracket.
just leave it.
no point pissing them off for $200
$200 per year is more like $20k per year, not $5k...
I asked about benefits like paid parking. (Or you could say 401k/rrsp matching, fitness membership coverage... choose your benefit) They said they didn’t offer it so I asked if they could adjust the salary to take that into account.
Had they covered parking, it would have the difference regardless.
I have this weird tactic that gets employers to tell me what salary they're thinking... I high bid the s**t out of them and then wait for their reaction. They've oddly always tell me what they were really thinking and let's them know I want the higher figure.