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This was back in 2012 or 2013. At the time I was a manager at Deloitte GPS making ~$140k. A small federal contractor had spent a while trying to poach me for a SM role there. I decided to see where it went, so went through 3 rounds of interviews and put off asking about comp because they kept saying they paid "very competitive" salaries.
The final offer was a hard $80k. I didn't even let them finish the call when they extended the verbal offer.
Salary is not the only important part. Career trajectory > salary. That’s why a lot of people build startups. Their salary at first is always 0.
Consulting role at regional firm. Big 4 staring salary came in at $72. Regional firm was $47k but if I agreed to take on a dual sales / consulting role they’d bump it up to $48.5k. What a joke 😂
That must be like 2000s or 2010s.
Get paid close to 190k, a role that wanted someone with 8YOE minimum (as listed on their JD and also from what the talent person reiterated) wanted to try to offer me 90k.
This was also maybe a month ago
This was quite some time ago but a recruiter contacted me about an opening for another firm (been so long don’t even remember who it was now). I interviewed and they offered me ~20% more than what I made at the time but told me it was dependent on me proving I made what the recruiter told them.
The recruiter had given them my all-in comp which included a 10% bonus. I told the HR person this on the call and they told me based on that, they’d have to offer me 10% less.
I wasn’t going to accept the original offer, literally laughed at the revised one. Stayed put and got promoted three months later which came with a 25% raise.
Learn from it and just talk salary expectations early on so you’re in a decent ballpark. Still sucks to have wasted your time (and theirs)
This. First question to ask
I make 120 and was offered 60 for a “promotion”
First job out of college offered me $26K in 2017 in industry. While I know it’s industry and it’s step 1 it still felt insulting but I took it because I needed a start.
Pivoted 11 months later to consulting for $75K. Stayed for 6 years working to $121K. Jumped in year 6 to tech for $235K.
Bottom line know your worth and never lose sight of getting what you think your worth.
I make $500k - $1mm a year and a competitor called and offered me a higher title for $125k a year.