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I’m also grateful to live in NYC with pay transparency laws
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Thank you so much for this video. What great insights. I really loved the comment around employer/employee market. Current market is definitely not in employee favour, with demand for work higher than the offer. Lots of aspects to be considered in the negotiation process. Great work, it helped me decide my approach with the recent job offer. I've also subscribed, as I found your video the most relatable one.
The way i deal with a “lowball” offer is to accept it and continue to work for a second contract, you get what you paid for in the end.
What usually happens in my experience is they post or say a range of say $80K to $120K and always offer $80-85K.
Great video , The best information was the the counter offer . The quote " This wasn't what I expected" ?
Interesting comments below! Up here in Western Canada when companies advertise for a position the rate of pay has to be advertised at the same time so no ones time is wasted. There are still low ball advertisers.
I got a lowball offer before, I didn’t even negotiate and just accepted on the spot. The manager even sounded a bit surprised. Because I know full well that i was going to another company and we were already late in the interview process. Ironically, the second day I started the first job I got the offer from the other company. What I thought was: if you lowball me, you can’t hate me for leaving you as soon as I got something else.
Here’s my advice 1. Don’t be passive aggressive - it’s a negotiation - and don’t take it personally 2. Always be interviewing or open to interviews, you want multiple opportunities in hand if you want market rate 3. Ask what the position pays up front. Don’t be coy, say what you need 4. Try and get to the hiring manager as soon as possible 5. Don’t under value the soft components - culture, benefits, team members Remember: your the one looking to move, make sure you are selling yourself appropriately at each stage
Back in 2021, I had applied to an EET position in Louisville, KY. They tried to offer me $14 per hour. I almost laughed into the phone at that. After a few minutes of trying to get them to bring that amount up to a realistic level, they didn't budge. So I told them "That isn't even worth continuing this conversation, have a nice day." The position went unfilled for almost a year until they finally listed the wage and brought it up to about double what they tried to offer me. Many of these employers are clowns.
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That was really helpful! Thank you for sharing!
Very good point on looking at the total compensation package, vs just looking at base pay. This was why I accepted my employer's counter offer. (I work for a small business and like my job, but had an opportunity for a similar role at a large healthcare corperation.) While they couldnt match the basepay of thr other company, they got me close enough, kept me hourly instead of moving to salary, and threw in a company vehicle and education opportunities. Not having to maintain a vehicle or pay for gas was huge. That and thr ability to still get overtime for hours worked over 40 were able to bridge that gap.
While I was between positions, I was working through a recruitment company and we kept getting nothing but positive feedback. Went through 5 interviews (7 total if you count the 2 interviews that they failed to show-up for) at this small company and never received an offer because they wanted to see how this 'other' candidate stacked up... but they kept having scheduling conflicts which just continuously kept delaying the offer. The recruitment company didn't want to start looking elsewhere since we were at the finish line (causing me to lone-wolf again). After a month of waiting, I accepted elsewhere for more pay and benefits that I preferred. I know I made the right choice simply because I'd probably be working twice as hard for a company that doesn't really appreciate heartbeats since they knew I was unemployed and probably felt like they could get me cheap. I simply miss the days when companies were about providing QUALITY service and bettering it's community. Now its just about the bare minimum service and bettering it's shareholders.
I answered an ad that clearly stated that the job paid $27 an hour. Got the interview and a follow up interview and was told that I was the only qualified candidate they found for the job. I got a call a few days later with a job offer with the pay rate of $22 an hour. I mentioned that the ad said $27 an hour. I bluntly told them that if the offer was anything less than $27 an hour I was not interested. We ended the call and less than an hour later got another call from the interviewer's boss with the $27 an hour offer. The interview was through an agency for the employer. I started the job and in less than 6 months later got a promotion and raise to $34 an hour. I have always been blunt and up front about pay when it comes to job offers. I usually get what I want.
The problem is I'm not a high quality employee yet, but I'll definitely get there
I did accept a lowball offer because nobody was really hiring during the pandemic and the job was a hybrid position close to my home. I was still interviewing for other positions while I worked my lowball job. The lowball job was fun and I learned several new technologies while working. Eventually, another recruiter was able to find a much higher paying job and I explained to my boss that I wasn’t making enough money for my experience and skill set. They still haven’t replaced me since I left according to my former coworkers.