The process of two or more parties attempting to find a mutually agreeable arrangement. Generally this refers to salary/job offer negotiation or business transactions.
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How should I negotiate a salary with conflicting information?
I am currently working as a temp-to-hire. The temp agency I work for has told me that the salary range I would receive at this company is 100-115 (numbers are for illustration only).
The management ...
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Salary negotiation based on same job offer of the same company [duplicate]
I recently had a talk with my boss about my future in the company I am working in. The meeting went very well, I could show him how valuable I am for the company and what my plans are for the next ...
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Should I list salary expectations on my resume?
In this question about resumes, one hiring manager brought up that he/she wanted to see Salary Requirements. There was a brief discussion on whether this was important information or not.
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offer to join a startup as the tech guy [closed]
A friend of mine (no tech bg, but lots of business xp) is planning to found a startup and has invited me to be the CTO.
I have some background working in IT and in coding some odd projects on the ...
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How to ask for appraisal to be moved forward
I've been at my current job as a software developer for nearly two years (22.5 months, to be exact). I'm due an appraisal every year, so my next one should be in July, when I reach my two year ...
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How do I bring up being misled about my job role during the interview period?
After interviewing for a job in a new technology that has great long term prospects, I joined the company despite relatively low pay. After joining the company, I was assigned to different technology ...
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Factoring pension into salary negotiations
I've read various posts in regards to negotiating a higher salary after receiving an offer. However, one piece of information I'm looking for is how to factor in a pension program when ...
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How do I negotiate a higher salary without being offered yet?
Acme Inc.'s HR called me and said they are interested in me and that the salary is $XYZ. I asked if it was negotiable, and she said it was dependent on their hiring manager, and she made it sound ...
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What would be the most appropriate time to ask for a raise for my summer job? Or would it not be appropriate at all?
I am a 20-year old college student and I'm just about to finish up my third year before going home for the summer. I worked as an intern last summer and during my winter break as a programmer. As ...
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How to tell my boss that I do not want to do a task that is too simple for my experience
I have an advanced degree in electronics and a number of years of directly relevant industry experience. Our engineering company has been recently acquired by a larger corporation and my new direct ...
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How to secure a counter offer from my current employer [duplicate]
I have worked for a small family run business for the past 3 years, I am paid approximately £10,000 below market rate and until now I have accepted that because I liked the culture and the flexibility ...
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What is the best way to ask for a higher salary at a new job when the interviewer already knows what I make?
I am planning to move to another company. Recently I have interviewed with a company and at the end of the day of my interview, I accidentally disclosed my current base salary to the VP of the ...
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Can I negotiate for tuition reimbursement?
I just received a formal offer and everything is satisfactory except the tuition reimbursement. I'm planning to get a masters while working. This is a 2 year program with a 50k tuition. Currently, my ...
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How to overcome the dilemma caused by delay in receiving offer letter? [closed]
I was recently interviewed by a giant software consulting firm. There were around 8 rounds of interview over phone and face-to-face spanned over 45 days. I attended the last round termed as salary ...
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Potential employer asks about other job offers? [duplicate]
If an employer asks me the details of other job offers - (company and salary offered), should I always tell them?
Once I had been asked both and I gave them that info. What happened next stunned me. ...
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Is it acceptable to add a small clause when negotiating a contract to work for a large company?
My idea is I want to add a clause called "Skill development" where I am allotted a small(3/40) amount of hours per week working on projects of my choosing.
The idea is working on these projects will ...
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Should I negotiate if I'm offered more than what I initially asked for?
I was just offered a position at a company I'm very excited to work at. During the initial phone screening I tossed out a really high number to set the negotiation bar high. Well they ended up ...
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What's the best way to go about renegotiating my contract?
I started working as a contractor out of college because with my relative lack of professional experience it seemed like the only kind of work that I could find. Now I'm coming up to month 8 of my ...
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Agreed price for agreed work to be done, but now asking for more work to be done?
About 2 months ago I was asked to make a charity website for a friend, it was only going to be a html/css website ie. No need for PHP, JavaScript etc, being a friend I offered £60 for the website, we ...
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How can I use my masters degree to get a higher salary?
I have almost completed my masters degree in computer science. I have interviewed at a lot of companies, where they told me that they don't think a Masters degree is necessary for a software ...
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How can I make sure that promises for a promotion will be kept?
I work at a really sought after big security company. But I am stuck with all the corporate policies that prevents people from easily moving internally into good positions.
I interviewed for a senior ...
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When facing a low salary offer, should I ask for more than my desired salary in order to “negotiate” down to my desired salary?
I have received an salary offer from a company that I am very interested in working for.
However the salary is only just over half my expected salary for my education level, though I am still ...
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How should I negotiate for better benefits (more vacation) instead of more pay?
A few years ago I had a job in which I received four weeks of vacation annually. Unfortunately, that position was defunded. When I took my next position, the new employer would only give me two ...
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Should I get a counter offer (from my current employer) in writing?
In the event that I get a job offer while employed and my current employer offers me a raise to stay instead of moving to the new job, should I request that the raise be in writing? Some advice on ...
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Using “offered a promotion I don't want” as a selling point in looking for my next job
I've been offered a promotion that, for a large number of reasons, I have no interest in taking. I had actually already decided to leave my current company, and my rejection really only accelerates my ...
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Do you still negotiate when going through a staffing agency?
It's said you should always negotiate salary. However, I'm looking at some contract-to-hire type positions through a staffing agency. Typically, the agency "presents" me at a given hourly rate that we ...
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How do I respond to a low-ball offer?
Consider if I work in a city making X, and am offered a job in another city for also X. The new city has a cost of living that is almost double where I currently live, yet the offer is the same as ...
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How can I tell my boss that the solution he wants is impractical?
My boss asked me if I have an idea for a solution to a problem he is facing. I've determined that this can not be achieved without having negative effects, so we would need an alternative approach.
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Does knowing the potential salary range for a position change how much you should ask for?
I am in the process of interviewing for another job within my company. I am not yet guaranteed a job offer, but it looks promising and I don't believe there are any other candidates. I do expect to ...
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How to use multiple offers to negotiate a higher salary?
I am facing this situation.
A few days back, I got an offer from CompanyA and I verbally accepted it. Yesterday I got another offer from CompanyB, which is paying a higher salary (about 12%more). ...
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Can I ask for a higher salary if I've already said how much I want?
During an interview I was asked how much I wanted, so I said a number.
The interviewer (who would be my boss) said we would talk again and that this was not the final conversation because he needed ...
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What can relocation assistance entail?
I have received an offer for a company, and on the company website, it says they provide relocation assistance under the benefits section. When I received the job offer, he never mentioned relocation ...
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Is it out of line to ask for a raise to make up for a tax increase?
Many in the US have probably noticed the 2% increase in FICA taxes this year. I realize my employer is not responsible for the tax increase. But neither am I, and now I'm earning 2% less than last ...
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Is a 30-second pause after a salary offer a good tactic?
This salary negotiation tip suggests:
When you hear the other person’s first offer, don’t say OK. Say Hmmm.
I am wondering if this is a good tactic, or if the HR person would think otherwise. Is ...
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How can I help management when they back themselves into a corner with a client regarding internal staff policies?
In light of the question from the linked question (asked by another user); and the corresponding answers and commentary:
Using gym at workplace during work hours
Assume that I now I have an answer ...
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Should I try to renegotiate for on call hours?
I went through a fairly lengthy interview process for my current employer. I asked many questions about the job and the nature of the work. On-call time was never mentioned. Now this employer is ...
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Discussing salary for the first time - Intern
Amounts will be mentioned to give a better understading of the situation.
After 4 months in of my 6-month long internship. My boss said they want me to stay with them. I will be graduating some time ...
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When should you form a union? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When should one consider unionizing in the US?
In the U.S., the Hostess liquidation has captured the public's attention. While many will miss 'Twinkies', others are ...
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When should I negotiate a salary for a contract-to-hire offer?
I am a graduating engineering student in the US. One of the positions I'm perusing is a contract-to-hire position, meaning that I'm will be an hourly employee with no benefits for a set period of time ...
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Negatives of a signing bonus [closed]
What, if any, are the common obligations that come with signing bonuses? I have heard in casual discussion that you will have to repay a signing bonus if you quit a job within six months or a year ...
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How can I delay job offer acceptance? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I coordinate the process of pursuing multiple job opportunities at the same time?
I was offered a job at a company, and I only have one week to respond. The offer ...
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How can I negotiate for additional vacation time instead of extra salary?
I've just gotten an attractive job offer. I've been doing a lot of reading about negotiations, here on Stack Exchange and elsewhere. The general gist seems to be that it's silly to leave money on the ...
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Get a raise to match another job offer
I've been offered a position at another company for $50K more than what I am getting paid now. However, this other company doesn't completely interest me and I feel I might get bored with the work in ...
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Salary negotiation - technique
During the negotiation process, after I get a formal offer, is it okay to list out current compensation, benefits with current company with those of new job offer and send it to new company's HR? So ...
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Is suggesting a monthly or yearly increase in salary better?
Depending on how an offer is written, it may state a monthly or yearly salary. For example, "Your monthly salary will be $5,000" vs "Your yearly salary will be $60,000, paid monthly" represents the ...
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What is the proper sequence to negotiate/ask about payment and benefits in a job offer?
Situation:
Receive job offer and have questions and desire to make a counteroffer. Assume this offer has been communicated via email after a phone conversation but these principles would apply for a ...
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When negotiatiating a job offer, can I ask to be reimbursed for two-body-problem travel?
When negotiating a job offer, is it reasonable to ask the company to help pay for airfare for me to visit my wife?
The details:
I just graduated with a Ph.D. in computer science, and have ...
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I just found out that I am the lowest paid on my team. How do I negotiate a raise without revealing this knowledge?
So for the past few weeks I have been working overtime as from my last question Saying no to project managers?
I recently found out about what my team coworkers were making through a friendly chat ...
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Importance (and flexibility) in Job Title Presented in Job-offer
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In a job offer a job title is specified. This may be something which likely appears everywhere - whether company email address books or your email signature or on your resume.
From my ...
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How do I argue for a 3-day, 30 hour workweek?
I am currently working full time as an intern, but now want to switch to 3-days-a-week in the fall. It is to continue finishing my graduate studies.
However, the VP who is 2 levels above me doesn't ...
