Timeline for If a job application has a fixed expected salary field (not a range) and the company offers that exact salary, can I still negotiate the salary?
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| Oct 25, 2018 at 21:37 | comment | added | David Schwartz | An expected salary is not necessarily what you want. If the field said "desired salary", the certainly it would be unreasonable to try to negotiate if they gave that to you. But an expected salary is not a desired salary. | |
| Oct 23, 2018 at 4:35 | comment | added | solarflare | Yes, but in your case the negotiation is over. You asked and they gave. You cant ask again. If they lowballed you then you could negotiate but if they gave you what you asked then that means the negotiation is complete. If you ask for more it will look like you're taking them for chumps. | |
| Oct 23, 2018 at 4:13 | comment | added | user93736 | This is my first real job, so I'm a total noob at this. People always say "negotiate the offer". Does this not apply to this case? | |
| Oct 23, 2018 at 4:12 | history | answered | solarflare | CC BY-SA 4.0 |