Timeline for How to best prepare myself for a promotion with a VERY low-ball offer
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| Sep 8, 2016 at 5:16 | comment | added | Stephan Bijzitter | Well, a $1 raise is in your case almost 10%... at least that makes it sound a lot better. | |
| May 12, 2016 at 15:18 | comment | added | lambdapool | For a cal center guy that's fine you should be glad. | |
| Apr 12, 2016 at 5:16 | vote | accept | Douglas Gaskell | ||
| Mar 15, 2016 at 1:54 | comment | added | ctc | Uncanny. Your story was essentially my exact experience back in 2003. I eventually got a full-time development position with the call center, working my way up from CSR after creating all sorts of reporting tools for them. I seem to recall getting a raise to around $18/hour. Good luck getting $25/hour in a call center. They treat their employees like cattle. My advice: get some quick experience and move on. Good luck! | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 23:45 | answer | added | Kilisi | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 22:49 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWorkplace/status/651167335143702529 | ||
| Oct 5, 2015 at 22:16 | answer | added | Socrates | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 19:52 | comment | added | A.S | @JamesAdam Good point. But I don't think the OP would know the answer to whether he "ha[s] the qualifications to get hired straight into the higher level position at another company" unless he actually applied and got an offer. However my impression from the post is that there is no time for that in this case. Also in the long run, it's unclear whether taking the offer with lower pay will help or hurt the career. On one hand, it provides formal experience in a higher-up role. On the other hand, it sets a precedent for future employers to low-ball the pay since he had agreed to it in the past. | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 16:14 | answer | added | user2989297 | timeline score: -1 | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 16:05 | comment | added | shoover | What country, and what region of the country, is this? There are multiple countries using the dollar for currency. | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 15:56 | answer | added | Dan | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 15:51 | comment | added | James Adam | Look at this as a career building exercise: If you don't have the qualifications to get hired straight into the higher level position at another company, you should take the promotion. After you have a bit of experience in the new role, find a new employer (for a nice pay hike) and leave. | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 12:35 | comment | added | A.S | The situation seems fairly straight forward: Make a counteroffer, but be prepared to reject the promotion (and leave the company) if it is not accepted by the employer. More specifically, based on market rates, come up with a fair hourly rate that you would be comfortable accepting, e.g. $(15+18)/2=$16.50, avg of low-end estimates. Explain the value you deliver for the $. If the employer rejects your fair counter-offer, you need to be ready to reject their promotion offer. If this happens, start looking for other opportunities as they will be aware that you are not content and may leave. | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 12:15 | comment | added | Brandin | One thing you need is a concrete asking price. Summarize your research about national averages and so on into a single concrete value X that you want. If they offer you something lower than X, you say "If you could offer me X, then I could certainly accept this position." | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 11:54 | comment | added | mikeazo | How does their pay compare to similar jobs in your area? Is your area simply cheaper than the national average? | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 11:20 | answer | added | Joe Strazzere | timeline score: 10 | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 11:00 | answer | added | The Wandering Dev Manager | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 10:23 | answer | added | Dawny33 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 10:15 | comment | added | Jane S | If the company already knows they pay low wages and aren't worried about it, then your chances of getting more than your $1 is pretty slim. | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 10:07 | history | asked | Douglas Gaskell | CC BY-SA 3.0 |