the cash issue
Have you ever had to really negotiate salary before? I feel so uncomfortable doing it. I don't know if this is because I'm not sure what I'm worth or what, but sheesh.
In previous positions, salary was pretty much non-negotiable, as I worked for the state. In my position now, I didn't negotiate -- I just took their first offer, and boy, was that a mistake.
Tips? Advice? Iowa asked me for my requirements and I gave them a range, but said that I'd be happy to negotiate because it was more important to me to be in a position with growth, satisfaction, etc. than be highly compensated.
Am I showing my hand?
Yikes.
I need someone to do this for me.
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Find the range so to speak, ask the highest, view their offer and accept the middle if you want.
i had to negotiate my current salary, b/c they offered me less than the raise i was offered to stay in my then-current job. i said, "i have been offered this to stay in my current job and a similar position at a smaller paper just south of chatt that interviewed me also offered the same figure, so i think you should match it." and they did. def. ask for what you think you are worth, b/c you may think the position is more important than the salary, but a year from now, when yr having a bad day at work, you'll be like, dude, i do all this shit and don't even get paid enough!
Thanks, guys -- and you're very right, Caddy!
(Now, WTF is up with the Dawgs? The game isn't being shown up here but just checked the score...)
they suck ass, that's what's up with them.
UGA will be awesome in a year or two. Richt is being exposed a little and the team, for the most part, is inexperienced and immature. That's what's wrong.
My experience was to give a range, then when I got the offer (which admittedly was already way better than what I'd been making) to just ask how firm the number was. I only got them up another grand, but hey, it makes a difference.
Amusingly, our sweet little HR guy said, "you were smart to ask that!" after we had settled on a number.
I've also heard some statistic that said like, 95% of men negotiate and less than 5% of women do. So I look upon it as a duty to ask for more!
You're right, Al... and I like the "how firm is that number?" question, too. I might use it.
Thank you!
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