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Yeah, a lot of the money comes in by simply saying to many people "I'm worth that money". And the key ingredients to bargaining are having another offer (= bein
by erikb 11y ago
Yeah, a lot of the money comes in by simply saying to many people "I'm worth that money". And the key ingredients to bargaining are having another offer (= being able to walk) and knowing the market a little (=talking to other companies, reading texts like this one), and the third is to talk to your manager. The worst thing that can happen is that he says no. But even then you are better set up for the same talk the next time. Saying no a few times is also hard for the manager.
- x5n1 11y agoYou also actually have to be worth it.
- erikb 11y agoIs anybody really worth >=$150k/year?
- charlesdm 11y agoYes. If you make or save the company more than a multiple of that, you're worth $150k.
- cweagans 11y agoI won't speak for others, but at a previous company, I almost singlehandedly carried a single project to completion that brought in over a million dollars in a single calendar year. Some of that obviously goes to company overhead (offices, administrative roles, etc), but let's be extremely generous and say HALF of that is overhead. $150k/year is peanuts compared to the cost of having a valuable person leave your company during a large project.