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Do you mean that they chronically underpay people (and thus that you could predict success by looking at companies that pay their employees a lot)? Or are you j
by byrneseyeview 17y ago
Do you mean that they chronically underpay people (and thus that you could predict success by looking at companies that pay their employees a lot)? Or are you just observing that all else being equal, companies want to pay less, and workers want to make more, and they either meet at a mutually acceptable value or refuse to do business with one another.
- ido 17y agoThe second. Could be that my experience is not representative, but after asking what my salary expectations were, every company I ever worked for wanted to pay me a bit less than that. I am also sure they would have done so regardless of how much I asked for, it's standard haggling practice as far as I can tell.
- byrneseyeview 17y agoWell, yeah. Unless your negotiating tactic is to name the lowest price you would ever accept, they have to assume that they can offer you less than you originally said.