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In some situations it would be said you are being too literal? Sometimes when people negotiate they say "can you do x because y" where y is just a plausible wa
by whiddershins 9y ago
In some situations it would be said you are being too literal?
Sometimes when people negotiate they say "can you do x because y" where y is just a plausible way to ask for x.
It is often more graceful than just saying "we don't want to pay that much."
- arthurcolle 9y agoim not following, can you explain what you mean a little more thoroughly?
- jacknews 9y agoI think whiddershins means the "since it's a remote position" part of the argument is just a smokescreen, and that they really just mean "can you come down on price". Perhaps the OP should call their bluff and offer to work on-site.
- jacobwg 9y agoHe's saying that saying "can you do X because Y" sometimes is just another way of asking "can you do X". So in this case, them asking for the OP to lower salary may have nothing to do with the position being remote, even though that's what they said. This is a common negotiation tactic. If you give someone _any_ reason when making a request, they are more likely to comply, even if that reason doesn't make sense. Small example, at a coffee shop: "Can I cut in line?" might get a negative response, but "can I cut in line, I am late to pick up my son from school" is much more likely to get a positive response. I don't have a link, but there have been studies to show that even nonsensical justifications are more likely to get positive responses. "Can I cut in line, my grandmother is watching TV" is more effective than no justification at all. In this case, by connecting the salary reduction to a feature of the job (remote), it makes it more acceptable to comply with the request than if it didn't have a reason attached.