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Couple of things I’m wondering about.... What constitutes an exploding offer? Is it a 3 day deadline? 1 week? 2 weeks? 3? Personally, anything less than 2 week
by pmiller2 8y ago
Couple of things I’m wondering about....
What constitutes an exploding offer? Is it a 3 day deadline? 1 week? 2 weeks? 3? Personally, anything less than 2 weeks seems rushed to be making a decision that could cost me $10K or more over the next year. I feel like 3 weeks should be enough to wrap up any open recruitment processes, and 6 weeks is downright absurd, but I don’t have a good sense of the issue overall.
Also, if merely mentioning having an on-site can get me a $5k increase, why not just bluff?
- dsr_ 8y agoEverybody has their own range. That said, when a company demands an answer by the end of the day or the end of the next day, or if you have mentioned you have another interview coming up and they set it before then, it's an exploding offer and you should reject it. It's entirely reasonable for a company that really needs your skills now because they don't have anyone else who can do that work to ask for an answer in a week. You should consider negotiating a little harder. For any company that already has several people working in the same position, or is expecting you to move any significant distance, you should expect them not to be in a huge hurry.
- repsilat 8y agoWhat would a hiring manager say if you told them "I'm going to finish my job hunt, if yours is the best offer at the end I'll submit another application" ?