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1. Get information: the employers have lots more information than you do about compensation ranges. Try to get your own information. That can tell you whether a
by matheist 8y ago
1. Get information: the employers have lots more information than you do about compensation ranges. Try to get your own information. That can tell you whether an employer is above or below other employers, and also whether their offer is low/high relative to their other employees. Some sources: https://www.levels.fyi/comp.html https://www.levels.fyi/comp.html and https://h1bdata.info/ https://h1bdata.info/
2. Have multiple offers. At least two if you want to have any leverage at all. "I want X" is vastly less effective than "I have another offer for Y, can you offer more". Guessing that you're being low-balled possible, I guess, but it's much safer and easier to actually auction your work. Bluffing might work but having a strong BATNA is way better.