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What are your strategies for tactfully deflecting this question? Personally I try to start a discussion about how important benefits are to me, and the fact th
by clinta 7y ago
What are your strategies for tactfully deflecting this question?
Personally I try to start a discussion about how important benefits are to me, and the fact that they can make comparing salaries between companies meaningless, so I can't really talk about pay expectations until I have a good understanding of the full compensation package.
But I'd love to hear some other approaches to go to.
- nprateem 7y agoAre benefits that important? You can't spend Nespressos and table football. It's different if you mean equity/pay/overtime, etc. that sort of financial bundle. The other stuff is just window dressing that the company keeps after you move on. I'd put it firmly in the nice-to-have category.
- clinta 7y agoI mean health benefits specifically. I have a child with special needs. The difference between his therapy covered with or without coinsurance can be 20k per year out of my pocket. *Edit: Of course this isn't something I want to let a prospective employer know, so I try to keep it generic by referencing benefits.
- leesec 7y agoYeah usually something along these lines, if they press on first number I'd say something like, "I'm open to considering a variety of offers, but I'd have to see what the whole package looks like, and I'd really be interested in hearing more about the company first." https://haseebq.com/my-ten-rules-for-negotiating-a-job-offer/ https://haseebq.com/my-ten-rules-for-negotiating-a-job-offer... I don't know if this is the specific article addressing that question, but this guys writing on negotiations was very helpful to me.
- clinta 7y agoThank you for this. This was very helpful.