>> Negotiating your salary upfront is likely going to give you the best deal you can get. Don't kid yourself into thinking that you can "show your value" to imp

>> Negotiating your salary upfront is likely going to give you the best deal you can get. Don't kid yourself into thinking that you can "show your value" to improve your negotiating position. Your first few months on the job are usually when you are at your lowest performance, since you are learning the company's processes. That is your trial period. That does not conform to my experience as employee or as an employer. Do you have any evidence to support it? If does sound like something a recruiter who wants to take a cut of your first year salary (from the employer) would say.