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> how else do businesses know they're offering competitive salaries, benefits, and perks? I would assume from how many applicants negotiate - or outright rejec
by DaiPlusPlus 6y ago
> how else do businesses know they're offering competitive salaries, benefits, and perks?
I would assume from how many applicants negotiate - or outright reject - their job-offers
But yeah - I forgot about the consulting companies that do the survey thing.
But we have our own! https://www.levels.fyi/ https://www.levels.fyi/
- pm90 6y agoInterestingly, I haven’t ever seen actual candidate data used to determine compensation. Ie companies almost never use a candidate demanding more to actually change anything. It’s all based on these “professional comp surveyors” as the parent has described.
- DaiPlusPlus 6y agoUnrelated: I'm sure we have our own fantasies of potential employers (or past-employers) begging us to work for them with them increasing their offers or offering other benefits - but I'm curious if that's ever actually happened to anyone.
- freeone3000 6y agoYou should absolutely negotiate salary. Saving a few ten thousands a year on salary for a department doesn't really mean that much to your manager or to the company, compared to filling that slot in the org chart.
- sokoloff 6y agoNegotiations for big, non-standard benefits (custom health plan, greater retirement match) are practically impossible. Negotiations for a custom salary are entirely normal IME.