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Yes, these things happen... sometimes, as anything in the universe. I've been promoted to a leading position after renegotiating my contract and it came with a
by throwaway65123 5y ago
Yes, these things happen... sometimes, as anything in the universe.
I've been promoted to a leading position after renegotiating my contract and it came with a 120% raise. You probably guessed it right - I was heavily underpaid at first. A teammate of mine earned around 60% more than me and our lead over 100%. When I finally found it out I was devastated. It happend for a couple of years. Sounds stupid? Yeah, it was. I was totally unaware of how much I should be asking for in the first place and never cared to talk about the compensation with the other guys. The team being 100% remote and spread across different countries didn't help too.
What would you do in my place? I wanted to quit, but I decided to negotiate an "impossible" raise first as I had nothing to lose anyway. It worked out and I stayed until now.
- gumby 5y agoThis is why I think that companies should make salaries public. Compensation negotiation is not a skill needed for performance of a job, and hiring managers will have more experience than the candidate. Be fair and don’t worry about “the truth coming out”
- kinderczekolada 5y agoThat's the point man! Don't be naive. The company is not your friend it pays you as little as possible. There's no incentive for a company to pay you more than it needs to.
- potta_coffee 5y agoOnce my boss bragged to me about paying one of our European contractors "Chinese slave wages." That took the wind out of my sails at that job and my boss became an enemy. I didn't last long at that company after hearing that.