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I've had pretty good success being completely honest about my salary requirements. A 10% raise just won't cut for me, because I care about my team. The only way
by dumpsterdiver 5y ago
I've had pretty good success being completely honest about my salary requirements. A 10% raise just won't cut for me, because I care about my team. The only way I'm willing to leave is for a <your_number_here>% raise, and comparable benefits.
Edit: I'm probably biased, because I've been shown a lot of love the past few years by my current employer, in the form of money.
- gostsamo 5y agoThose were example numbers. The key part is the asimetric information: the new company knows your rock bottom, while you have no way to know their upper limit.
- dumpsterdiver 5y agoYeah, I get it, and you're not wrong - you'll probably end up with a higher salary operating that way. It's just not for me. I've already reached my "good enough" salary (the hard way), and at this point I'm more focused on what I can give back.
- gostsamo 5y agoI still carry the trauma from a previous exployer1 and though I pretty like my current one, the relationship is regularly reevaluated. 1. this was an honest typo in the beginning, but reading it I decided that it is a right one.
- oblio 5y agoYou don't get it. It's not about you. Statistically, with this setup, companies will constantly underpay. Yes, there will be some outliers being overpaid or those happy with their salary, but most will be in fact underpaid.
- dumpsterdiver 5y agoWhat don't I get exactly? I said "it's just not for me." I'm not sure how I can be much more clear that the sentiment was in fact about me.
- oblio 5y agoWe are talking about systemic problems here and you came in practically going ME, ME, ME. See how that could be considered a little tone deaf? :-)
- dumpsterdiver 5y agoFair point.