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Standing firm is a useful negotiation tactic at times, yet no guarantee for success. If companies you want to work for collectively take the stance that you don
by Firadeoclus 5y ago
Standing firm is a useful negotiation tactic at times, yet no guarantee for success. If companies you want to work for collectively take the stance that you don't deserve the salary you're asking for, possibly influenced by their knowledge of your salary history, then you standing firm means you don't get the job.
Even if it's only some companies doing that, it influences the time it takes for you to find a job that pays what you feel you deserve, increasing the cost of your "stand firm" stance.
- WalterBright 5y agoNobody said negotiation offered guarantees. It's not negotiating that gets you a guaranteed worst case result.
- Firadeoclus 5y ago"All the person has to do" reads to me as if you're implying it's a guaranteed road to success, or that it comes at minimal cost. If this wasn't intended, I apologise. Not negotiating means you get low offers, standing firm might mean you get none at all. I think the latter is the worst case result.