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You should always know how much you're "worth" in the market at the moment - that is, given at most a couple months of job search, what is the maximum offer you
by burntoutfire 4y ago
You should always know how much you're "worth" in the market at the moment - that is, given at most a couple months of job search, what is the maximum offer you're likely to get. [1] So, just ask the company for that amount - or a little more if you think the job might suck, a little less if you think it may be cool etc.
[1] In order to have this info, you should either interview semi-regularly or at least have a network of colleagues in similar roles who are sharing market info with you.
- Ansil849 4y ago> [1] In order to have this info, you should either interview semi-regularly or at least have a network of colleagues in similar roles who are sharing market info with you. I do, in a domestic market. But the issue I'm struggling with is competing in a global remote market. I don't think anyone has a global network of colleagues that knows salary base ranges for every country in the world, and yet that's effectively the market.
- burntoutfire 4y agoIf you're worried about not getting the job, just ask for your local worth. If you don't get that remote job, then no big deal, as you can soon just get a local job that pays that. If you can't, then in means that you're either in a small niche and may wait longer for the right opportunity (I'm in such position, it makes things trickier), or your sense of how much you can get paid is probably too high anyway.