>The company could pay you 115k, resent it, and use it as justification to give you various shit-work So if that starts happening to you, you get out. And whe

>The company could pay you 115k, resent it, and use it as justification to give you various shit-work So if that starts happening to you, you get out. And when the next place asks you how much you made at your last position you're $5k better off in the negotiations. >It's also fairly common for a company to simply choose to fill the position with someone who's less troublesome. Do you really want to win a race to the bottom? It seems like you have a terrible attitude (fear-based) about negotiation. I wish people who thought like you do would stay out of my field. You're pushing rates down needlessly.