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A lot of HN visitors think they're master salary/compensation negotiators, and fear this will hurt their endeavors to pull one over on their next employer. The
by sidlls 4y ago
A lot of HN visitors think they're master salary/compensation negotiators, and fear this will hurt their endeavors to pull one over on their next employer.
The reality is that the tech industry is like any other industry: the percentage of IC and middle-management role workers who can successfully negotiate higher pay for a job offer is tiny. I'd guess it's less than 1%, but that's just a hunch.
- sangnoir 4y ago> I'd guess it's less than 1%, but that's just a hunch. The folk on HN think they are the 1%. The whole scheme depends on a majority of coworkers being under-informed & not negotiating resulting in a lower floor, hence employees greenlighting the odd negotiator. Transparency will raise the salary floor,and this is not great for self-confessed master negotiators.