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> Guess too high, and you'll be bounced without further negotiation. This hasn't been my experience. My experience has been if they want you then they'll find
by chollida1 18y ago
> Guess too high, and you'll be bounced without further negotiation.
This hasn't been my experience. My experience has been if they want you then they'll find a way to make it work.
If you don't fit in one grid then they'll just bump you up to the next grid.
- chris11 18y agoThat's reassuring.I was left with the impression from one of my job interviews that they were looking for someone in a set price range, and would have bounced anyone who asked for more. Of course this job was basically a minimum waged, low skill job I had in high school. Maybe its different for high skilled jobs.
- timr 18y agoMost HR people are staffing for positions. They don't have the authority or the incentive to "bump" you to another job (and most likely, another recruiter).
- chollida1 18y agoI'll have to take your word on it as far as what HR people will do. The people I was thinking of were the team leads and managers. These are the people I've dealt with and I am. We do, at least in every company I've worked for, have the ability to say I want this person, lets make it work wrt salary. Now obviously this has limits; a developer can't come in and expect to be the highest paid person in an established company:). But if the person's demands fit anywhere on the salary grid, and their abilities match, then they are almost assured of getting hired at their desired salary. We don't create a salary range when we create a position.
- rbanffy 18y agoI have a very interesting story about exactly this situation, but I am forbidden by regulations to share it here. ;-) But the reply alongside mine nails it quite well - the HR staff has no authority to bump you up. You earn what they pay for that position and that's all the HR people can do.