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Your current salary has nothing to do with how much you want to make in your next job. If you know the market conditions, and you have marketable and transferra
by mratzloff 14y ago
Your current salary has nothing to do with how much you want to make in your next job. If you know the market conditions, and you have marketable and transferrable skills, then you are free to name your price.
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When your current salary is asked, say it freely. The salary question is just yet another question.
Wrong. It anchors the negotiation. If you are happy with your current salary, then by all means do so. But if you were underpaid, responding with "I'm looking for X" is a fairer answer to that question that is almost always acceptable. If, after this question, they insist on knowing your current salary--well, it was probably not meant to be.
- TallGuyShort 14y agoAgreed. I want to work somewhere where I can trust my employer to be fair with me - I don't want to have to keep negotiating everything with them after I'm employed. My advice is to do your homework and know your real market value and then force them to say a number first. If they're not offering to pay you close to your real worth, that really is a sign you probably wouldn't be happy there.
- parasitius 14y agoWhat happens if you are moving from the mid-west (developer salaries in the $20k's in some companies under 100 employees) to West coast? I guess their asking is about as useful as if you came from a third world country, but they may think it is valid to offer you "25" as a huge bump-up since it is still the united states.