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Before you approach the recruiter about this I would consider the potential repercussions on your friend for sharing his/her salary information with you. It co

Before you approach the recruiter about this I would consider the potential repercussions on your friend for sharing his/her salary information with you. It could be that your friend is a better negotiator or it could be that there was something on your resumes or in your histories that, while you may consider it minute, was of some importance to this company.

banned_man 18y ago
it could be that there was something on your resumes or in your histories that, while you may consider it minute, was of some importance to this company. An example would be an investment banking internship in college. Banking internships often pay $1300-1500/week (although the hours are hellish, even for interns); the company might have decided that he should be making more than he was as an intern. The degree of the discrepancy is worrisome, though. If it were 70k vs 80k, it wouldn't be such a big deal, but his friend's being offered almost 50% more than he is.
noodle 18y ago
i agree with this. there are many reasons why he might have a higher offer that can't be put on a resume. do not bring your knowledge up to anyone. however, you could probably negotiate higher with confidence knowing that they're likely willing to go higher. worth a shot.
wednesday 18y ago
Without divulging too much information about this company's hiring process, here's a little more information. The jobs are abroad, so the company looks to hire people in pairs in order to ease the relocation process. We have different recruiters, but our recruiters knew we were both applying for these jobs as a pair. This might be naive of me, but if I were one of the recruiters, I'd probably assume that the two people being hired would discuss and compare their offers before making a decision.
- modoc 18y ago
  I'd switch to his recruiter:)
  - gaius 18y ago
    Recruiters are usually paid a percentage of your starting salary as a commission - it's in their interest to negotiate hard on your behalf. Tho' that your recruiter is screwing himself too is not much comfort...
    - banned_man 18y ago
      Shitty recruiters try to underplace clients because it's faster. If you can sell 3 times as many widgets at 75% the price...
    - rs 18y ago
      That's true.. but they're only given a tiny percentage of your salary. So, a monthly increase of $200 may go a long way for the OP during the initial stages of starting out in life, but that $200 might only materialise to (say) $20 increase in commission for the recruiter - a deal not worth chasing from the recruiters perspective.
- pierrefar 18y ago
  The hiring in pairs could be your key leverage: if you negotiate hard on this point, they might fear you walking away and thus your friend walking way (thus them losing both of you). So find a way to exploit this weakness in their system very politely.

banned_man 18y ago

it could be that there was something on your resumes or in your histories that, while you may consider it minute, was of some importance to this company. An example would be an investment banking internship in college. Banking internships often pay $1300-1500/week (although the hours are hellish, even for interns); the company might have decided that he should be making more than he was as an intern. The degree of the discrepancy is worrisome, though. If it were 70k vs 80k, it wouldn't be such a big deal, but his friend's being offered almost 50% more than he is.

noodle 18y ago

i agree with this. there are many reasons why he might have a higher offer that can't be put on a resume. do not bring your knowledge up to anyone. however, you could probably negotiate higher with confidence knowing that they're likely willing to go higher. worth a shot.

wednesday 18y ago

Without divulging too much information about this company's hiring process, here's a little more information. The jobs are abroad, so the company looks to hire people in pairs in order to ease the relocation process. We have different recruiters, but our recruiters knew we were both applying for these jobs as a pair. This might be naive of me, but if I were one of the recruiters, I'd probably assume that the two people being hired would discuss and compare their offers before making a decision.

modoc 18y ago
I'd switch to his recruiter:)
- gaius 18y ago
  Recruiters are usually paid a percentage of your starting salary as a commission - it's in their interest to negotiate hard on your behalf. Tho' that your recruiter is screwing himself too is not much comfort...
  - banned_man 18y ago
    Shitty recruiters try to underplace clients because it's faster. If you can sell 3 times as many widgets at 75% the price...
  - rs 18y ago
    That's true.. but they're only given a tiny percentage of your salary. So, a monthly increase of $200 may go a long way for the OP during the initial stages of starting out in life, but that $200 might only materialise to (say) $20 increase in commission for the recruiter - a deal not worth chasing from the recruiters perspective.
pierrefar 18y ago
The hiring in pairs could be your key leverage: if you negotiate hard on this point, they might fear you walking away and thus your friend walking way (thus them losing both of you). So find a way to exploit this weakness in their system very politely.