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I always tell them my salary plus £5,000. That establishes whether they are in my ballpark, doesn't give them any useful information, and ensures that if I do g
by ErrantX 11y ago
I always tell them my salary plus £5,000. That establishes whether they are in my ballpark, doesn't give them any useful information, and ensures that if I do get a job offer my negotiating position is already up on where I am.
So far have managed to negotiate my way to 2.5x my salary from two years ago.
Salary is totally divergent from job, responsibility or title. Salary is simply the figure negotiated between you and an employer that both of you consider value.
- jacquesm 11y agoTry a 50% increase next time. Think about it: if you managed to get 2.5 times increase in such a short time you are likely undervaluing yourself considerably and you should move to larger steps.
- ErrantX 11y agoThere's a bit of a dearth of executive technical roles within reasonable commute of me right now. Its not been worth pricing myself out of the market completely until I can cross the sector boundary (lots of PM roles in aerospace that look nice...). Hence; there is a balance, find your value but don't leave yourself without a second option.