RE: What's the best way to answer the salary expectation question during a job

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May 23, 2022
10:36:24am

Eddie All-American

RE: What's the best way to answer the salary expectation question during a job

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Eddie

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What's the best way to answer the salary expectation question during a job

ThirdStringStreamer

5/23/22 10:28am

RE: What's the best way to answer the salary expectation question during a job

Flippy

5/23/22 10:30am

And I expect the first answer to be take what's market and cut in half.

ThirdStringStreamer

5/23/22 10:30am

RE: What's the best way to answer the salary expectation question during a job

Eddie

5/23/22 10:36am

"Here's what I make today in my current position. What I'm seeing from others

Socrates Johnson

5/23/22 10:36am

Zero need to tell them what you currently make. Don't anchor yourself to that number.

molodyets

5/23/22 10:38am

This. Nearly all employers want to pay you as minimally as possible.

Flippy

5/23/22 10:39am

Yeah I could see asking if they had a range in mind for the position first.

Socrates Johnson

5/23/22 10:42am

I always have. If it's a problem for them to reveal their range, HUGE red flag.

Ikuna

5/23/22 10:51am

You don't need to know their range. Study the market and find out what your own range is for the job and then ask them

molodyets

5/23/22 10:58am

That's usually what I do--especially if a recruiter has initiated the talks.

Ikuna

5/23/22 11:04am

Definitely should go in knowing what the pay ought to be. Still like the range

Socrates Johnson

5/23/22 11:23am

You giving your range and them agreeing tells you that information. If they give you a range, you will want to be at the

molodyets

5/23/22 11:36am

Depends. My current salary is almost always higher than their high end.

justAnotherCoug

5/23/22 11:23am

How does it depend? You don't need to to tell them your salary or ask what their range is. Asking that wastes time

molodyets

5/23/22 11:37am

"The minimum I could consider would be $X. A strong offer would be $Y. My 'make me move' price is $Z. Does that fall

molodyets

5/23/22 10:37am

This is something young CBers should bookmark ^

BYUtiful

5/23/22 11:43am

Know your price and be honest with them about what it will take to make you move

ballen

5/23/22 10:43am

They typically don't want to pay you starting in the upper half of that pay scale. At least, from the places I have

Ragnar Danneskjold

5/23/22 10:49am

This is called a comp ratio - and is good advice. Coming in at the top of the range is not a good place to be in.

molodyets

5/23/22 10:55am

"Salary is important but not most important. Would like compensation that is normal & competitive for similar positions

roseyscenario

5/23/22 10:56am

I currently make $X. I'm not interested for less than $Y.

justAnotherCoug

5/23/22 11:21am

Some bad advice here... you should NEVER give out a number, it can only hurt you

Hill4Heisman

5/23/22 11:58am

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