My wife has been offered a new job. It was advertised with a salary range “dependent on experience “. Her experience is as much as anyone could expect for the job - 14 successful years in similar jobs. They offered the bottom of the range. Which is slightly less than her current salary.
What is the most effective way to negotiate at the least a match to her current salary and at best a higher salary?
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End of the day, if she has the skillset and the experience required for the role then she holds some cards. Worst they can say is no. Chances are they won't say no imo.
She already has the advantage in that they want her to join.
Something along the lines of: "I got a really good impression of the company and I'm excited about the role (blah blah blah), but I feel that my experience and skillset should place me towards the top of the salary range that was advertised. If you were able to increase the offer to £xx per annum then I would be happy to accept."
Politely decline and say she isn't looking to reduce her salary! If they want her they'll increase the offer. I've never accepted the first offer in any job in 35 years!
Regrettably however, the salary offered does not meet my requirements and consequently I am unable to accept the offer of employment.
Yours ....
They sound like lowballers and need to be avoided.
You are getting off on the wrong foot but if it's a job the wife really wants make it clear what your salary aims are and if they don't meet it dont take it
In my experience procrastination by any party wont solve any5
4 weeks later they called up again and offered 75k and she said on principal you can offer 90k and I'll still turn it down and hung up on them
That being said, if the employer is trying to "save" money on the salary now, it probably shows they don't value the actual work of their employees.
I'm close to offering somebody £5k more than the advertised salary and offering them a four day week just to get the skills in the business and believe they can deliver on what we need..
Thank you for offering me the position of residential support worker. As you are aware, I am very passionate about taking on a full time role in this field. At the time of application, I was aware that this career move would entail a reduction in earnings, but with the job advertisement suggesting a salary of upto 25,000, I was anticipating a reduction of about 5,000 per annum.
I am aware that standard practice is to offer a salary at the lower end of the scale, however, given my skillset and experience, you can be confident I can hit the ground running and fulfil my role at the highest standards, with little need for training and induction. I can bring much to the team and wider organisation. In this regard, I would like to explore a salary at the top end of the scale, as a reduction of £10,000 is likely to cause me financial hardship.
Thank you for your time. I would like to end by expressing my deepest gratitude for the offer to work in your team and I look forward to your response. I am hopeful that we can find a solution to meet our shared goals.
They are taking the piss before you've done a seconds work for them. I couldn't think of a worse introduction and would have no compunction about telling them to eat a dick
She thinks it's charity work or something.