Negotiating Salary

Andrew_Ryan_89

Hey guys,

A friend of mine called me asking for advice regarding negotiating a salary for a new job. He is currently on £30k and just got offered a job somewhere new offering £35k. He went through a recruiter who initially told him that the job was going to be paying £40k so he's disappointed that the offer is £5k lower than what he was initially told.

I think it's the recruiter playing hardball to increase their fee but I am not sure how he can sternly ask for more without pricing himself out. He hates where he is currently working so worst case scenario it is as improvement but he's aware that roles like these he can get £40k+ for. On top of this, he won't be eligible for the annual bonus.

They said that they will review the salary in 6 months so I wanted to know how do you guarantee this? Should he get it in writing? And, should he push the for the higher salary with the risk of pricing himself out?

Alice_Walker

This "friend" of yours is keeping you busy! Why not suggest he sets up an account himself and he can get lots of useful advice first hand?

Andrew_Ryan_89

Alice_Walker wrote: »

This "friend" of yours is keeping you busy! Why not suggest he sets up an account himself and he can get lots of useful advice first hand?

Is this forum setup to help people or not? Again, I'm not the subject of this topic but let's pretend for a moment that I was, why would any advice differ? If it makes you feel better and make you actually contribute to the question in hand then pretend I am talking about myself. instead of making sarcastic comments. Otherwise, why bother type anything?

Scorpio33

Well usually recruiters are paid on a percentage of the salary of the employee, so it is in the recruiters interest to MAXIMISE the salary if anything.


I think the company has said a max budget of £40k, but then has seen your friend and their experience levels and offered £35k.


They can ask for more, just state why (I: my experience is huge so I would have thought I would be on £40k), but don't expect the company to budge. Also by asking for more there is a risk that the company may withdraw the offer.

steampowered

He might as well ask the recruiter to ask the employer to see if there is room for negotiation. The worst they can say is no, in which case he just accepts the 35k. If they say yes, great.

You can't guarantee what will happen at a review in 6 months time.

SalsaDanca

Is your friend's current role the same as the role he would be doing in the new job, or would the new job be a promotion? If it's a promotion, he should still take the new job even if he can't get the salary he was initially promised.

If he takes the job and employer doesn't increase his salary, he'll still have some good experience on his CV that will help him move to another job that does pay £40k for that role.

TELLIT01

No harm in asking the agency to approach the employer regarding an improved offer. The offer to review the salary after 6 months is totally meaningless. They can 'review' and then come back saying there is no increase. 'Review' doesn't automatically mean 'increase'.

Gavin83

Out of curiousity did he tell the new company his current salary during the interview?

Reggie_Rebel

Company "We'd like to offer you the job"
Friend "Great, what's the wedge?"
Company "We reckon £35k"
Friend "Nah, be looking at least £42k"
Company "Can't do that, how about £37?"
Friend "Make it £40 and you are still getting me cheap"
Company "When can you start?"

ashleyj722

Accept the job offer, wait for the contract to come and demand more money before signing.

Gavin83

ashleyj722 wrote: »

Accept the job offer, wait for the contract to come and demand more money before signing.

So verbally accept the offer and then refuse to sign the contract until they pay you more? That'll go down well.

Surely the time to negotiate is now, no?