Salary negotiation

gettingready

ringo_24601 wrote: »

And please, don't let this be a job in London

Hope not - OP mentioned "small town"

I am just about to start a new job in few days with a salary 16k less per year than what I had in my last permanent job in 2010 (was contracting on very decent rate in between). You are taking a 14k per year pay cut so quite similar.

I accepted as wanted to go back permanent and change the sector completely. No idea how will I manage on that money in London but want to try.

We do not know where in UK you are and what similar jobs in your area or the area you will be working in pay so difficult to say anything.

Sometimes you need to take a step back to be able to move forward - this is what I am doing now.

Good luck whatever you decide.

Wayne_O_Mac

immuno wrote: »

"Salary on appointment will be £25,000 per annum, but this will be reviewed at regular intervals including at the end of a six-month probation period."

Be careful.

Them saying after 6 months "We've reviewed your salary and £25k is just fine" counts as them fulfilling their obligations.

Snakey

What's the failure rate for biotech start-ups? Will it still be there in a year?

Planet_Switzerland

Personally I would never take that sort of pay cut no matter how good an opportunity it was, but then I've always put money above anything else when it comes to work.


Generally an employer will give staff a pay rise because they want to retain said members of staff. You say its in a small city, are there similar companies in the area or are they the only one? if they're the only one, they may use this as a reason not to give decent pay rises as they know people would need to relocate if they were to leave for a similar job.

steampowered

immuno wrote: »

So it wouldn't be too rude to enquire about the salary after 6 months or 12 months? I'm not sure how much of an increase graduate schemes offer? I know it can vary, but is it common for a graduate scheme to offer 25k and increase to at least 35k after a year?!

It is a perfectly reasonable question.

In many industries companies publish what they pay people on the graduate scheme, and what they pay people who have just finished the graduate scheme. In many cases there is an enormous jump.

They might not be able to guarantee what the salary will be in 12 months time, but they should be able to give you an indication - for example they should be able to tell you what salary people currently get when they finish the graduate scheme, and whether you could expect to be in line for a similar uplift.

The reason I hesitate to walk away from it is that it'll give me an opportunity to enter a profession I've been trying to enter for the past two years...so it'd be a career change after the initial 12 month period.

I think it is reasonable to expect a significant pay-cut when you enter a new industry, if you need to do a period of training/learning on the job.

The key is whether you can expect a salary uplift after the 12 months - or not.

theoretica

You say they have agreed to pay off 6 months of your tenancy - how much is that? If you could get this money as part of your salary it would give you a higher starting salary to negotiate from.