Negotiating

Optiv
zIny75

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zIny75
Feb 18, 2019 14 Comments

I think I might’ve screwed myself. I’ve recently been interviewing and received my first offer. When speaking to the hiring manager, she asked what I would like to be compensated. I told her 90-93k. She ended up offering 95k. Does this mean I screwed myself or they’re just being “generous”?

Booz Allen / Commercial
Security Analyst w/ 50% travel
Dallas, TX
Recent Grad: about 3 years of internship experience

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  • Apple
    💩TC

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    💩TC
    Only in the world of blind would getting more than you asked for is being “screwed.”
    Feb 18, 2019 0
  • You screwed yourself. Never throw out the first number. Always let them come back with an offer.

    If she is offering you 95K, it may be .90 comp ratio in her company at your level. That’s what most companies aim to get new employees at. So you may have been able to negotiate a higher number but if you earn 95K, you won’t have gone too far. Maybe 100K+
    Feb 18, 2019 0
  • New
    seankdaily

    New

    seankdaily
    You best do beyond the best you’ve got lol
    Feb 18, 2019 2
  • Expedia / Eng
    InTheDNA

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    PRE
    Microsoft
    InTheDNA
    Be happy. You got more than your expectation and desire
    Feb 18, 2019 0
  • @ppMg64, this is profoundly bad advice. The anchoring effect says that in a symmetric information negotiation, the first person to throw out a number has a profound impact on the final negotiated value. Given the wealth of TC information available these days, there’s no reason a motivated interviewee can’t throw out a number just under the interviewer’s walk away number. FYI, business schools have classes on basic negotiation theory, I highly recommend.
    Feb 18, 2019 0