How do I negotiate a good salary if I’m unemployed?
Hi guys. I was pivoted out of Amazon last month (around March 12). I took the severance package and then took a short break to travel around the world. I realize that being unemployed will set put me in a precarious position for salary negotiation and that I’ll get low balled. However, I’ve read several comments on blind from people that said they were also unemployed that managed to get good salaries by negotiating offers. How does one pull this off? I feel incredibly dumb for not negotiating my end date with HR when I had the PIVOT option as I was emotionally in turmoil at the time but I was so tired of the place that I knew the PIVOT was coming and still did nothing. Is all hope lost for my next job offer TC? Please help. I’ve been stressed out thinking about this. Thank you.
Do well in your interview Nd you will be fine
What's a pivot? I work for a foreign equivalent of Amazon and am wondering if we have something similar.
It’s where they put you in a probation period and if you don’t meet the requirements you are fired. Or you can leave on your own and you get money from them but are banned from amazon
That sounds terrifying. I work for Rakuten, the Japanese equivalent of Amazon, and we don't fire people, but our KPI demands are insane, and our TC would make an American burger flipper laugh.
Be a top interviewer. If they can smell you can get higher offers that works too. I had no other offer when I joined Amazon. In fact the bar raiser did not like me either, but there hiring mgr liked me and agreed to what I asked.
If you read around, negotiation is primarily getting multiple offers. If you're unemployed sure some companies will lowball you but the recipe is the same, leetcode, get offers, use those to negotiate with other companies.
But here is the thing that confuses me. Let’s say I get a lowball offer, and another lowball offer. Even if I negotiate both of them against each other, the ultimate result will be a lowball offer, is that right?
Not necessarily. I don't see why they would lowball you if you perform well in the interview. It may not be a top band offer.