Ladies, what has been your experience negotiating? Are you at all hesitant? Do you feel too greedy or like you are viewed less favorably when you negotiate? Edit: I am not saying that men do not get lowballed too. Also, I do negotiate but my boyfriend is suggesting asking for even more to a point that feels unreasonable to me. How far do people take it when they are genuinely excited about an opportunity?
Youāll be viewed as someone that understands their own worth and the value that they can provide to a company when you negotiate. As someone whoās been lowballed, I wish I could negotiated the offer at my last job
I didnāt negotiate when I first joined Amazon because the offer was fair and more than I expected. However, after I joined my then manager (female) mentioned that I should have negotiated and that males always negotiate to the point that itās unreasonable. After that I always negotiate hard. Recently negotiated with Google and managed to up the TC by $100K.
This is the way.
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Industry tends to down level woman engineer
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Where can I read more about this?
I negotiated - my husband pushed me to - when joining Adobe and got a tiny increase out of it. Much later found out I went for a terrible deal, got it fixed with getting an external offer. I have been lowballed my entire career Id say but actively working to step it up now!!
Know your worth, research salary ranges, and negotiate! It took me a while to feel confident in the numbers and Iām still learning how to negotiate and assess the offer. Iāve also talked to my peers, one of which who said itās about optimizing your earning potential, too.
How do you research ranges?
Search posts on blind.
I donāt care who you are or what your orientation is.....always. negotiate. hard.
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Not a lady but I think negotiating is hard for everyone. I never was and still am not comfortable negotiating.
I only feel comfortable when I have competing offers. Way too many horror stories about people being dropped over negotiation.
I think it is a lot harder for women. Men have no trouble acting like shameless pigs in general so I find it difficult to believe they would have trouble negotiating. It has been noted men apply for jobs they are not fully qualified for, but women tend to try to check off eveyr bullet point before even trying.
Whatās the best way to negotiate
competing offers
What if I donāt have any
The first time I ever negotiated, my offer was rescinded. Guessing it was a combo of me giving an outrageous number and the role not being able to go more. I was hoping they would have at least countered with a āthis is the best we can doā. Next job offer recruiter started with - this is the best and highest we can go. It made me scared to negotiate thinking offer can be rescinded. So I negotiated with a very small counter. So still not really sure how to negotiate. I tried to research but since it was a non-tech role it was hard to find ranges.
Thatās my current dilemma, I donāt want my offer rescinded but I also donāt want to be lowballed
Always negotiate hard. They want you for a reason. Donāt be shy. Do your homework beforehand to know what ranges there are. Once you give a number, you canāt change your mind later and ask for a higher number. So donāt paint yourself into a corner.
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Yeah, eventually you get your offer rescinded
If a company is interested in hiring you and you will bring them value they are not going to rescind your offer because you negotiate. They may if they give your their final offer and make it clear they wonāt negotiate further and you keep pushing, but the first offer is never the best.