Salary Negotiation AT&T [URGENT]
Hi! I am a final year PhD student and am offered a 10-week summer internship at AT&T Research Labs, NJ. I want to negotiate a salary with the recruiter and the deadline given to me is this Monday. The rates below are given as an annual package for this 10-week internship. The offered pay is 90k base ($43.2/hr), 2.5k joining bonus and no relocation benefits/housing. Last year, I interned at Meta and the base pay was 130k ($62.5/hr) and free accommodation which cost $15k on paper in CA. I also have a verbal internship offer in Munich, Germany where the pay is 84k Euros base. I haven't responded to them yet with the decision as I have this offer in hand. The research I have done: 1. I didn't ask the range to the recruiter but the job description says "Our Labs interns earn between $70,100 - $140,200", 2. On levels.fyi some undergrad junior intern is joining at the same location with a salary of $45/hr and a 2.5k joining bonus, 2. On Glassdoor the posted salaries are the same as what was offered to me (not clear about the degree level) Please suggest the counteroffer I should make to get as much better pay as possible. Also, this is my first time negotiating a salary so any additional tips are also helpful, especially on what to say to the recruiter. Thanks in advance. #intern #at&t #salary #negotiation #salarynegotiation #internship #att
Levels.fyi
Why is this urgent for me?
So that I can learn as much as possible.
You can push 45/hr, but that's about it. Had it been in NYC you could've done higher. Also try get either a higher joining bonus or housing support.
Sure, let me try that. Thanks!
Kid, you are offered 90k for a summer internship and you are here? Uninstall Blind and enjoy your internship.
It is $17,200 for 10 weeks. When I saw an undergrad junior is getting more than me, I felt sad for myself.
There will always be others making more than you. Don't focus on that. Love you work.
If you want the job for sure, take the offer. Rule number 1; always know the number you want and be prepared to walk away. Rule number 2; read the room. The economy is entering recession and interns will be a dime a dozen. Mass tech layoffs. Your PhD program (congrats btw) probably won’t matter in this economy so you are basically like that junior undergrad intern. Don’t let hubris screw things up for you. Sometimes less is more in the beginning, because it may lead to a way better opportunity down the road.
This. Plus ATT pays much less than big tech anyway, across the board.
You need other offers or other interviews to leverage
I have one and the salary is similar so I'm not going to talk about it.
You have to use the worse offer to beat the better offer and then go back and forth until one stops and then say you’ll sign right now if you offer x. There’s no other way to negotiate in tech
Too low you should reject them directly. Not ghost, reject directly
It's an internship, so I think you should concentrate on the learning and a long term prospect rather than an internship salary. I got more than 2x bump at my company when they gave me a full time offer after internship.
I agree. Got it. Thanks!
Tell them if they offer you anything less than $70/hr, you’ll send it back, then cross your arms and drop your chin.