what salary negotiation questions do you have?

✨ UPDATE: We've published our resource on salary negotiation here!

Hello Elphas!

We're putting together a new resource (check out past resources) with salary negotiation tips from experts and we'd love to know what YOU want to know :)

Post your salary negotiation questions below by Wednesday, July 24th and we will take these into account for our next resource.

Thank you!

kaitlingraham·Jul 16

If a recruiter states their budget, is it still appropriate to negotiate beyond that?

Iynna·Jul 16

ooo that's a good one!

Josefina·Aug 28

Hi @kaitlingraham! I'm excited to share that we featured your question in the resource. Check out what experts had to say: https://elpha.com/resources/how-to-negotiate-salary-offer-example

kaitlingraham·Aug 28

Thank you!

Iynna·Jul 16

excited for this resource!

stefaniepage·Jul 17

During the hiring process, you learn that the job entails more responsibilities than initially covered in the job description and that was provided by the HR recruiter. How do you later negotiate a higher salary expectation than what you had mentioned previously to the HR Recruiter prior to the interview?

Josefina·Aug 28

Hi @stefaniepage! I'm excited to share that we featured your question in the resource. Check out what experts had to say: https://elpha.com/resources/how-to-negotiate-salary-offer-example

Iynna·Jul 17

another VERY good one and very common scenario!

Iynna·Jul 17

I did a quick scan of some of the recurring topics in this community and here is a brief summary (ideas are taken from posts but written in my own words)- my company went through a round of layoffs, i kept my job, which i'm grateful for but now I am doing the work of 3 people. I know the market is tough and my company is trying to reduce burn but I'm overworked and feel like i deserve to be paid more. How to approach this convo?along those same lines: my boss promised me a promotion and a raise at the end of last year but that never happened, halfway through the year, I want to revisit this convo, how do I approach it? - I got a promotion but no raise with that: how do I bring the topic? - I know my company is trying to be cash conscious but i'd like to negotiate a better compensation package - besides a base salary/bonus (aka cash comp) what other aspect of my package should I negotiate (benefits etc.?)? - how to approach a potential pay cut - literally taking from this thread https://elpha.com/posts/rhi9uqb4/how-to-approach-a-potential-pay-cut- not quite salary but money related: i am a freelancer, how to price my services inspired by this thread https://elpha.com/posts/ki6w0fxq/pricing-my-consulting-serviceshope this serves as a starting point and excited to see what others say!

joniec·Jul 17

How to negotiate in the current role, when comp review happens once a year and usually is a 1-2% increase and the manager constantly says that higher increases are reserved for promotions? Is it unreasonable to expect a higher increase when performing well in the current role and delivering impact?

Josefina·Aug 28

Hi @joniec I'm excited to share that we featured your question in the resource. Check out what experts had to say: https://elpha.com/resources/how-to-negotiate-salary-offer-example

maureenmason·Jul 17

Can you negotiate for more than the range that is listed in the job description? And if yes, how?

Josefina·Aug 28

Hi @maureenmason! I'm excited to share that we featured your question in the resource. Check out what experts had to say: https://elpha.com/resources/how-to-negotiate-salary-offer-example

kateshastakova·Jul 17

I’ve read some advice that interviewee can share the salary range they currently interviewing for instead of expected salary. This helps to calm down nervous HRs who wants to know your expected salary no matter what. I still think that no matter what kind of range you give (your expectation or from the job descriptions you are interviewing for)-it’s still can go wrong for you on negotiation later. Any advice on that?

Nykki·Jul 17

How to approach it when a company posts a salary range on the job description, but it's a huge difference (e.g. the high end is 2x of the low end)?

Marcell193·Jul 17

If the recruiter shared the approximate base salary budget, how can you effectively negotiate a signing bonus?

Josefina·Aug 28

Hi @marcell193! I'm excited to share that we featured your question in the resource. Check out what experts had to say: https://elpha.com/resources/how-to-negotiate-salary-offer-example

michellesmanifesto·Jul 18

Outside of salary, what other areas can we negotiate? PTO, hybrid/remote schedule, signing bonus, etcHow have others approached this and seen success?

Josefina·Aug 28

Hi @michellesmanifesto! I'm excited to share that we featured your question in the resource. Check out what experts had to say: https://elpha.com/resources/how-to-negotiate-salary-offer-example

michellesmanifesto·Aug 28

lovely, thank you 😊

Jan95·Jul 19

If I'm interested in startups and I'm interested in more base salary for less equity, what's a productive approach to having this conversation?

Josefina·Aug 28

Hi @Jan95! I'm excited to share that we featured your question in the resource. Check out what experts had to say: https://elpha.com/resources/how-to-negotiate-salary-offer-example

VirginiaG·Jul 20

thank you! I shared the past resources page with someone who's been in the same job for ~20 years and is looking to pivot. Great content! :)