I think the key to any good negotiation is to make it multiple-aspect. Don't just deal with one value like salary(even in a salary negotiation.) What else is important to you? Vacation days? Work from home days? One time bonuses? Try to negotiate a package that combines all of those. Maybe your boss can't raise your salary by as much as you want but he/she does have a pool of money for bonuses. Personally, being able to work from home one day a week would be equivalent to, say a 5k raise.
I'm sorry if that sounded like HR babble. I've done it and it works. Remember: multi-aspect! On Apr 15, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Robert Merrill <[email protected]> wrote > Hey Pluggers -- I know this is way off topic, but i'm trying to gather > real-world advice around salary/contract negotiations for a > presentation a colleague of mine is doing. I put up a blog post ( > http://bit.ly/98wvM6 ), but I don't care if you go there or post > here--how do you go about negotiating pay? > > - Do you force the issue and bring it up first? > - Do you make them tell you the offer-range before you cough up a > number? > - Do you go back with a counteroffer no matter what they come to you > with? > - Have you ever LOST a gig/job because your negotiations broke down > and they walked away? > > I look forward to your straight thoughts, not sanitized "HR-speak" > that I too-often find myself spewing. > > Thanks! > Rob Merrill > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
