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For those Soylentils who are contemplating a job change or who are applying for work in IT (Information Technology), this Computerworld salary survey might help when it comes to negotiating compensation.
Remember, let the employer name a figure first, then haggle up from there. There are links at the end of the article providing report as well as to a page where you can compare your pay scale against different job titles, experience level, and geographic area.
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Computerworld's IT Salary Survey 2017
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Ryan's Law:
Make three correct guesses consecutively
and you will establish yourself as an expert.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2017, @02:59AM (1 child)
So make sure you go job shopping when you already have a good job.
Then name a crazy high number.
If they are unhappy that you started the negotiations so high, tough shit you don't need them.
Or you can play it as a joke. [psychologicalscience.org] Naming a crazy high number as a deliberate joke still gives you the upper hand in negotiations because even though everybody acknowledges it as a joke it still causes the other side to subconsciously frame what they consider to be a valid salary range. IIRC, it was good for about a 10% boost compared to people who didn't make a joke.
(Score: 1) by anubi on Thursday March 30 2017, @05:35AM
They pull that one on me last time. They named something like 50K and thought I am going to fawn all over myself to accept.
Geez, I was just glad I wasn't head over heels in student debt. I'd rather just live lower on the social ladder than sell myself out for that.
In a way, it was almost an insult. Especially when I knew what the income of the guy making the offer was.
No wonder he was so much higher up in value than I was. He has the skill to get people to accept lower wages and still expect top-tier performance.
I had just as soon someone else put up with it. I imagine a H1-B filled that job. Would a Congressman accept that offer either - especially with the micromanagement of being subordinate to a manager comes with?
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]