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Smashingpmkns posted...

Never low ball yourself. Go a little higher than you think they'll offer and negotiate down. I unknowingly low balled myself once in an interview and they basically said "oh yeah that's way less than everyone makes here so we can do that", and I refused the job after lol everyone messed up in that interview.

Yep. Decide on what you actually want. Then add $5-10k on top of it. Chances are they will negotiate and give you what you are really wanting but you might just get that extra $5-10k.

My husband went from $120k to $160k with his last job offer recently. He really wanted $150k but I pushed him to ask for $160k. He was uncomfortable negotiating but I was basically doing hand signs while on his call with the recruiter. They came back and offered it.

rexcrk posted...

I feel like I screwed myself out of a job by not low-balling. It was for a position that offered $18-21 an hour, and at that time I was making $23 an hour. I wouldve taken the pay cut because I hated my job at that point so I said I would need closer to the $21 an hour.

I kind of feel like thats what caused me to not get the job. I dont know for sure but it seemed like everything was going great until then.

It depends. Ive made offers for less than my candidate wanted. I at least give them the option to decide. Ive had more than a few say yes. I hate those kind of offers though. I always go to bat for my candidates but sometimes theres just not much I can do.