Ivany2008 posted... Nothing is final until it is in ink. While they may say "oh you accepted verbally", unless they have recordings of it, it didn't happen. What you need to do is sit yourself down with someone who understands law better than all of us and go over it with them. I'm 35, and any and all big financial decisions I run by my father, who managed a bank for 30+ years, because he understands this stuff better than I ever could. Conversely, when it comes to technology, he gets my opinion on the matter. I may not know everything, but I know more than he does.
I ended up not doing it. I was researching online and people were saying it's not a good idea/to risky to counter offer after you verbally agreed and an offer letter is sent with the written salary. So I didn't. Maybe those people were old school. I dunno.
I did get advice from a family member to counter offer and I absolutely had a draft explaining me to match the current market value, but didn't go through.
I'm also in a unique situation where i don't want to draw too much attention..
Ivany2008 posted... [LFAQs-redacted-quote]I ended up doing that. I framed it in a way where I questioned if I heard the manager give me a sign on bonus or something else (like a mistake), because the offer letter just states my salary and that I would be getting an annual bonus percentage based on performance.
she said she was talking about the annual bonus. I feel bam boozeled. in the very first initial call (last week) post interview, she asked me how much bonus I got at my work so she could match it as a sign on bonus. I was taken aback and said 5%. I think she wanted an exact number but she said she would talk to HR to confirm.
then the week after (this week) is when she gave me the verbal offer based on the range I was asking for during the interview and I stupidly accepted it. I could have sworn she said 10% sign on bonus. But oh well.
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