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Ask Your Boss: How To Negotiate a Job Offer

December 3, 2012September 21, 2017 What Your Boss Thinkscareer, how to, job offers, negotiating

Negotiating a salary is scary for some, and easy for others. Most of us choose to forgo negotiating. I, personally, always dreaded this part of job interviews, even though I love to bargain. From a boss’s point of view I have to admit that I am always interested to see if a candidate will bring up a question about money. Right off the bat, I will tell you this: do not discuss money until a job offer is made. Otherwise, I (as a boss) lose respect for you.

Ask Your Boss: How Do I Tell My Manager About a Job Offer?

October 11, 2012September 21, 2017 What Your Boss Thinksadvice about your boss, career, how to, job offers, resigning, salary

Let’s be honest, you are going to tell your manager about this job offer because you want a counter offer, some sort of monetary acknowledgment of your value to the company. You like your job, you just want more money, right? So to answer your last question, I am going to say “yes.” There is a very strong possibility that your manager will think that you are trying to extort a raise by threatening to leave.