Background: company that up until recently has paid us for operational support is now working on establishing the sama capability. They’ve been relying on us for this for roughly five years, but the agreement expired this summer.
The situation:
- My current job isn’t fun anymore
- I enjoy working with the systems that the poachers are using
- I’m objectively good at it
- I’d love to move over
So I was asked what my salary expectations/demands are to move over, where I’d be doing pretty much the same thing I do now. How much % raise should I aim for compared to what I have now?
UPDATE: I asked for my current salary + 10%, in addition to a few perks. Without the perks they’ll have to go higher than 10%.
I second this.
It’s going to be hard. If the recruiter/TA Specialist is good at their job they’ll try to get you to give a “ballpark.” They’ll do anything to try to figure out the lowest offer they can make.
Do not give in.
Hold firm and ask what their offer is and go from there.
In one case their offer was double what I was expecting. It changed my life.
In other, their offer was just slightly under what I was expecting and I got what I hoped for with little effort and only a single back and forth.
There is one exception here: if they really want you and you are ABSOLUTELY sure you’re out of their salary band for the position, you can wield your salary demands like a sword. I recently used my expected salary (which I knew the company wouldn’t match) to negotiate a 4-day work week at their full time pay, with an extra week of vacation tacked on for good measure. Win win.