r/jobs•
Gehwartzen

Negotiating advice for a job at a new company

Job offers

I recently went though the second round of interviews. Spoke with the recruiter and he indicated it was an enthusiastic "yes" from all the people I interviewed with (6). Not unexpected as the job ad may as well have been written with my exact work history and credentials in mind; I checked all the boxes they were looking for. My local market is such that the applicant pool I likely rather small. It's a Fortune 200 company.

So Ive got a 30 min meeting with HR set for Monday and needed some advice on how to approach salary benefits.

As I told my recruiter im generally happy where I am but like to put out my feelers for interesting positions. From the get go he told me HR had told him 105-110K while the hiring manager had told him around 120K. To which I responded that thats within the range of what I'm making now just to not waste each others time.

I currently make 113K/year. I would be happy with 120K/year but of course would love more.

401K and most other benefits are comparable.

A big one for me is that I have 4 weeks of vacation which I don't want to loose. Last job they didn't make any bones about matching the vacation time (3 weeks then, but have since gotten an extra week). The normal 2 weeks would be a non-starter for me. I would consider an offer with 3 weeks but would really l;iek to retain all 4.

The other slight "issue" is that at my current company bonuses get payed out at the end of June and this would be around 9K. SO was thinking about asking for a little something to make that blow easier if they want me in the position earlier (likely).

Position is mid to senior - level in a technical field (not-software)

Thoughts on how to approach things?

Posted Apr 1, 2023, 7:01 PM UTC

14
Loading comments…