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Subject:Re: FWD: How Do You NOT Mention Salary First? From:"K. Toast Conger" <ktoast -at- WOLFENET -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 13 Apr 1999 15:17:34 -0700
>The way I would get around this is by saying that $60,000 is the MINIMUM I
>would accept. And yes - there are some companies out there who do not
>necessarily pay the minimum. If their budget was up to $80,000, they might
>feel comfortable offering me, say $68,000. That way they still look good
being
>under budget, and I come in as a happy employee from the start.
While leaving $12K on the table that they were willing to pay for someone of
your skills and experience for that set of tasks and responsibilities. They
would have been happy for you to come in at $72 or $75 too.
