Potential Employer EvasiveI most recently received a job offer and the salary is over $2000 more than I am making, but over $10,000 less than the market value. I requested to the employer to come to a compromise and meet me in the middle but of course I was hit with b/c of budget restraints....,this is what what was budgeted for this position (however they posted that a CPA is desirable, but not required, I am not). Not yet ready to settle I have ask if they would consider a 5% increase after my 90 days. My reasoning was that this organization in which I work does their annual evals in July and if I were to take this job that would then be when my 90 days is up not giving me the opportunity to evaluated in by the previous dept or the new, therefore leaving me w/o receiving an annual raise. Well, then he said he didn' t know if he could answer my question and would have to get with HR and give me a call back. Am I being unreasonable? I am afraid that going to another dept in where my direct supervisor can' t give me answers now will not be able to in the future, leaving me underpaid. How should I respond if this request is not granted? It doesn' t matter if you' re being unreasonable or not. The company decides the terms. If the terms are not ones that you can work with, then you need to move on. Be careful, however, about deciding what "market value" is. You' re currently making $2K less than this offer, so there' s at least 2 employers who feel your job is worth about the same amount, not $10K more. A 5% increase is a pretty big jump in 90 days. Most employers are giving 3% a year (if that). So, if you don' t mind staying put, push all you want, but keep in mind, they may decide you' re too much trouble and move on to someone else. You' re only being unreasonable to the extent you may be thinking that "market value" for jobs like the one you' ve been offered has anything at all to do with the value this particular employer has put on this particular job based on this employer' s budget limitations for this particular job. It also might be a smidgen unreasonable to request a specific percentage increase in salary after only 90 days on the job. If I were the employer I' d agree to a salary and performance review after you' d been there six months, but the amount of increase I' d be willing to give you would depend on my assessment of how well you were doing the job. If you want this job, I' d be a little more flexible in my "demands." Frankly, I' d settle for a salary AND performance review in six months if I were you. Six months is a reasonable amount of time for you to demonstrate how well you can do the job and earn whatever percentage increase the employer feels that performance justifies. On the other hand, if you want more than this employer is willing to agree to, you might want to keep looking. To your point about a supervisor being evasive, most big companies run on pretty tight salary and evaluation rules which are not easily changed at the manager or director level. If HR changes the rules for you, why shouldn't every other manager make the same request for their new employees. Your future supervisor is probably just playing by the rules set out by the company and it is probably for the better that he clarify now wheat he will be able to do for you in three months rather than leading you on then throwing up his hands later. All other things being equal, I don' t think $2000 is enough to change jobs. If they won' t increase, I think I' d keep looking. As far as a promise in 90 day, I' d be leary unless they offered it without you asking. If you really want to take the job, this might be the time to see if you can get more vacation or something else to make up the difference. | |
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