So I recently received an offer from KPMG to join their advisory practice. During salary negotiation, they made me give them a ## for what I was making before, and I told the recruiter 50k . My actual base salary is 46k + I received a 3k bonus last year so rounded up to 50k. This was my salary from 1 year ago (my pay increase and larger bonus is due next week. KPMG does a background check and I'm kinda freaking out over rounding up from 49k. Am I overworrying or is this something to be concerned with? Everyone I've spoken to says i am "freaking out over nothing".
Feb 19, 2013
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You're good. If you made 30 and said 50 that's one thing, but if you made 49 you were honest. Nothing to fret over.
you are definitely freaking out over nothing. congrats on the offer!
Don't worry about it.
Is this salary based in NY? If not, which city will you be based?
Would not worry about it at all. Congrats!
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