A recruiter offered me a job on the phone and I said that I would accept the job. I thought it would be wise to receive a formal offer before salary negotiations. Did I do this wrong? How should I go about negotiating? Do I negotiate with HR instead? Thanks in advance!
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I'm sure negotiations will be through HR and not the recruiter, if you search through the forums you can find some threads talking about salary negotiations
If you didn't sign a contract yet I would still negotiate.
what do you mean a recruiter offered you a job on the phone
usually recruiter pitches position to you
you interview with firm
firm submits offer
you negotiate
... it didn't happen that way?
The offer didn't include a salary?
Negotiating Salary After Accepting? (Originally Posted: 06/20/2017)
Got an offer from a ~tier 2 boutique management consulting firm ("Company A") ~2.5 weeks ago. The firm never specified a date for when they wanted me to decide, but partners/MDs have been in contact with me over the last two weeks to stay in the loop regarding my decision. I had been waiting on an offer and comp details from another firm ("Company B"), but officially signed Company A's offer letter yesterday since I preferred their firm and I had partners breathing down my neck.
However, Company B came back with their offer, and the base is 15% higher than Company A's (bonus is less however). I know I don't really have much room to negotiate since I signed A's offer but is there any diplomatic way I can test the waters with company A to see if they can bump my salary up a little? I'm not necessarily trying to go into a negotiation process, just want to see if there's a "nice" way to start the conversation with company A's HR people. I certainly don't want to have a diva reputation upon starting, and this is a small firm (~100 consultants) so I am wary of looking clumsy/bad attitude, asking for more money after the fact.
For what it's worth, Company A is only paying me $5K more than I was previously making (not sure if that's at all relevant here).
No.
You signed, so no, not really.
This sounds like a quick way to start off on the wrong foot.
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