I got the job... Should I negotiate the salary? ***UPDATE***

[bwnv]

$15.39 x 172 (avg. # hours per month) x 12 (months in year) = $31,764.96 w/o ot
$15.50 = $31,992 < give that a shot?

 

[miniMUNCH]

Be honest and polite about it...and ask for more money. Simple.

Or..plan on working some OT.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: bwnv
$15.39 x 172 (avg. # hours per month) x 12 (months in year) = $31,764.96 w/o ot
$15.50 = $31,992 < give that a shot?

I'd shoot for 20-25%. Maybe even 33%.

You will never get it if you don't ask.

 

[jEct2]

bump for the night crowd.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Personally, I'd charge them $150/hour for consulting and working. (That's 123$/hour for you Americans)

If I were in your place, I'd try for $16.50.

 

[BRObedoza]

what job is it?

i'll take it for $15.00/hr

 

[Yossarian]

ALWAYS NEGOTIATE. but don't be a dick about it.

 

[jEct2]

bump

 

[spidey07]

Well at least you tried. Lots of folks just assume that the offer is final.

I'm very surprised they didn't come back with something more.

At any rate, lesson learned. Try to get this stuff settled before the offer letter is sent.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Well at least you tried. Lots of folks just assume that the offer is final.

I'm very surprised they didn't come back with something more.

At any rate, lesson learned. Try to get this stuff settled before the offer letter is sent.

Hrmm...makes me feel better about the offer I just took. Pretty much smack-dab in the middle of the range they were offering.

 

[iamwiz82]

I negotiated for my first job after college and got 4% more.

 

[Nutdotnet]

Wow, some of you are close to understanding what "Non-Exempt" is, but are missing some key points.

First, while a non-exempt position is typically paid by hourly wage, it is not exclusive. Salary based positions can be non-exempt as well. It is easy to associate Non-Exempt w/ Hourly and Exempt w/ Salary but they are not always tied together.

Non-exempt essentially means you are entitled to overtime pay dictacted by federal and your state overtime regulations. That's basically what non-exempt is in a nutshell.

Non-Exempt does NOT mean that you are expected, or will be working overtime. It is manadated by the Fair Labor Standards Act that your are classified as a non-exempt (elgibile for overtme) or exempt (overtime regs do not apply).

<-- HR Specialist

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Nutdotnet
Wow, some of you are close to understanding what "Non-Exempt" is, but are missing some key points.

First, while a non-exempt position is typically paid by hourly wage, it is not exclusive. Salary based positions can be non-exempt as well. It is easy to associate Non-Exempt w/ Hourly and Exempt w/ Salary but they are not always tied together.

Non-exempt essentially means you are entitled to overtime pay dictacted by federal and your state overtime regulations. That's basically what non-exempt is in a nutshell.

<-- HR Specialist

Correct.

I'm salaried, non-exempt. Paid for anything over 40 hours.

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Nutdotnet
Wow, some of you are close to understanding what "Non-Exempt" is, but are missing some key points.

First, while a non-exempt position is typically paid by hourly wage, it is not exclusive. Salary based positions can be non-exempt as well. It is easy to associate Non-Exempt w/ Hourly and Exempt w/ Salary but they are not always tied together.

Non-exempt essentially means you are entitled to overtime pay dictacted by federal and your state overtime regulations. That's basically what non-exempt is in a nutshell.

<-- HR Specialist

Correct.

I'm salaried, non-exempt. Paid for anything over 40 hours.

It's really splitting hairs to say that. Yes, that's how the governments looks at it, but reality is, you work 40 hours, anything less=PTO/vaccation, right? If you work over 40 hours you get paid overtime, but WTF is that? 1.5 X what? That's right, 1.5 times you hourly rate... I have worked hourly non-expempt, salary non-exempt, salary exempt and this is the only difference I noticed.

edit: am I missing something here?