looking for suggestions on a possible salary negotiation...

[z1ggy]

Probably a crappy company if somebody basically opens up the door for you to walk away from an offer like that. Plus... were you getting $1500 a month more after you take into consideration the higher cost of living? ie, spending more on housing, groceries, higher taxes, etc? If that's a straight up $18k more a year once everything is adjusted.. That's a pretty big chunk of change, especially if you are moving from say, TX, FL, etc.

 

[clamum]

he replied saying that they would love to make me an offer, but at the asking price, i would be by far the highest paid engineer in the company. he even said at my original salary (before knowing benefits) that is $40k more than i make now, i would be the highest paid engineer, but he was wondering if i had any wiggle room because they would love to make me an offer.

he then went on to flat out tell me if i looked into smaller companies with less overhead, i could probably get what i was asking for.

so this entire experience with this recruiter, i've had a lot of red flags and things that have put me off of this company. him flat out telling me i would be the highest paid engineer is one of them. why the hell would i care, and what is he trying to accomplish by telling me that?

It sounds like he was just being blunt and honest with you about making more with another company. Same thing with saying you would be the highest paid engineer there (perhaps despite others having more seniority and experience).

 

[nk215]

but that day, after i kind of turned down an unnoficial offer that is $40k more than i make now, i couldn't stop thinking about it and was like damn, i actually kind of turned down a job making a lot more money. i did the math and after paying all the premiums and stuff, i would have around $1500 more a month takehome, which is $18k/yr extra takehome. so yeah, that is a lot more. but cost of living obviously is much more out west ,and i'm just not sure if that much more is enough for me to make the jump right now.

They never give you a hint about the $40K increase. You told them what you expect. They replied by saying they would love to make you an offer. That does not mean they agreed with the 40K increase.

What a company can offer has little to do with what you currently make + adjustment for location/benefit - which is the formula you are using. It's mostly based on the going rate at a particular location (SD in this case) for similar candidate.

Unless $40K is a fraction, ~20% of what you are making right now, they won't be able to offer you that.

 

[purbeast0]

They never give you a hint about the $40K increase. You told them what you expect. They replied by saying they would love to make you an offer. That does not mean they agreed with the 40K increase.

What a company can offer has little to do with what you currently make + adjustment for location/benefit - which is the formula you are using. It's mostly based on the going rate at a particular location (SD in this case) for similar candidate.

Unless $40K is a fraction, ~20% of what you are making right now, they won't be able to offer you that.

as i've mentioned multiple times already in this thread, the company has absolutely no clue what i currently make.