How do I negotiate salary?
I had a great job offer once, but it was a little out of my way. When I hesitated (over the phone), they immediately upped the hourly rate to $1 more. I’d say wait until Tuesday, let the HR person get settled in their office after a long holiday weekend (i.e., 10:30ish after their coffee break/emails but not so close to lunch that they’ll be starving), and give a call. Just say, “I’d really love to work for your company but I need $XX per hour to make it feasible to accept your offer. Will that work for you?” They may be going by a scale and offering the lowest to start. Don’t take a job where you can’t survive on the salary or feel it’s not in line with your experience and abilities (unless you are destitute and need it, given the economy, etc.). I’ve had to renegotiate other jobs and ended up making as much as $4 more than the original position by pointing out that people using similar softwares and performing like tasks made $XX. The response will let you know if they have room to n
