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0 pointszdragnar5y ago0 comments

> your job isn't to bargain for salary

This is a bit nonsensical. Nobody knows better than you what your time is worth because it is your time.

You don't owe companies anything, including working for less than you are willing to take in payment.

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je425y ago

You shouldnt discount that a lot of people cannot just walk away from a job because the only got a 3% increase while they wanted 10%.

You need to be confident that you can find another job that pays equally or better in order to be truely using the leverage.

A lot of people don't have that security and cannot take that risk.

sokoloff5y ago

Key to any negotiation is understanding what your next best alternative is. If your current employer is far and away your best alternative, you have limited leverage. Likewise, if you’re far and away the company’s best alternative, you have increased leverage.

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