Twitter User Shares Salary Negotiation Tips, Highlights The Importance Of Confidence. Ladies, Take Notes!
This is an important skill!
None of us are ever prepared in advance on how to quote our salaries during the interviews. We tend to shy away or underestimate our own work when it comes to asking for a decent salary. But with the awareness around such topics nowadays and by reading the experiences of people on the internet, we get to know more about this topic. Recently, we came across a Twitter thread about salary negotiations and the user shared her opinions on the same in detail. The Twitter user also gave tips on what to keep in mind while doing the same.
A Twitter user with the ID Ur Mom discussed the topic of salary negotiations after another asked for some tips on the same. The first point raised by the user was to always quote 20 per cent extra from the average salary in the sector. This is because even if HR negotiates it down to 10 per cent, it will still be more than the average. As per this Twitter thread, a person should also be confident about their work, and knowledge and the lack of it always leads us to underestimating our value. Apart from the technicalities included in salary negotiation, this particular Twitter thread also reminds us that presenting yourself as the best in what you do becomes of utmost importance. The thread stresses the importance of selling yourself to the company as if you know your work and the experiences you will bring to the table.
1. Look up the average salary bracket for your experience in your sector. Quote 20% extra. If they negotiate, you agree to 10% less, which is still better than average.
As for asking you to f off, companies need resources as much as you need a job, so that’s not very likely. + https://t.co/0X0OmVv4KS— ur mom (@nainkat28) October 4, 2023
2. I also feel that quoting a package you want is as much about realising self worth as it is about knowing the technical stuff. The reason we fear it because we don’t we’re good enough. Not true. +
— ur mom (@nainkat28) October 4, 2023
It is important to understand what you bring to the table as a professional that no one else does. Analysing and improvising will take you farther than anything else. +
— ur mom (@nainkat28) October 4, 2023
Find what you do best, sell it like a story where your effort improves lives of your end customer and, and sound like no one else does it better than you. Even if you’re lying. Trust me, everyone is.
Confidence sells first, work sells much later.+— ur mom (@nainkat28) October 4, 2023
In this Twitter thread, the user also talks about asking for a 40 per cent salary hike and even if it comes down to 35 per cent, it is good enough! The thread also discusses other tips and tricks of salary negotiation like talking to multiple companies simultaneously and quoting different per cent in each of them, in case the higher one ends up accepting the offer. The thread also talks about the importance of faffing in this corporate world and how not shying away from quoting higher salaries is the way ahead.
Industry standard hike is 30-35% while changing jobs. Seek 40%. If you get 40%, great. If they negotiate, come down to 35% at best. You have to talk like you’re doing them a favour. +
— ur mom (@nainkat28) October 4, 2023
But how do I know how much I’m worth?
You don’t. Because we don’t really know each other’s salaries, right? So there’s no way to determine a standard other than googling stuff. Your only other determinants are 1. How much you need 2. How much you are currently making. +— ur mom (@nainkat28) October 4, 2023
You have to focus on how much you need. It’s okay if a company can’t offer that amount. That would not have worked out anyway. See it as a mismatch, not as you asking for too much or you not being good enough.+
— ur mom (@nainkat28) October 4, 2023
Everyone is faffing in the professional world, so you are as good as you sell yourself to be. Saara khel bechne ka hai. Find USPs in your abilities and in your Work ex. And that will happen most easily if you internalise that you’re good enough for the job.+
— ur mom (@nainkat28) October 4, 2023
Being good at your job doesn’t mean that you don’t fuck up. It means that you improve and pick things up. And work on being better.+
— ur mom (@nainkat28) October 4, 2023
Coming back to negotiation, I’ll share an advice a friend gave me when I asked ‘itna Paisa maang lu, nahi diya toh?’ +
— ur mom (@nainkat28) October 4, 2023
He said:
‘think of someone who makes you wonder isko itne paise kis baat ke milte hain?! They earn that much because they think they deserve that much. Toh us bande chehra yaad kar aur muh faad ke paisa maang le. Because I’m sure you are more hard working.’— ur mom (@nainkat28) October 4, 2023
At the end of the day, it’s a bluff. You believe something works for you, quote it. If it fits, great. If it doesn’t, meh. There’s no dearth of companies. To play safe, talk to more companies at a time and play them against each other. Quote 35% to one and 45% to another. +
— ur mom (@nainkat28) October 4, 2023
If the 35% one agrees, tell them 45% mil raha hai, match up to them else I’m out. If they don’t match up, you’ll get the 45% wala anyway. But yes please get offer letters first in this case. If you negotiate 35% at both places, you cannot leverage one against the other. +
— ur mom (@nainkat28) October 4, 2023
Another trick is to simply ask them for a test. Ace it. If they like your copy test you’re more likely to get the price you want, you also have more work to speak for you. A much no nonsense procedure imo.+
— ur mom (@nainkat28) October 4, 2023
So yeah I guess these are all the points I could think of. Might add more latter. Hope it helps.
Moral: The better you fake, the more you make.
All the best!
— ur mom (@nainkat28) October 4, 2023
Also Read: How To Negotiate Salary With HR? Remember These 4 Tips Because Yeh Skill Bhi Zaroori Hai!
Well, there were some points which were quite practical in this thread. Salary negotiation is certainly an art and you learn the right tricks with experience. However, it is always better to know about it from an early stage in your career so you don’t end up being underpaid!
Salary बढ़ाने के लिए अपने बॉस से कैसे करें बात? जान ले ये 5 शानदार टिप्स!
