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My college professor told me to never negotiate the first job offer and I lost $8,000
Dr. Harris from my university career center insisted that asking for more money on an entry level role would make me look greedy. I followed his advice for my first job out of school in Dallas and took the $42,000 offer without a word. Found out later from a coworker that the company had a $50,000 budget for that position the whole time. Have any of you ever gotten bad advice from someone you trusted about salary negotiations?
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nora_park27d ago
Has anyone else had a career counselor steer them wrong like that? @adam_patel I totally get what you're saying about the company not looking greedy while telling us to play nice... it's frustrating. What worked for me was doing a little research before the interview. I checked sites like Glassdoor and talked to a few friends in the same field to get a realistic number. When I got my offer, I just said "I was hoping for something closer to X based on my research" in a calm, polite way. They came back with a middle ground and I ended up with $5k more than the first offer. It's not about being greedy, it's about knowing what you're worth and speaking up.
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adam_patel27d ago
Funny how that "greedy" advice saved the company eight grand but somehow didn't look greedy on their end. Guess some lessons come with a price tag attached.
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