Re: FWD: Salary, Negotiation, and Salary Requirement/Total Compensation

[Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM>]

On 31/12/08 01:03 PM, TECHWR-L Administrator wrote:
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> Six months ago I was hired as a 1099 contractor on a contract-to-perm
> basis. During my initial interview, I was asked "how much are you
> looking for?" I gave them my salary requirements, and they said it was
> in line with their thinking.
> 
> Today I got the offer letter. Instead of the salary I'd quoted, there
> was a much, much lower figure as the annual compensation. I said,
> "This is not what we agreed on." The company's principal is currently
> claiming that he was asking for a total compensation figure, not just
> a salary figure. He had a conference call coming up in 10 minutes, so
> we were not able to discuss this. I suspect we won't be able to until
> tomorrow at the earliest.
> 

[snip]

> 
> *  Do you have any suggestions for handling this? I have a list of
> points I want to make written down, and I've found a salary report on
> SimplyHired that shows the average salary in this area. It is a bit
> lower than my stated requirements, but not by that much. I am also
> considerably better than "average" as a technical writer.
> 

This sounds like a ploy to me. If the job market
where you are is halfway decent, I would either
decline the job completely or make it clear that
you took their statement in your interview that
your stated salary request was in line with their
thinking to mean that the figure quoted was for
salary, not total compensation, and you're sorry
if there was a misunderstanding but you were
actually referring to total salary.

Frankly, I wouldn't trust them to try to weasel in
other ways in relations with their employees if
they're trying to pull something like this so if
you have a choice, I'd look for a position with a
more trustworthy company.

-- Janice

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