Not sure if I'm posting in the right place so please don't bite my head off! Also on mobile so forgive my formatting. I recently completed the interview process with a company and was given an official offer letter. The salary was lower than what I was expecting so I sent an email to the hiring manager requesting an adjustment to the starting salary. The manager rejected the counter offer and actually recinded the original offer. I'm devastated as I was really looking forward to working with this company. Is this normal?? I've never experienced this before. Usually if the manager rejects the counter offer they will leave the original salary offer open for acceptance.
Salary was never discussed in the two part interview process. This is probably my fault, I never asked but the job posting did have a salary range so I assumed salary was negotiable. I will admit I'm not very comfortable with talking about money or negotiating salary (I'm pretty introverted and shy in general). Should salary have been negotiated before an official offer of employment? In my previous work experience, I have only negotiated salary after an offer of employment, not before.
How can I improve my salary negotiation skills and prevent this from happening in the future?
Submitted April 26, 2018 at 06:36PM by AnonymousPenquin https://ift.tt/2vOMb0t
