DMB5mil
Active member
Are there "rules" that professionals should follow when negotiating their salary at a new company?
I'm moving back home after getting my PE. I've got several offers of varying salary and benefit packages. If I counteroffer and a company meets my offer, am I obligated to accept their offer? Does it offend the company if I say no even after they agree to my counteroffer? What are the ground rules here?
Also, what approach has worked for you when it comes to negotiating your salary and what hasn't? Are companies more willing to give on any of the following items more often than another: salary, starting date, signing bonus, moving expenses?
Thanks,
Brian
I'm moving back home after getting my PE. I've got several offers of varying salary and benefit packages. If I counteroffer and a company meets my offer, am I obligated to accept their offer? Does it offend the company if I say no even after they agree to my counteroffer? What are the ground rules here?
Also, what approach has worked for you when it comes to negotiating your salary and what hasn't? Are companies more willing to give on any of the following items more often than another: salary, starting date, signing bonus, moving expenses?
Thanks,
Brian