should recruiters tell you up-front what a job pays? by Alison Green on July 24, 2019 A reader writes: How common is it for recruiters to disclose salary range for positions when they reach out to you? I’ve heard colleagues who have professions that are highly technical and in demand talk about how recruiters have disclosed salary ranges to them for the openings they are recruiting for. This has helped my […] Read the full article →
another salary negotiation success story by Alison Green on July 19, 2019 A reader writes: I just wanted to share a my recent success story with you. I started an admin role about nine months ago, thinking that it would be an in to a field I was interested in. I quickly learned that I not only find admin work mind-numbingly boring, I’m also not very good […] Read the full article →
can my employer dock my time off when I work less than 40 hours if I’m salaried? by Alison Green on June 27, 2019 A reader writes: I work for a small company (fewer than five employees) in an industry where 50% of our business happens in the fourth quarter. During the months of October and November, I regularly work 70 or more hours per week, and as a salaried employee I don’t get overtime or comp time for […] Read the full article →
ask the readers: have you seen ripple effects from minimum wage increases? by Alison Green on June 27, 2019 A reader writes: I was wondering about states and cities that have increased their minimum wage and what the effects have been (both on wages across the board and on budget cuts elsewhere). I work in a state whose minimum wage is now $8.25, but will be incrementally raised until it hits $15 by 2025. […] Read the full article →
share your salary negotiation success stories by Alison Green on June 20, 2019 In response to last week’s salary negotiation success story, people asked for more salary success stories. So: In the comments, share your stories of successfully asking for and getting more money, either as part of a job offer or when asking for a raise. Be as specific as possible — what did you say, how […] Read the full article →
should you tell your coworkers how much money you earn? by Alison Green on May 28, 2019 When was the last time you talked with colleagues about how much money you earn? If you’re like most people, your answer is “never.” As a society, we’re incredibly weird about talking about how much we earn. It feels gauche or intrusive to ask other people what they make, and a lot of us feel […] Read the full article →
I’ve been offered the job — but they won’t tell me the salary until we can meet face-to-face by Alison Green on May 23, 2019 A reader writes: Last week I received a job offer from a company I interviewed with. The hiring manager called me to verbally offer me the position, then followed it up with an email offer that her boss and HR were copied on. The email let me know that the company’s HR rep would contact […] Read the full article →
if you’re having trouble sorting the salary spreadsheet… by Alison Green on April 24, 2019 If you’re having trouble sorting the spreadsheet of people’s salary data: Your link may have defaulted to a /htmlview view. Try removing “htmlview” from the URL in your browser, and that seems to be fixing it for people. If that doesn’t work, try removing “htmlview” and adding “edit#” there instead. Still stuck? Copy the link, remove the […] Read the full article →
how much money do you make? by Alison Green on April 24, 2019 It’s hard to get real-world information about what jobs pay, especially tailored to a particular industry or geographic region. Online salary websites are often inaccurate, and people can get weird when you ask them directly. In 2014 and 2017, in an effort to take some of the mystery out of salaries, I ran posts asking […] Read the full article →
should I have shared my salary with a coworker? by Alison Green on April 16, 2019 A reader writes: I changed jobs recently — my new company is a big, multinational organization comprised of lots of divisions. I recently had a conversation with a friend in a comparable role (in an entirely different division of my company), who asked to meet up to discuss salary. He has been at our company […] Read the full article →