One also lays the groundwork during the first discussions with the recruiter who generally asks for a range. I don’t think people pay enough attention to doing this pre-work prior to going into salary negotiations. I try to speak to anyone I know at the company. I consider any non-salary things that can be negotiated, like additional vacation, paying for cell phone, signing bonuses, guaranteed work-at-home days, etc., in case we can’t make salary work. “I always make sure that I’ve looked at all available resources before I start negotiations, like GlassDoor, LinkedIn and marketing salary surveys.
Our first in the series is a Product Marketing Manager, living in a very popular US tech hub with over 20 years experience in the industry. The goal is to share our experiences in the product world, and to help give some advice to people just launching their product careers.
With that in mind, we asked our community to anonymously share their experiences with money in the product world. And how often do we find ourselves rolling our eyes at a job posting which only lists the salary as competitive? Considering money is a fundamental part of modern life (and the whole reason you want to interview for the aforementioned ambiguously salaried position) as a society we are terrible at talking about it. Salaries and money seem to be a universal pain point across companies and industries, with glass ceilings, lack of transparency, and the fact that $100K in San Francisco does not buy you the same life as $100K in Madrid.
How much did you make in your first real job as an adult and in which year?.