They happen. The job market still stinks and it's just possible that the manager decided to throw out a low-ball offer to see if you'd accept it. Communication is terrible. This, unfortunately, is often the cause of problems. HR isn't communicating with the manager and vice versa. HR could have looked at the job and compared it to current market data and come back with the figure that you were quoted. However, the manager doesn't have that much money in his budget.
Somehow that wasn't effectively communicated and you got told the ideal range instead of reality. The position was downgraded. Just because you already have a master's degree doesn't mean you have all the requisite skills and experience. They may have just really liked you and decided to downgrade the job to fit your skills rather than rejecting you.
Downgrades and upgrades happen all the time. The most important take away from this is don't stop now. Start negotiating. That rarely happens. I worked with clients who are terrible people and horrible managers. Guess what? They usually pay above market rates for their talent! Are they really going to learn skills to increase their future employability? Are they working with a manager and within an environment that is conducive to a happy, enjoyable, healthy working environment?
The answer is no! They may work there for a year, but will quickly leave and find another place sometimes for the same if not lower salary.
Those environments are unnatural and unsustainable! None of my clients who were halfway decent employers could be fooled like that. Smart employers know the game a lot better than any gimmicky person out there. Otherwise inflation would be through the roof! People place too much emphasis on the base salary as the most important piece to negotiate. As a mid-sized company, everyone I placed there eventually became millionaires off of the equity package alone.
That may lead to regret further down the line. This is why you should never attempt to do my next and final point:. The client was so turned off by their aggressive, give-me-all-you-got-I-know-you-have-it attitude. All of the interviews went well, and I felt great about my chances.
The team even implemented a bunch of my ideas after speaking with me. This whole process took about 50 days. I was offered the job. But remember when he asked about salary in order to avoid leading candidates on and low-ball them in the offer stage?
That's exactly what happened. I, of course, told them I could not take a pay cut. He responded by saying that he spoke with the executive team and they can't get close to what I'm making now, but hopes we can work together in the future when our "budgets better align. What gives? Why would they have me invest so much time and effort into this process and offer me the role only to tell me that they can't afford me?
Why would he ask about salary to refrain from leading me on or low-balling and then do exactly that? I'm genuinely so confused and extremely frustrated. Sometimes when this happens, it's because the employer genuinely believes that the job is so enticing that somehow candidates will overlook that the salary is significantly lower than what was discussed earlier. Sometimes it's because they assume candidates are inflating their salary expectations -- that you're leaving room to negotiate or that you'll take less but figure you might as well try for more.
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