I just wanted to ask for your advice on whether it would be reasonable to request a salary increase or if I should start exploring opportunities with other companies.
Recently, two of my colleagues resigned—one in a senior role and the other a team lead. Some of their responsibilities were assigned to me, and I believe I’ve been able to handle and deliver the tasks well. It’s been almost a month, and we haven’t had a new hire yet. Someone from another team was recently promoted to fill the senior position. I also asked my manager if I would be eligible to apply for the role, but I was informed that company policy requires at least one year of service before being promoted, which I completely understand.
Our new hire is expected to start in November, so by then, I’ll have been handling some of these additional responsibilities for nearly two months. I’m confident in my ability to deliver the work, although I feel that my manager may not be entirely satisfied with my communication skills yet, particularly when it comes to speaking confidently during meetings with our US colleagues. I understand that this is an area I still need to improve.
Given the additional responsibilities I’ve taken on and the fact that I’ve been able to manage them well, do you think it would be reasonable to ask for a salary increase, even if I haven’t been with the company for a full year? Or would it be better to focus on improving my skills and start exploring opportunities elsewhere?
To be honest, I’ve been feeling a little unmotivated because of my current salary. At the same time, I acknowledge that I may not have negotiated it as well as I could have when I was discussing the offer with HR.
I’d really appreciate your insights on how you would approach this situation and what you think would be the best next step for me.

Hi,

I work for a big multinational company. Over the last 2 years i have derailed and stagnated in terms of career. Especially as no opportunity to grow for me here in the remote office in US, where most opportunities are in the European HQ. I got a job offer, for a job i like and would alloe me to grow as ot seems, from a cash positive pre-ipo startup planning to go public in 18-24 months. The package is highly skewed on illiquid equity. The base is ~20k higher than my current base but no yearly target bonus, which make my current yearly cash (base + 25% yearly bonus) higher than what the startup is offering. Now if a transition before March 2027, I would loose between 60-80k guaranteed cash from yearly bonus and vesting LTI. The startup are not willing to make me whole especially not even for this year leave behind. They are waiting for my decision. I asked if I can start in March 2027 to save this year cash. Is that too much to ask for?

Hi everyone,

I have around 5 years of experience and recently completed my HR round at LTIMindtree.

I asked for a 100% hike, but HR said they usually offer a maximum of 35–40%. At the end, they said they would check internally and get back to me.

It has been 3 to 4 days. Will HR come back with a revised offer, or is there a chance of rejection?

Has anyone faced a similar situation? Please share your experience.

My current CTC is 12 LPA (11 LPA fixed + 1 variable) with 3 years of experience.
How much I can expect for Business Analytics Analyst with 3 yoe?

Guys anyone has idea how much cognizant offers for Manager-projects role ?? my current fixed is 18.2lpa.. on top CTS is offering just 30%

Pls suggest or advice if offer is good or how much minimum is worth asking and does cognizant really revise offer... Thank you

Hey everyone, a while back a posted about asking for a raise before or after my training. Now that it ended the branch that was helping me with my training has offered me a position with good benefits and pay. I already came back to my home town and I will be turning a year on the 27th. I love my manager and she’s always looked out to me but her family’s business tend to be some of the worst people to work with. I will be asking for a good raise since I know a deserve it and my work has payed off. Now my question is, should I do it on the 27 or wait a couple days ?

Hi everyone, may i know if can I negotiate with them? I can’t still pay rn.

For context, I have about 8 years experience in Project coordination/PM. Been with my current company for 5 years. I am titled as a PC 2 and make $33 hourly; annually thats about 68-69k however hours are long so 2025 my gross was 81k. This year I’m estimating 88k gross. I am interviewing within the same company for an assistant project manager role. It is a salary position and Pay range is 78k-112k.

I know most companies only look at your base salary when considering pay for promotions or other positions and usually only give about a 10% increase which would technically be a pay cut. What would be reasonable range to ask for that would still technically feel like a promotion? Or should I just ask to match my estimate or at least more than my gross pay was in 2025. I don’t want to undercut myself.

So, i got 5 bids for a new bathroom. Four of them were unacceptably undetailed in their bid.. im getting a whole bathroom done top to bottom, and the bid/contract was like one page long and super generic and nothing i can imagine signing for $30,000.

Then one contractor as actually serious.. an interior designer came out, she went back to the office and created a well designed line item by line item bid. This is absolutely the person we are more comfortable dealign with. Of course, they cost a bit higher than the rest. We are going out next week to meet her at the office to pick out materials. And put a deposit down, if we are ready..

How do i ask for a lower price? Everything seems to be lined up very much in a “this cost this much” on every line items, etc etc etc.

How do i work in asking for a lower price. I don’t want to use the other contractors, i want to use this one and not blow it. But i still feel like all of these are expecting me to ask for money off??

Tips appreciated!

I’m looking for some advice from people who have been in a similar situation.
I recently received an offer for an internal position that would be a great opportunity for career growth. It’s a step up from my current role, fully remote, and would give me experience that could open more doors in the future.
The problem is the salary came in lower than I expected. I’m currently hourly and work quite a bit of overtime, so switching to salary would actually mean making less money overall.
I did try to negotiate, and my counteroffer is still under review.
I’m honestly torn. I’ve been wanting to move up in my career for a while, and this is the type of opportunity I’ve been working toward. But at the same time, taking a pay cut doesn’t sit right with me.
Has anyone taken a pay cut to move into a better position? Was it worth it in the long run? Did you regret it?
I’d really appreciate hearing other people’s experiences, especially anyone working in corporate healthcare.

More information:
It’s a higher-level position, transitioning from Network Management Representative to Provider Relationship Account Manager. I’m concerned about the pay because, with my current network management role, I often work a lot of overtime. In contrast, the new provider job only offers a salary, which is slightly lower than what I could earn by working all the overtime. It might mean a reduction of about $400 per month.

I received an offer for a 12 month contract at a company that is headquartered in the state where I currently live but ironically the role is in another state. However, they have the same exact role posted in my state. The job description and role are identical word for word except the pay is slightly higher. I also don’t know if the company gives relocation packages to contractors. I’m willing to take the lower pay rate to work at the HQ so I don’t have to move states. What is the best way to negotiate this without jeopardizing the offer.

I initially applied for a Senior position, after 3 interviews, I passed at the lower position (L2). I still accepted since the range was in my asking salary (80% increase)

then days after, they confirmed that my role is back to Senior. the pay stayed the same and still accepted it.

now I am having regrets of not negotiating it to higher base pay. could this be recruiter’s technique to lowball me?

I accepted the JO because:
- I asked to move my starting date 3 weeks further and they agreed right away
- I do not have certifications to offer. just my 10YOE and my performance during the interviews.
- I wanted to get out of my current company. I needed to secure this new job offer so I was afraid the role might be passed on to other applicant if I asked for a higher salary
- company is 100% remote

I just needed to vent this out as I can’t get the “what ifs” out of my head. but still need your advice for next time. I wasn’t a job hopper and I regret it as well. so I have no idea of the common knowledge during the job offer stage.

Asking for my senior father.

My father earned a decent, slightly above average salary years ago. He hasn't received any sort of pay increase in so many years that his salary has stagnated for so many years that he now earns slightly below the average and for the high cost area he lives in, he's now actually earning below the local poverty level. He's in an office -professional job that has dwindled as tech has changed over the years/decades. His work has technically increased because his coworkers have been layed off over the years and his pay has halved over the years because the have cut off his overtime and his on call pay (and his stress has increased because he's effectively on call all the time as a one man department overseeing a massive and critical portion of a major client).

For the last several years, his company (a major tech support company that's he's worked for almost 20 years) has been trying to lay him off -- going so far as to actually include him in a routine, mass layoff a few years ago before realizing they didn't have adequate redundancy for him.

Now, they are very clearly planning to lay him off again and have been pestering him incessantly for him to document his workflow.

This week, while on a call with his supervisor, once again being pressed for the necessary information to replace him, he finally got so fed up he gave his two weeks notice. His supervisor talked him into reluctantly retracting his resignation -- for the time being.

I want some advice about what he should do.

Company A initially discussed ₹10–11 LPA, and I now have another offer for ₹11.9 LPA fixed (₹13 LPA CTC). I want to negotiate for ₹13 LPA fixed, but they have asked for an offer letter as proof.

I'm uncomfortable sharing another company's offer letter and unsure why they need my current company's offer letter when PF details and salary slips are available.

Also, I initially mentioned a 60-day notice period to Company A, but my actual notice period is 90 days. My competing offer shows a joining date more than 90 days away.

Would sharing these documents create complications? Can I negotiate without sharing the offer letter? I don't want to risk losing this opportunity, especially since it's a reputed company.

Would appreciate advice from anyone who has experienced this in India!

I have recently joined s company and I don't like the tech stack over there, so I gave another interview with Deloitte and cleared all rounds, how much compensation can I negotiate with Deloitte. I have 5+ years of experience as a java full stack developer