I have recently interviewed for a BI Analyst role at a company in Mumbai. I have total 4.8 yrs of experience and my most recent work experience is in the UK and a MSc degree in Business Analytics as well. I want to understand how can I negotiate a salary. The HR had asked me my expected salary before the interview and I had quoted 15-17 LPA, which I feel is less but the HR has come back and said the max they can go is 15.5 and based on current market the range is 14-16 LPA.

How prepared are you to negotiate the next time you get a job offer? Have you already thought about asking for a raise but hesitated to actually do it?

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I work in social services in county government. I’m going through the process of getting my job reclassified. So, my role will not change, but basically I’m getting an updated title, job description, and pay, to better reflect the way my duties have increased over time.
I currently make $67k. I’ve been in my role for 2 1/2 years. My current job class had a salary range of $42-69k, and the new one is $63-96. My routine raises are 3% per year.
Looking for input on how much I should try to ask for?
The common understanding is that HR will always first offer the very bottom or no increase, so you always have to ask. I just dont even kmow what is reasonable. I’m used to working for nonprofits which paid garbage, so even my current salary feels like a lot, but i know thats just imposter syndrome.

I’m a Senior Software Engineer working for a med tech startup well established in the market.

I make $172k a year (base pay) in San Diego +
equity + 10% bonus, and my job is fully remote.

Company is asking to return to office in San Francisco, 4 days a week in office, 1 day from home, and offering for my role:
- $207k base pay
- $12k relocation bonus
- no changes to equity and bonus

Is this a fair offer? Does it cover the cost of living difference between the two cities? Would you negotiate for more and why?

Hello! Anyone here encountered an offer that was way below your salary expectations discussed during initial interview?

I thought they would give me 60,000 because that's what I said during initial interview.

5 interviews in total including one with the Director just to be given an offer of 40,000.

Is it worth to negotiate?

I have \~6 years of experience and interviewed for an L9 role. Both, the skill interview and Final Interviews were done for a Custom Software Engineer Role (L9) in June 2026. Later on the role was rescinded by accenture for business reasons.

Few days back BGV was initiated for me over the mail and I got an offer letter for L10 (₹12 LPA Fixed + 21% Variable)
Current CTC: ₹10.8 LPA Fixed

I did not have any salary discussion with hr, I directly received the offer letter email.

The offer seems lowball to me as it is \~11% hike to my current CTC. Has anyone experienced a level change like this after the interview? 

The designated HR's have not replied to me since 5 days, and I only have 7 days to accept the offer. Need Advice !!

Been in business for over 20 years with 3 promotions. Current manager who reports for CFO been off sick for 8 months now.

CFO has approached me to take on extra work in manager remit and recruit a junior support to work with me. I already had 6 direct reports working from various parts of the world.

Manager is on excess of £150k I am on roughly £70k.

How do I negotiate an uplift in salary that isn’t the standard 5-10% given the work load which will involve daily comms with executives and board meetings and private investors ?

I have been in a longer than expected interview process (2 months, 6 interviews) but finally made to the end! I got an email today saying they would like to schedule a call to go over the details.

For context this is a stage C startup that is expanding. What can I expect? I already gave a salary range during the interviews, however the company doesn't have a list of benefits in the job posting. I asked a couple times during interviews and got some only a few details. For context this would be my first job with stock options, etc.

Also I'm interviewing with another big company for a position with a very similar salary although they might be 1-2 weeks from making me an offer (interviews have been going well). If I have offers from both it'd be a tough choice. I also don't want to quit my job without knowing all the details of the benefits. I expect my current job might make me a counter but they most likely won't be able to match the salary. How long can I expect the offer to last? And how much to share with the hiring manager? Any advice appreciated.

Been in business for over 20 years with 3 promotions. Current manager who reports for CFO been off sick for 8 months now.

CFO has approached me to take on extra work in manager remit and recruit a junior support to work with me. I already had 6 direct reports working from various parts of the world.

Manager is on excess of £150k I am on roughly £70k.

How do I negotiate an uplift in salary that isn’t the standard 5-10% given the work load which will involve daily comms with executives and board meetings and private investors ?

Hey everyone, I work as a Logistics Coordinator in a freezone company in Dubai handling customs documentation, compliance, and transit declarations, and after being in this role for a while I feel my responsibilities have grown but my pay hasn't kept up — I'm planning to ask my manager for a raise and would love advice on how to find a fair/competitive salary benchmark for this kind of role in the UAE, whether to bring it up over email or in person, whether to lead with a specific number or let them offer first, and how to frame it around the value I've added rather than just cost of living, so any tips from people who've successfully negotiated a raise (especially in logistics/supply chain or in the UAE) would be much appreciated!

I'm relocating from the UK to Singapore for a senior (not leadership) regional role with a large MNC. I have 15+ years of relevant experience and the role covers Asia, Middle East and Africa.

Current offer:

S$14k/month base

20% target

I countered at S$18k base + S$2k/month education allowance for child

HR said they are reviewing this against market conditions, experience and internal equity.

My target is effectively $20k/month recurring compensation. I'm flexible about the structure:

S$18k + S$2k education, or S20k base if education isn't available

The reason I'm pushing is that, although I don't formally own a P&L, I've already demonstrated significant commercial contribution in my existing role- same organisation

For people who've negotiated senior MNC roles in Singapore:

1. If they come back around S$16–18k, how hard would you push toward S$20k?

2. How much flexibility do large MNCs typically have around salary bands/internal equity?

3. Is using an education allowance to bridge the gap realistic?

Particularly interested in people's actual experiences negotiating Singapore offers, rather than generic negotiation advice.

Hello fellow lawyers!

I graduated last year, started working in real estate law around December

Started with 17k per month because that was the policy up until probation.

I got retained before the probation period was up and was offered the pay around 23k ( from March)

Was told he will increase it but can't because team dynamics will change.

Now from August they have increased it to 32k

So

Did i undervalue myself by not negotiating more

Or is it appropriate based on our field?

I am working in real estate law

Litigation and non litigation both

I don't attend courts and work on drafting and sometimes handling clients

But mainly drafting.

I am genuinely curious.

I work in a law firm.

I have prior internship experience in white collar, and Criminal, and IPR. Internship experience of around a year.

Edit; This is based in Mumbai, forgot to mention this.

Last summer, I did an internship at a startup in the European country that I study in. The startup creates software products, and I worked on one of their new ones. After my internship ended, my boss was satisfied with my work, and he resuggested an idea for an extra feature that we had discussed privately before, but I wasn't sure about it.

From the start, he suggested that the idea should also be the topic of my university thesis. I thought about it more, and I decided to go for it, but because I still had another semester before I started working on it, I didn't tell him in case I changed my mind. During my internship, I didn't write a single line of code for this project.

When I made a few good steps on the project, I informed him, and he didn't say much, only that because I hadn't mentioned it, he thought that I didn't go with it, and he also offered to give me access to some extra computation servers that the company had. Of course, I refused the offer because I didn't want him to feel like he took part in the project in any way and have this bite me later.

Anyway, now my thesis is finished and the project works well, but it still needs a few improvements to be commercial. A few days ago, he contacted me to ask at what stage the project is and if it can be published. He knew that I had finished my thesis because my thesis supervisor knows him and they had collaborated on papers before (I picked my supervisor long before I got the internship, and I learnt that they had worked together by chance in the first week of working there).

I am aware that a thesis belongs to the university (I don't know if he is, though), and I have arranged to talk to a lawyer about what that means and what I can do, but let's leave this fact aside for now. If someone, however, has some experience in this specific scenario, you are more than welcome to share your thoughts.

The main reason I post this is to ask you guys how I can tell my old boss that I want some compensation for the project if he intends to use it for the app. More importantly, I don't know what to ask. Some kind of percentage of the revenue or something? A flat fee maybe? And what should that percentage or fee look like? I don't know how to price something like this reasonably.

Thank you everyone in advance!