Doing Business in Japan

Re:Doing Business in Japan by droopybuns on Friday November 07, 2014 @06:55PM (#8575314)

You're missing a dimension here: Your salary is determined in large part by your ability to negotiate.

Jobs are not open market. There's no information clarity about what your competitors for a job are likely to demand. Consequently, you can't depend on the magical hand alone to determine your salary.

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Re:Doing Business in Japan by TTPrograms on Friday November 07, 2014 @06:59PM (#8575332)

Are you talking about in America? It's true that salaries aren't totally transparent, but you really have to stick your head in the ground to not have any idea what a given job pays: http://www.glassdoor.com/

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Re:Doing Business in Japan by simi_ on Friday November 07, 2014 @07:36PM (#8575466)

Or even better: http://www.salar.ly/

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Re:Doing Business in Japan by toephu2 on Friday November 07, 2014 @08:57PM (#8575721)

while accurate, remember that is of foreigners working in US only (read: mostly H1Bs)

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Re:Doing Business in Japan by tsotha on Friday November 07, 2014 @08:21PM (#8575628)

This is only partially true. Even before the internet people talked to each other. You knew basically what you should be making for a given position.

I've negotiated salary on every job after the first. I probably ended up with a few extra percent, but it wasn't major.

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