News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The Software Engineer’s Guide to Negotiating a Raise. Parent comment

Re:The Software Engineer’s Guide to Negotiating a Raise by yitchelle on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @02:38AM (#9810317)
Interesting tactic. Do you mention the 5% raise in your offer letter? I wonder how this would affect the mindset of the candidate?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Software Engineer’s Guide to Negotiating a Raise by jrs235 on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @07:43AM (#9811214)
Yes we do mention it in the offer letter. Again, we start at their low end of their range though. We want them to know that "if things work out" they'll get a raise.
[ Parent | on HN ]