Can I negotiate, or will it be out of place?

Question

This May, I wanted to leave my current company, which has about 30 people(I was aiming for a startup but realized it was not the best solution). I decided to stay and they raised my salary at that time(30%up). As for raises, we do evaluations every six months and it's more like you have to ask for a raise as you prove more value. I'm responsible for inbound and account management, overall I'm doing average, although the company is happy with my work.

Recently I got two interesting job offers where there is a higher salary by almost 50%. I wonder if I can now go to the manager to ask for a raise to market standards, although I already got a raise in June? What do you guys think? I want to do it the right way because the company is small and if I do well I might get shares in the future, but you never know, right? I want to earn more but I wouldn't want to miss the chance to become a partner because they'll think I'm greedy.

Another option is to wait a while, do the results and then go for a raise. Only I will lose those other offers then.

Basically, I have a good commission scheme and it is pretty the same as other offers but the base salary is much higher. So I want to talk only about the base salary ;).

Accepted Answer

I put down go as in just go. There's no way they're going to raise your salary another 50% 2 months after they raised it 30% for "average" work unless you're severely underpaid. Not every company gives share options and if they're not already planning it you won't see any anytime soon. Also, they won't give you enough shares to be a "partner", you'll have to work there for years in order for them to vest, you'll only get paid on them if they get bought or go public, and then you're taxed on them. I would just grab the cash now.

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If you decide to negotiate now, be prepared to leave if you don’t get what you asked for. It’s about credibility : you can’t request a 50% raise because you got it elsewhere, and stay even though you didn’t get it. If you do that, they’ll know they have leverage (because you value other stuff within the company, the work, your life there, the people, whatever…) and don’t need to take seriously your ask.

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I'd wait unless you are stupid underpaid.

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Don't negotiate based on other offers unless you're willing to leave and accept one of those offers.

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I voted 1, but am kind of torn.

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That is going to be a tough sell. If you do decide to pursue an additional raise at your current company based on the offer you just received, be prepared to leave if you don't get the raise. I suspect you won't get the raise - so are you ready to leave, or are you enjoying the work and want a reason to see if you can get additional $$?

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i left a year in between and tyhe second raise was lower but still nice. went: 20% 15% 10% 7% up until now

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I’d wait till that next 6 month eval

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You just got a raise and now want another big one?  That won’t go well for you.

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Go and search the world for your oyster. as in... start looking for a different job.

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AntifragileSalesman

Can I negotiate, or will it be out of place?

What should he do?

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AntifragileSalesman

Can I negotiate, or will it be out of place?

What should he do?

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