Renegotiate salary after acceptance?
I verbally agreed to work for €13 an hour (student job), but in retrospect I think it's too little and wanted to ask if I can renegotiate since I haven't signed anything yet, or should I leave it?
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You can do that without a written contract. But that would be extremely bad form. And your negotiating position is the worst imaginable.
Why should your counterpart change that? They now know that you're willing to work for 13 euros (which, by the way, is a good salary for a student job).
Don't bother. I've hired many people in my life. If there had been one who suddenly demanded more pay after a verbal salary agreement and contract commitment, I would have torn up his employment contract (draft) that very day.
It's just extremely bad style.
Alex
“And your negotiating position is the worst imaginable.”
why is it bad?
“You get 13 euros” – “Agreed, I'm willing to work for 13 euros.”
Three days later: "But I want 15 euros now." – "Sorry, we won't pay that." – "Then I'll work for 13 euros." – "But not for us. We want employees whose commitment we can rely on."
He explained it.
Yes, that's also the point why I'm not sure, it was just my own stupidity to say yes straight away, thanks for your answer
It depends on how you like the job and how many other employees there are. If it's a large, well-known company, you'll have less leverage, but if it's a niche industry and you know the boss won't be able to find a replacement quickly, you can give it a try.
As long as nothing is signed, it's fine.
You can only say no in the worst case
The average wage for this is 17.74 euros/hour.
The employer is being extremely stingy with this. I would definitely renegotiate, even if it costs me my job. This is simply too brazen.
Is it really that high? I looked it up online, and the typical student salary is around €14/hour, which I'd be more or less happy with, but being so naive, I've already accepted.
The minimum wage to which the FS is entitled is 12.41. 17.74 is the average wage.
As a working student, you can't demand €18 an hour. No one will pay you that 😂
You can always renegotiate, but it certainly won't go down well.
Yes, those are my concerns too, so I am ambivalent
Well, it would be too uncomfortable for me.