Comments on: Three Salary Secrets and Three Salary Myths

By: David

David — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:08:33 +0000

Very true. After being at a company for three years, secret number one is a hard lesson to learn, especially when you have more responsibility and duties than the new-hires. In my case, this information was supposed to be secret and they refused to compensate simply because I ‘learned too much.’

You should also be careful about secret number three. If you accept your current employer’s counter offer, be prepared to be replaced–the employer now knows that your loyalty is low and they are paying more now than they were able to get away with before.

By: John Wilks

John Wilks — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:32:09 +0000

Great post. Negotiating severance sounds like a great idea.

By: MoneyFwd

MoneyFwd — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:16:02 +0000

Interesting article.

I agree with you on Myth 3. I worked for a company where this one person was crazy and would take everyone’s work and try to do everything. Although her methods weren’t kosher, the bosses liked her and kept giving her raises to the point that she was making $10k-15k more with a BA and 2 years of experience than people with master’s and 6 years of experience who were less liked although overall brought in more money.