Salary Negotiation

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jonadobe
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Salary Negotiation

Post by jonadobe »

Can anybody please tell me if SMART scholars are eligible to negotiate their salaries when the SF offered them positions?

Thank you!

hookem

Re: Salary Negotiation

Post by hookem »

I don't have an answer for you, but I would also like to know the answer. I'm graduating this semester and have yet to receive an offer from my SF. Anyone else graduating this semester?

cheers!

empty

Re: Salary Negotiation

Post by empty »

I also don't have an answer, but I'm not exactly sure what sort of negotiating power you would have since you're contractually obligated to work for them once you're out.

I mean forgetting "eligibility", how exactly would you negotiate with someone when both sides of the table know the end result is that you accept the offer? I suppose you could ask and state how you see your value reflected in your asking salary.

PS. Hookem? I guess I'm not the only Longhorn in the program...

Chris Moulder
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Re: Salary Negotiation

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I think this was discussed at some point.

You can try to negotiate salary, but they're going to be fairly fixed on their base salary+COLA adjust. If you already have the scholarship, you won't be punished for asking, but don't expect much.

recipient99
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Re: Salary Negotiation

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Negotiation is extremely limited. Because you are bound by contract to work for them, you really have no leverage to negotiate.

In moving from an internship at a non-DoD lab prior to finishing my Ph.D. to my current position in the DoD with a Ph.D., I took a pay-cut. You might ask, "Why would anyone accept a deal like that?" One reason is that salary was one of the details of post-graduation employment about which the SMART program was elusive when I was applying.

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