I let them name a number first, then anchored above it with specific results I had delivered. After stating my number I stayed quiet — the silence did most of the negotiating.
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Job-hopping reset my pay every two years while loyalty capped me at 3% raises — the math isn't close. That said, timing matters. How long do you think is too short to stay before it looks bad?
Genuinely useful. The detail about the approach itself is the bit I'll actually use — most posts on this stay surface-level. Does it hold up when things get busy and you can't be precise about it?
Really good question and I had to learn this the hard way — the moment to move past it is when it stops being a challenge at all.
I keep tripping on the second point specifically. I know exactly what to do, I just don't stay consistent past week two. How do you keep going once the novelty wears off and it's just work?