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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Negotiating with New Employer
I just received an offer for a new position. The salary is right, but I'd like to try to negotiate for more vacation time before I accept the offer. Here are the details:
- My last position had 16 days of paid vacation. My DH has more than that (I think he has 18-20.)
- The new company gives 10 days paid vacation for the first 2 years, and then 15 days paid vacation after that.
Ideally, I'd like to negotiate for 15-16 days paid vacation right from the start. How should I go about negotiating for this? Should I ask for more than that so that we can bargain down to 15 or 16? Any negotiating tips?
Thanks!
Re: Negotiating with New Employer
Personally I wouldn't push for more than 15 days since the company maxes out at 15. I would just ask that "As part of my overall compensation package I would like 15 days of vacation" and see what they say.
If they say no I would tell them that a healthy work-life balance is important to you and see if they have alternative options like a flex schedule where you can work 80 hours in 9 days as opposed to 10 and then take a day off.
If they still say no but you accept the job, down the road I would mention it at raise time -- ask for extra vacation days in lieu of a 3% raise.
Thanks, Jessa!
I should have clarified that their days off continue to increase with years of service. So after 2 years it's 15 days off, after 5 years it's 20 days off, etc.