8 Rules for Offer Negotiations by Gaurav Sen

Gaurav Sen discusses negotiation principles that can be used when negotiating a job offer or contract.
One way to define negotiation aims would be to increase the offered price, while the employer tries to lower it.
A better way would be to look at negotiations as a win-win collaborative exercise.
Here, both parties work to derive maximum value from the transaction. Preparing alternatives for negotiation, such as multiple offer letters, or understanding the market standard, are key to improving your position in a negotiation.
00:00 Intro
00:20 Agenda
00:45 Example Offer
02:20 Conflict to Collaboration
03:20 1. Prepare alternatives
04:39 2. Market Research
05:33 3. Don't negotiate for them
06:55 4. Worthwhile Intangibles
07:42 5. Increasing your value
08:53 6. Insurance/Variable Pay
11:24 7. Don't buy dreams
12:46 8. Fairness from your side
14:09 The 8 rules for offer negotiation
15:07 Actual Incident as Example
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  • @RisingSnookerPlayers
    @RisingSnookerPlayers Жыл бұрын

    Negotiation ends for most of us when we get a call and the first introduction includes what's your expected salary!

  • @lhxperimental

    @lhxperimental

    Жыл бұрын

    Quote a high amount. You don't have to feel guilty about a large difference in your current and expected salary. If a comany wants to hire you, what you got paid previously should not be their concern. Ideally they should not be asking for it, but they do. I don't think refusing to answer is a good idea in the current Indian context but you can still be bold about what you expect.

  • @TechiiEngineer

    @TechiiEngineer

    5 ай бұрын

    I asked for 10 lpa in introduction; once i cleared all rounds i aked for 13.5 lpa but company offered me 15.3 lpa; sometimes luck works

  • @deepakkapoor8202
    @deepakkapoor8202 Жыл бұрын

    most companies outside India have to adhere to market rates and there is salary band they need to stick to, they cannot just pay you more just because you are asking for it. Employer seldom try to push down your salary as this is consider as discrimination, some company need to publish their salary data too. Do your own research , ask what is reasonable, don't undercut your standard, if you cannot survive on the salary they offer then look somewhere else. Also take consideration of company culture than just the salary, not everything need to be analysed by graph and tables, there is also emotions and your own values. When people get greedy and ask more then company goes bust like whats going on now. Life is not all about money its also about stability of mind when you get paid each month and you enjoy the work you do.

  • @vikasgupta1828
    @vikasgupta1828 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks.

  • @saikumarpeddireddy7079
    @saikumarpeddireddy7079 Жыл бұрын

    very nice video thanks

  • @kryptu
    @kryptu Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Gaurav ! Very useful.

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @harshdiwan9283
    @harshdiwan9283 Жыл бұрын

    Thankyou for making up this video. Very informative.

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @mandlik1996
    @mandlik1996 Жыл бұрын

    Great Content, very informative Gaurav. Thanks.

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @vismayajaga
    @vismayajaga Жыл бұрын

    With respect to top of line quote : I have heard from friends experience were the offers were not given as the quoted offer was too high. Employer feel that since the candidate is expecting the high quoted number they would just accept the lower quoted offer for now and then use it for negotiating with other companies. There are instances where either the offer was called off taking a weeks time or lower quoted official offer was released only a week before joining.

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    I hear this too. Shopping has made the employers wary of revising any offer. They add a clause of joining in 7 days then 😛

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    @Aniket Mahadik Nothing happens. You can say no on the last day, although that is unethical in my opinion. Like, I'll marry you, sure. Oh sorry, I like someone else 😛

  • @dhruveshkhandelwal8104

    @dhruveshkhandelwal8104

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gkcs been there done that

  • @abhishekborikar4958
    @abhishekborikar4958 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Gaurav, It's a really interesting topic u picked and much good content delivered. Can you also what are best places to check for market standards regarding our skills ??

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    Most of the ways to check for market rates is taking multiple guesses :D So asking friends, colleagues, former employees, aggregators (glassdoor, linkedin, levels.fyi) is likely to be your best bet.

  • @anubhavgupta8164
    @anubhavgupta8164 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for this. Its really hard to negotiate as I am a very agreeable person, will try this later.

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    You can do it!

  • @harshinredzone
    @harshinredzone Жыл бұрын

    Regarding emotions part, That's gem. You are there to work and get paid, not to teach or to be taught EQ lesssons.

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    Hahaha exactly!

  • @srinish1993
    @srinish1993 Жыл бұрын

    Damn man, I would have been so lucky, I had watched or access to this video 2weeks ago.

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    Never too late!

  • @surjeetkumar7391
    @surjeetkumar7391 Жыл бұрын

    The video is 3 years old , i guess

  • @pratikmhatre4815
    @pratikmhatre4815 Жыл бұрын

    So damn realistic. Thanks for this.

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @ridamnibjia
    @ridamnibjia Жыл бұрын

    hey gaurav, now if i made the worst pay negotiation by saying the lower number which I thought was fair but now since when i am contributing to the product, can i tell them to reconsider my value again? or what's the right way to handle this situation? Super digestable video! Thanks

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes you can, go for it!

  • @nehalpal6924
    @nehalpal69245 ай бұрын

    Moral of the story is, calculate the resultant vector

  • @roshnishaikh8954
    @roshnishaikh8954Ай бұрын

    What is point number 6 and 7 abt fear can u explain more

  • @anshulkupadhyay
    @anshulkupadhyay Жыл бұрын

    @Gaurav have you tried these tactics yourself?

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes.

  • @sanjaypatel62
    @sanjaypatel62 Жыл бұрын

    If employer asks for your existing offer, can we send them a soft copy or we need to negotiate verbally?

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    Either will do. If you want to back up your words with proof, a soft copy is fine. If you don't want to share the offer, verbal claims may be enough (the employer may not agree though).

  • @jp-wi8xr
    @jp-wi8xr Жыл бұрын

    Liked the video. But there are a lot of books, articles, videos for theoretical negotiation. Can you demonstrate the points with a live example with a recruiter?

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    I'll try a demo next time 😁👍

  • @vyshnavramesh9305
    @vyshnavramesh9305 Жыл бұрын

    Get competing offers at tier 1 companies with 90lpa salary band. Perform interview well. Just that.

  • @malluarjun8287
    @malluarjun8287 Жыл бұрын

    Hy Gaurav , you are a great tech creator. I want to ask when is this video shot and for what platform. Because you said 100k is 60 lakh, so it is old video for any premium paid members or what. If there is any 1:1 with you please tell

  • @mohitmohlia8420

    @mohitmohlia8420

    Жыл бұрын

    yeah, i too had this doubt. as of now $100k is around 80L INR

  • @malluarjun8287

    @malluarjun8287

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mohitmohlia8420 why gaurav is not replying to our comment

  • @sankalparora9374
    @sankalparora9374 Жыл бұрын

    "You regulate Your emotions... and let them handle their life" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 6:30 You're killing it!!

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you 😁

  • @himanshuchhikara4918
    @himanshuchhikara4918 Жыл бұрын

    if employer is pushing to join immediately how to postponed that .

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    Ask them why they need you so soon? Can you work for a few weeks part time? Is there an important project that you can get context on during the weekends?

  • @s0ulweaver
    @s0ulweaver Жыл бұрын

    Sorry to go off-topic but you look like Saurabh Mukherjea from Marcellus Investment Managers

  • @apjkalam
    @apjkalam Жыл бұрын

    A good option is to also negotiate for esops or stocks . In India any salary above 40 L demands too much income tax so better to just take stocks and get capital gains than pay income tax

  • @shiwamkumar6568

    @shiwamkumar6568

    Жыл бұрын

    The stocks when vested are also subject to deduction of income tax. If you keep them vested and you gains from the vest day share value, then that's subject to capital gains tax too.

  • @Hari-mr1st
    @Hari-mr1stАй бұрын

    HRs do you have to say something?

  • @SohailKhan-gu2du
    @SohailKhan-gu2du Жыл бұрын

    Hey Gaurav very nice video , can you create content on how to crack foreign job offer, no great content on this topic, also for foreign companies linkedIn and all are not working.

  • @abhinavgupta6540
    @abhinavgupta6540 Жыл бұрын

    @Gaurav Can you mention if turning down the offer completely is a good option as well? I personally noticed that when I declined certain offers, the recruiters came back with much better numbers

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    If the offer is unacceptable, turning it down is the right thing to do. If it is acceptable, check on how you can improve it.

  • @soulwritez850
    @soulwritez850 Жыл бұрын

    I am getting 9lpa in my first shift and my current company just gave promotion with some performance hike. Can I ask my HR to revise the 9lpa saying I got some performance hike??

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    You can't ask them for favors, instead tell them that your current company value is X, and the cost of shifting companies is at least 20-30% for you. If you aren't feeling like negotiating, then accepting the offer happily is also fine.

  • @harshsharma03
    @harshsharma03 Жыл бұрын

    Watching this as a 2nd year student lol.

  • @namitpiriya
    @namitpiriya Жыл бұрын

    March is here so am I

  • @lovkush5257
    @lovkush5257 Жыл бұрын

    And what to do who are paying 10k 20k 25k rupees per month 😵‍💫🙂

  • @namitpiriya
    @namitpiriya Жыл бұрын

    HRs watching this so they can develop counter attacks.

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    Hahaha!

  • @vigneshsenthil7980
    @vigneshsenthil7980 Жыл бұрын

    Bro came dressed for the job😎😎

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    :D

  • @Anbu_Sampath
    @Anbu_Sampath Жыл бұрын

    60l, 90l, 1c - dreams numbers.

  • @suhailansari3847

    @suhailansari3847

    Жыл бұрын

    In the US.

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    The person was being offered a director level position at (cricket live streaming company). They instead chose the FANG offer. Both offers were in India.

  • @novascotia2015
    @novascotia2015 Жыл бұрын

    starting song give me rachit jain iit r

  • @TheMani987
    @TheMani987 Жыл бұрын

    How to bargain 6Lpa to 90Lpa

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    Offer them 15 years of service.

  • @BrandonDSouza26
    @BrandonDSouza26 Жыл бұрын

    $100k is equal to 60L? When was this video made? :D

  • @user-ur2en1zq4f

    @user-ur2en1zq4f

    Жыл бұрын

    tax deductions

  • @RavitejPudi
    @RavitejPudi Жыл бұрын

    I want a Million dollars, I’m being tough.. lol 😂 😂😂

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    Give them a offer they can refuse :p

  • @anandtiwari1378

    @anandtiwari1378

    Жыл бұрын

    ​​@@gkcs Agree!! Give them any offer and they gonna refuse first and then accept it and so it's employee duty to do market research and go for upper cap/extreme end of window.

  • @ArexGame123
    @ArexGame123 Жыл бұрын

    100K$ is 82lakhs

  • @dipankar-kumar-singh

    @dipankar-kumar-singh

    Жыл бұрын

    Gaurav's Database is still in those old days : )

  • @Shaun1810
    @Shaun1810 Жыл бұрын

    Now a days the companies with 8.5 years of experience or more are not ready to pay above 35+. They are not at all ready to negotiate , where my Sal for exp is around 27LPA but not ready to pay above 30 LPA. Really shame on the MNC, they just took interviews later tell don’t have the budget. This plans will never works. Also it’s recession time everyone is ready to layoff or giving less market salary packages.

  • @lhxperimental

    @lhxperimental

    Жыл бұрын

    Intested in knowing more. What kind of companies? Consulting companies, product companies? What skill set?

  • @Shaun1810

    @Shaun1810

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lhxperimental for consulting service based and product base companies

  • @LulzAsh
    @LulzAsh Жыл бұрын

    Guys if you ever get $100k don't negotiate take the job immediately

  • @nithishkandepi7128
    @nithishkandepi7128 Жыл бұрын

    Dormamu , I've come to bargain.

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    Hahaha!

  • @anirbanghosh1176
    @anirbanghosh1176 Жыл бұрын

    I think you made the subject too complicated. Best thing to do is to check in different sites about the company payscale for the role and position you are being interviewed in the past 3-6 months and decide your ask. Simple

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    That's a part I have mentioned. If you want to up your game, you need to do the extra legwork (find out what they want, etc...)

  • @TommyJefferson1801
    @TommyJefferson1801 Жыл бұрын

    This won't work in the current recession 😀

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    These principles are from Harvard and Cornell. I have seen them work even in desperate situations.

  • @werewolf218961
    @werewolf218961 Жыл бұрын

    $100K is 60Lakh? I want to live in this economy

  • @MrRaylith
    @MrRaylith Жыл бұрын

    1. Say how much you want 1.1 If they agree, take it 1.2 If they don't agree, walk away

  • @gkcs

    @gkcs

    Жыл бұрын

    That is one strategy. Doesn't always work though 😛

  • @rishspeaks7364
    @rishspeaks7364 Жыл бұрын

    How is 100k usd 60L?😂