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The process of two or more parties attempting to find a mutually agreeable arrangement, usually with respect to salary, job requirements, benefits, and related aspects of a new job offer or promotion.

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Negotiations after winning a grant

You want to ask some trusted people in your department whether such a grant would qualify as grounds to renegotiate your contract, as standards for this matter differ widely between universities and d …
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Is it realistic for a postdoc to negotiate for a private office?

Sure there is a possibility. I have seen PhD students have private offices in some places. In others, even Assistant Professors had to share. And my current employer famously had a (short-lived) initi …
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Spousal hire for girlfriend in US university

Do you think that asking for help for finding a job for my girlfriend is only possible during negotiation, or I could potentially ask for this later? … You should get all discussions about benefits (and spousal hire is a pretty major one) out of the way during negotiation. …
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Should I let potential employers know I have a job offer?

Would Plan 2 make me a more desirable candidate with the other positions, as they might see my offer as further validation of my credentials? This is a bit of a crap shot, I am afraid. How this m …
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How to negotiate salary at a school with a two-stage negotiation process?

I would not consider it unethical to renege from the negotiation in the second stage, if HR presents the first offer as fixed and the department head later on does not come through. …
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Safely negotiate a salary for a PhD offer - Germany

Now, for the actual negotiation, I would follow moriary's remark from the comment - simply mention (friendly and non-threatingly) that you are torn on accepting the offer, as you have counter-offers at …
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How to handle salary negotiations while negotiating a postdoc position?

Q1: how can I inquire about the salary offer/negotiation without appearing greedy or money-oriented? …
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How to negotiate multiple tenure-track offers

One round of negotiation should not annoy anybody, but going back and forth between offers too much may leave a sour taste in the mouth of your future employer, and it seems unlikely that you will be able … to increase your offer much more after the first round of negotiation anyway (at least that's what I have been told). …
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Course load expectations for teaching track and how to negotiate for courses

As usual, there is no clear answer. People are different. "Requests" are different - maybe, the request in your case was an honest, open-ended question and your department head is not surprised that y …
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Are Assistant professorships with no starting packages/benefits and high teaching load consi...

For tenure-trackers, a reduced teaching load of 20% or 25% seems more normal, but it depends on the position and, presumably, on the negotiation skill of the candidate. …
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