Google recruiters have recently begun requesting written proof of rival job offers for tech roles before considering upping their own offer. Does this give Google a competitive edge when it comes to salary negotiations?
Yes, this allows Google to see competitor compensation package structures and improve their own.79%
No, offer letter reviews should be standard industry practice.20%
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Such an interesting question, I wonder how often employees are asked to produce proof of alternate job offers?
99% of the time our HR Department will now allow us to "compete" on salary. Their opinion is the privilege of working for us should be enough additional compensation based on their analysis of salaries for roles.<br><br>I don't agree with this perspective, but this is for a 130k person company.<br><br>I believe in some instances we should try to compete, but primarily only for new hires. For existing employees if they have already secured offers, they probably should move on to their new role.
Chris, I agree with you. But I'd make an exception for a stellar employee who already expressed dissatisfaction with compensation, and the desired increase was turned down based on HR guidelines. If the employee gathers evidence that his/her market value is greater than HR's determination, HR should be persuaded to make the adjustment.
Corporations already have competitive advantages over individual candidates with respect to data on salary negotiations. This alone doesn’t impact it greatly.