Negotiate Your Package

We’ve already touched on the topic of negotiation in Chapter 4. But negotiating around a job involves certain critical elements:

• starting salary;
• salary review date, targets and expected salary increases for meeting your targets;
• your start date – do you want to take a break between jobs?
• pension contributions, medical benefits and life insurance;
• season ticket loan or company car;
• mobile phone and laptop computer.

Other topics you might want to negotiate include:

• Your reporting line. Who will your boss be? If you like the team but not a potential boss, is there anyone else you could report to?
• Your team. If you’re going to be managing a team, how much freedom will you have to reshuffle or even replace team members?

When you have all the answers, ask for a written offer. Then take at least a couple of days to weigh it all up.

Are you at least 99% certain that you’ll enjoy working there and do your long-term career good?