Salary Expectations

[Chevron]

The position is actually in Cape Town.

Then you'll be in a for a surprise jump in cost in living expenses. Cape is higher than even Joburg.

 

[SaoirseB]

Good stuff, let's see what they come back with.

One thing I forgot to mention is understanding where the ceiling is in terms of your position. No point in asking for a 60% increase if you're already at the ceiling for your current position, and can't really expect to earn more without moving up to a higher position in a higher salary band.

But I assume that's not the case here.

Yea I was going to add the same thing.

If you're earning R10,000.00, then R16,000 is fine - but if you're already on R100,000, I suspect an additional R60,000 is really going to need motivation !

According to payscale I fall between the 75 to 90% group on so I don't believe I've hit the ceiling.

 

[krycor]

This. I moved to a job that increased my salary by nearly 70%, but the engagement is much much much worse. My career is stagnating and I'm at a position where I might decide to take a pay cut and move back to a fast-paced IT environment.

Not the same % but yah I feel your pain.. Been in this scenario a few times. It's interesting as only self-driven professionals will encounter this scenario and it's hard to explain to people as others will tell you that you getting paid decently/great so why complain.

In the end you have to choices, either try and fix the situation (likely the process at work is not optimum) or hop to next job. The risk with the latter which I hate is that u need to be even more vigilant with decision about where u move to.

 

[reactor_sa]

Employers would be more comfortable employing someone that already earns close to their offer, than someone's asking for a 50% or even 100%.