Went in too high with salary requirements?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Do they have other employees in the same or similar positions? If so what they are paying those they currently employ is going to be a factor as well."

If OP were a man, no one would say this to her. It wouldn't be a matter of "what's fair to others," it would be a matter of what revenue she can bring in or other value she brings. If she can do more than others, she should be paid more.

I am the poster you quoted and I would say this to a man or a woman. Most employers above a moderate size (250-500) have structured grades with salary ranges. They want to bring in employees as close to the midpoint of the range for the position as possible so there is room for raises. If she can do more than others then they might consider bringing her in for a higher level position which would then pay more buy that wasn't the question. If she is directly responsible for bringing in sales, clients etc. then that would be part of a commission plan which are again fairly standard within an organization of any size but it didn't sound like this was OPs scenario.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This happened to me recently and I priced myself out of the opportunity. It was a great opportunity but after speaking to the HR coordinator, the highest they could offer was lower that what I was currently making. She told me the HM really liked my profile so she was going to talk to him and see if they could hire me at a more senior level position so they can offer more, however after discussing with the HM , she came back and told me that the HM really loved my profile, however their budget can not meet my salary requirements and asked me to stay in touch. It kinda sucked because it was a great company and I really liked the job, but what they were offering was really low!

This is my problem right now. My current salary is at least 25% higher than what the recruiters brought to me.