First things first. Everyone has a price. You have a price tag and I have one too. Let me ask you, would you work for free? If so, care to wash my car this weekend? Do you know what is deemed PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL? If such notion were not able being understood by you, why do I want to hire you? You do not know how to keep your bloody mouth shut when matters are viewed as private and confidential? Goodness gracious...I'm making bloody sure I won't be sharing my meals with you.

Always remember, salary is a judgment of value. How much is your value? It differs from one individual to another, right? I have experience in Human Resource Management and I received tonnes of employment documents during my tenure in HRM. One thing I would like to share here is, when you divulge your salary history, you put yourself in a corner that's very difficult to negotiate your way out of.

Once you have divulge your salary history, you give up your negotiating leverage. Would you want to lose your leverage? If the HRM personnel wants to verify if you have worked in the stated work place previously, by all means, make a courtesy call. It would be very much appreciated. It requires that you be polite and firm.

Always know how and when to draw a line for your self. Even if you were being pressured.

Regards, Joey

This post has been edited by Joey Christensen: Sep 9 2010, 11:01 AM

I am neither enemy nor friend. I am neither constructive nor destructive. The question is best remained to be answered by you. You do not need to apologise. You need some time to ponder thou.

Regards, Joey

p.s: Apology is not accepted because it wasn't necessary in the first place.

Adjustments can be made accordingly. All you have to do is inquire in a proper manner. Well, if you think you are "properly priced" at RM2,500, how the heck the RM3,000 came from? You have to recompose your composition.

I could not understand your postings. Seriously. As quoted:

"...My question is and will be, in the event a person(male/female) is about to accept a job(white collar) offer whereby the he/she is required to work on Saturdays, SHOULD/MUST there be any adjustments being made to his/her salary. Other benefits/perks are irrelevant as my question only pertains to the SALARY and only the SALARY only. SHOULD would refer to the willingness and ethics of the company that is paying the salary, while MUST refers to the law that requires company to actually make adjustments."

Regards, Joey

This post has been edited by Joey Christensen: Sep 13 2010, 10:06 AM

It's a hundred buckaroo. You are looking at the micro perception. It's doesn't reflect the totality of the salary package that you may ended up pocketing. I wouldn't say it looks bad for a corporation, especially for a MNC that doesn't want chip out RM100 to honour your request. The perception is not quite right. Hundred per month, how much per annum?

Regards, Joey

I needed some giggles for a very long time. Thank you for the giggles.

I'm sorry but the documents which were required to be furnished is deemed private and confidential. I hope you respect my standing on this matter and I do hope you understood the policy very well too.

Simple. Negotiate to push the envelope. If to no avail, just thank them for providing you with an opportunity for an interview and walk out.

Regards, Joey

This post has been edited by Joey Christensen: Sep 21 2010, 01:23 PM

It is a judgement of value. It is as simple as that.

Regards, Joey