Original Reddit post

Hi everyone I just got a job offer for a role in a big Swiss health insurance company. Before the offer they asked what my salary expectations were. I told them the number and when I had the interview with HR they told me they couldn’t pay that amount. They eventually made me an offer that was 10k below what asked for. My question (to people who work in HR): Is it common to make a counteroffer? Also how much room to negotiate do big copanies with standardized salary ranges even have? And should I make a counteroffer that corresponds to what I actually find reasonable or should I make a higher offer since they might be likely to meet me in the middle? Thanks! submitted by /u/Ok-Jelly-4359

Originally posted by u/Ok-Jelly-4359 on r/Switzerland