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URGENT - what starting salary should I ask for?

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bloss · 21/07/2003 13:29

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bossykate · 21/07/2003 13:42

hi bloss, here is a link to the Robert Walters Salary Survey . it contains information for salaries in the IT industry in Australia. it is a highly regarded and well-known source of info, in the UK at least. should give your dh an idea of what he's worth.

hth and good luck.

pie · 21/07/2003 13:49

Don't know about the salary side bloss, but if you want to post the name of the company or send me a mail I can do some digging around. I have ways Off the bat if an IT company are sending emails from a hotmail account it does a bit dodgy.

WideWebWitch · 21/07/2003 13:54

Bloss, immediate thoughts are:

He's in a good negotiating position so I'd go for naming a reasonably high figure and let them beat him down (but not so high they rule him out). You can always go down in negotiations but you won't as easily be able to go up once you've named a figure. Presumably he wouldn't want to move for less than say, AUS$50k? So maybe add another, $5k? $6k on top for good measure but say that it all depends on other hours/travel/benefits/terms and condition etc and he'd have to know more before he can say for sure. They may just be after his current salary or they may ask this, so be prepared. He could say his current salary is $xyz and he won't move unless there's an improvement in that to the tune of $xyz. Can you check out an online salary survey for his equivalent job? Or call a local agency and ask what they'd say he's worth in their opinion? Then you can say "professional advice is that with my experience I'm worth something in the region of $xyz"

If they're not kosher it's all academic so I'd assume they are for the moment. Although I'd say it's unusual for a decent sized co to use hotmail. I'd proceed as if they are and see what happens. You could always ask for their site address when you reply to the email.

Good luck to your dh, let us know how he gets on.

wickedwaterwitch · 21/07/2003 13:55

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bloss · 21/07/2003 14:01

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WideWebWitch · 21/07/2003 14:04

Is this them?

pie · 21/07/2003 14:06

One more question Bloss, what is it that they do? In case there is more than one out there?

pie · 21/07/2003 14:07

And from your OP they say that they are based in the UK?

WideWebWitch · 21/07/2003 14:09

Looks like a different trading name in the UK. Is this them? It says that DSL-Warehouse is a trading division of Nascent Technologies Ltd. There's also a reg co no and address so from this you could get the latest company accounts and look at their financial stability. Wouldn't bother unless he decides to go to interview though.

pie · 21/07/2003 14:11

Just done a quick look, and there are several companies with that name, some in the UK, some with proper sites, but non mention web development. There seem to also be some where the site is a holding page, if it was one of these than you have no way of knowing if it were legit.

More info please, or at least as much as you can reveal

pie · 21/07/2003 14:12

I saw that one two www, but I was wondering if it were them as they have an email address with their own domain name...the whole hotmail address is very strange!!

bloss · 21/07/2003 14:25

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pie · 21/07/2003 14:33

Well if its selling then it probably is the site www linked to, they are one of the few that are based in the UK and the DSL site mentions that Nascent is the parent company. The site itself it registered to a Paul Middleton, don't know if that helps.

You could always email them an ask, pretend you've lost the email address, though that might look a bit crappy on your side.

bloss · 21/07/2003 14:40

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bossykate · 21/07/2003 14:44

good luck!

WideWebWitch · 21/07/2003 14:49

They've (Nascent Technologies in the UK) been going since Nov 01 according to the info at the Companies House website. More info here but I couldn't get any more without paying for it. Good luck to your dh too Bloss!

bloss · 22/07/2003 11:36

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bloss · 25/07/2003 04:38

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bloss · 28/07/2003 04:30

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bossykate · 28/07/2003 06:41

that's a shame, bloss, good luck to your dh for next time

WideWebWitch · 28/07/2003 18:30

Second bk's message bloss, better luck next time.

pie · 28/07/2003 18:48

Oh well Hope DH and you get the result you want next time.

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