Man says the starting pay in his industry is usually around S$3,500 but he's only been getting offers for around S$2,500; asks if he should wait or 'just take a lowball'

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Man says the starting pay in his industry is usually around S$3,500 but he's only been getting offers for around S$2,500; asks if he should wait or 'just take a lowball'
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His worry is that if he accepts a low starting pay, his next job offer will be benchmarked against that salary.

His worry is that if he accepts a low starting pay, his next job offer will be benchmarked against that salary

He said that he had been trying to get a job for about three months now and wondered if he should take what he considered anlow salary. In a post to popular confessions page NUSWhispers, the man wrote that the “hearsay average starting pay for my course is 3.5-3.6k”. However, his worry was that if he accepted a low starting pay, his next job offer would be benchmarked against that salary. “say 2y later when I jump, I get offered someone’s starting pay as an “upgrade”? It’s 3 months in alr. Should I wait for a better offer or just take a lowball?” he asked.Read related: A woman told her friend to apply for a maid job after the latter, who graduated with a Science degree from NUS, complained that she could not find a job.

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