Originally Posted by Unregistered

I offer a different advice.
I'm director level. Imagine my disdain when I approve an applicant for this amount if xxx pay but then this candidate want to negotiate...

Sometimes I just tell my staff to take up another candidate.
Or if we give in.... We will mark the employee. Either give him the suckiest work assignment....
Or give him the worst cubicle like facing door...
Or give him the lousier laptop spec...
Or give u more work to get back that "extra" you ask for. Like call you after work etc.
To stress you until you leave..

You think you have the upper hand. Wait till you join. Also we can purposely give you lower grade so that extra you ask for will result in lower bonus...

You don't know how all this things work.... Maths is maths.