The Salary Negotiation That Taught Me Everything In 2025
Candidate: "I need 100,000 per month."
HR : Our budget is 60,000 per month.
Boss: "Pass. Too expensive."
HR almost moved on. Almost.
But HR asked one question: "What would make 60,000 not work for you?"
Candidate : "Honestly? Nothing. I have loans, rent just went up, and I'm tired of being underpaid because I'm 'still learning.' I know my worth now."
HR went back to his boss.
Showed them the cost of leaving the role open another 3 months. The lost productivity. The team burnout. The recruiter fees if we went external.
It was over 50,000.
The boss accepted.
Here's the part that still gives the HR chills: Six months later, she told HR she had another offer for 130,000 per month but turned it down because they were the only company that fought FOR her, not AGAINST her.
Candidates remember who believed in them. They remember who negotiated IN GOOD FAITH versus who played games.
Stop treating salary negotiations like a battle to win. Start treating them like the first test of your company culture.
Because if you can't advocate for someone BEFORE they join, why would they believe you'll advocate for them AFTER?
Harrison @HarrisonBbi18 is currently deleting comment on his IG.
How do you steal ransom money ffs, how?
I personally asked him if he charges to deliver ransom n he said it's free.
How do you steal from money meant for the lives of an Expectant couple???
Harrison is a fraud.
This is the face of a thief.
Harrison @HarrisonBbi18 stole from the ransom my family labored for over 10days to raise.
He was given #20m plus extra 50k for poorly counted money.
He stole from the ransom to free up my sister and her husband.
As it stands he's on the run.
Thank you very much.
She's my younger sister, HND 2 student of Auchi Polytechnic and a fashion designer.
Theyve been there for 4days now and are beaten mercilessly, she's also with child😭.
This is a tough time for our families.
They are refusing to negotiate.
Pls help us!!!!