Google recruiters have recently begun requesting written proof of rival job offers for tech roles before considering upping their own offer. Does this give Google a competitive edge when it comes to salary negotiations?

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Yes, this allows Google to see competitor compensation package structures and improve their own.81%

No, offer letter reviews should be standard industry practice.18%

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CISO in Software3 years ago

Such an interesting question, I wonder how often employees are asked to produce proof of alternate job offers?

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Director in Manufacturing3 years ago

99% of the time our HR Department will now allow us to "compete" on salary. Their opinion is the privilege of working for us should be enough additional compensation based on their analysis of salaries for roles.

I don't agree with this perspective, but this is for a 130k person company.

I believe in some instances we should try to compete, but primarily only for new hires. For existing employees if they have already secured offers, they probably should move on to their new role.

Senior Enterprise Architect, Application Consulting in Healthcare and Biotech3 years ago

Chris, I agree with you. But I'd make an exception for a stellar employee who already expressed dissatisfaction with compensation, and the desired increase was turned down based on HR guidelines. If the employee gathers evidence that his/her market value is greater than HR's determination, HR should be persuaded to make the adjustment.

Senior Director, Defense Programs in Software3 years ago

Corporations already have competitive advantages over individual candidates with respect to data on salary negotiations. This alone doesn’t impact it greatly.

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