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The Earl of ToeJam
Jan 22, 2012
There's a good chance that I'll be getting a phone call soon to talk about pay for an internship I'm trying to score. The interview went fairly well, I think, and I'll hopefully be hearing from them in the near future. The HR person said she would call to specifically figure out what pay we're looking at, so I've been doing some research to make sure I don't get shafted.

Generally, how, uh, optimistic are glassdoor's salary estimates? Internships for the specific company are shown between $10-20/h. The low end being HR, and the high end being software dev/engineering. I'm going for an IT help desk position, which doesn't have a specific entry on glassdoor. The generic "intern" pay is about $16. Other companies show $10-15 for help desk interns.

Right now I'm working a decently-paying retail job, but I'd really love the internship. It's pretty much exactly what I want and it would be a great learning experience. I just really don't want to short myself on pay, especially because I might have to work fewer hours than the retail gig gives me.

Any advice? Or is this a classic case of getting them to throw out a number first and going from there? Does anyone know what pay range these kinds of positions are in?

Edit: fwiw I haven't disclosed my current pay, and I have thought about what the bare minimum for me to accept would be.

The Earl of ToeJam fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Feb 29, 2016

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The Earl of ToeJam
Jan 22, 2012

Kalenn Istarion posted:

Sounds like you've already thought about the right things. You have a sense of the range, your walk-away price, and non-monetary things (job in your field, long-term career). Wait to make sure they've offered and then you've got the tools to negotiate for what works. I'm sure the thread would be happy to comment should you want to post the details of the offer if you get it.

Thanks. I don't have an official offer yet, but the HR person told me how their wage structure works for interns, in a very "take it or leave it" manner. It's a little lower that what I was hoping for, but still more than I'm making now, and with practically-guaranteed raises at the end of every school year. I'll definitely go for it if I get the offer. At this point I'm just waiting to hear back after they call my references. Cheers!

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