[incone123]

"negotiation is a relic of a long gone era and flea markets"

So how did you determine salary last time you were hired?

(I last negotiated a price in a retail store about 10 years ago - if you call that a long gone era then I feel rather old).

[falcolas]

They throw out a number based off my last salary, and said it was non-negotiable. Because I needed a job, I had no option of backing out. The time before that, I tried negotiating, and the hiring director basically said "I know what you made at your last place, so you'll get that."

Even vacation has been non-negotiable. It's disheartening, but typical for tech (and ironically largely enabled by tech).