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Hot take: my mentor's 'always counter the first offer' rule cost me a $9k raise in Denver
When I got my first real offer out of school in Denver, my mentor Dave told me to always counter, no exceptions, so I pushed back on a $62k salary for an extra $4k and the hiring manager pulled the offer completely. I sat without a job for 5 more months and ended up taking $55k somewhere else just to pay rent. Turns out the first offer was already at the top of their band and Dave had only ever worked at places where haggling was normal. Now when people ask me if they should always counter, I tell them to find out the range first instead of listening to blanket advice. Has anyone else followed a rule from a mentor and had it blow up in their face like that?
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