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Comment author: [deleted] 19 December 2014 04:31:06PM 4 points [-]

Large companies have pretty standardized salaries (it's one way to fight biases that could result in lawsuits). They also tend to view employees as more fungible, so you'll be less likely to point at skills that make you uniquely qualified for a particular position. Even so, pushing back could give you a 5% salary increase.

Comment author: HungryHobo 19 December 2014 04:45:50PM *  2 points [-]

absolutely but even in a government or semi-state where the salaries are very very standardised you are still allowed to ask and often it will work.

Some people seem to assume that they're not allowed to ask just because there's a structure.