Negotiating salary with Tereza Machackova and Matej Matolin

On Air: Podcast by Femme Palette

How do people negotiate when they are hired? What are the best practices of successful salary negotiation? When is the right time to negotiate? We discussed this and more with Tereza Machackova and Matej Matolin!

About the guests:

Tereza Machackova is a Talent Partner at Credo Ventures where she helps portfolio companies to be successful in People Ops & Recruitment. She helps startups like Productboard or Around to establish core HR and talent processes and scale these startups. In addition she supports community programs such as Femme Palette, Reactgirls, or LeanIn Czech.

Matej Matolin is a Talent partner at Impulse Ventures and his mission is to help amazing tech startups to scale. He focuses on finding tech talents and C-level executives, setting international operations, building an effective People Ops function or creating an attractive employer brand. Matej contributes to the recruitment and startup community by writing a popular blog Lovec Hlav, recording podcasts, organizing meet-ups and trainings or speaking at international conferences.

Tips:

• Talk to friends, mentors and recruiters to understand your market value
• Share your salary expectations early on in the hiring process
• When negotiating share an exact amount you’d like to get and add 10%
• When re-negotiating prepare evidence for your raise and present your value
• Do not accept oral offers that promise salary increase first after the trial period
• Get a mentor who can help you with negotiation and boost your confidence
• For HR: Present the whole package the employee gets, don’t focus just on money