One thing that we extremely hate about interview calls is the salary negotiation round. This round leaves many anxious as there are multiple rounds of negotiation that happen. Firstly, HR asks about your expectations and whatever number you quote, HR comes back with an excuse of the company’s limited budget. And, after multiple rounds of to and fro, you are so tired that you agree with whatever HR has to offer. And, later, you feel guilty that you should have asked for more. Man, we just hate bargaining rounds that happen during interview rounds. We simply hate them!
But, according to the Internet, if there is someone who can ace the salary negotiation round, then that’s our mother. A software developer recently posted an idea to bring his mother on a salary negotiation call. And, his idea got a lot of traction on social media.
Nitish Yadav, posted a screenshot of his tweet on Linkedin that garnered more than 100,000+ likes so far. In his post, he said -“Can I bring my mother on a salary negotiation call? She can definitely make a better deal,”Here’s the post:
And, here’s how the people on Linkedin reacted:
“Don’t do that bro she will say my son is so brilliant you should transfer company to his name” ~ Suraj Jhaveri; “My amma to will be like ” Aree itna to Banta hai, beti ko dekho meri” – Qaynat Ahmad “Bhaiya theek theek laga lo ….doosri company wale is se zyada de rahe hain …… hamaara beta bahut sanskaari hai ,aik baar join karne ke baad kisi doosri company ke chakkar mein naheen padega” – Abdul Wahid Raza
“True! They have great negotiation skills. You might get some coriander and green chilli allowance as part of CTC.” – Avinash Singh “Mother be like: Bhaiya theek theek laga lo ….doosri company wale is se zyada de rahe hain” – Riddhi Mehta; “Mom is definitely the best bargainer in every situation” – halimatussa’ diah ; “Interviewer: Walk me through your profile; Mom: Lakhon mein ek hai mera beta. Sharma Ji k bete se bhi jyada number aate the uske…” – Abhipsa Mishra ; “Would the HR then bring his/her mother for negotiations? It will be battle of Mothers and which one would triumph?” – Joseph Arockia Sebastian
Another LinkedIn user, R Akaash, posted a hilarious meme:
We wonder how our mothers negotiate so easily while we struggle so miserably. One thing that we must learn from our mothers is how easily they bargain or negotiate. We wish our mothers could also pass on a fraction of their negotiating powers so that we won’t struggle so much when it comes to negotiating with strangers.
