Offers – who will crack first
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In this article, we consider whether you should make the first offer and why. As with resigning, every case is different and so there are no hard and fast rules. In general, however, we suggest letting your employer make the first offer. If you want to see how this worked for other employees, check out what everyone says.
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In a way, this is down to simple reverse psychology. If you start out asking for money right from the outset, you risk coming across as a bit of an opportunist. Maybe more senior management, who don t really know you, might think that here is someone just making a scene in order to get themselves a pay off when they don t really deserve it. So if they do make an offer in response to an early request for a compromise agreement, perhaps that offer will be a bit on the low side. To find out the real value of your claim, try the Compromise Calculator.
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It may be that they decide not to make an offer at all and instead they might think lets see if we can break this guy down by going through the grievance procedure and appearing to do everything by the book . And once they ve got a taste for knocking you back, they might think that they ve got the upper hand and this could make it more difficult for you to ask again without losing face.
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No, its often much better to keep your poker face on and let them fold first. By the time they decide to come to you with an offer, its likely to be a better offer than they would have made in response to your request. Not only will more time have dragged on, so you will have demonstrated your staying power, but also you will have shown the strength of your case through a decent grievance.
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And for all they know, you might be doing all of this for the principle of the matter, and in fact you might be the kind of person who really wants to have their day in court and win in the tribunal. This is the kind of employee which really scares HR departments not only will they have to devote a huge amount of time effort and expense on defending your claim, but then at the end you will end up winning a large settlement amount and all this will be in the public domain. To discuss making an offer, or any other compromise agreement query, email us on info@compromiseagree.com or call 0800 533 5134.
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