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"Desired Hourly Rate of Pay"? Is this a trick question?
cooljammer00
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So I'm looking at the online application for Toys R Us. One of the questions is how much I want to get paid an hour. What is the "right" answer, here? This is as a member of the sales team, so think...disaffected youth just working there on weekends or something.
edit: Minimum wage in my state is $7.25, mind you.
edit: Minimum wage in my state is $7.25, mind you.
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In seriousness, though...do you have work experience? What was your wage at your last job? Off the top of my head, and not knowing the answer to the preceding questions, I'd say something above the minimum (suggesting you think you're worth more), but nothing too high...maybe $8?
Say Toys'R'Us can hire you at 9$ hour max, if you have the previous experience to warrent 9$ an hour, but they ask you what you think you should be making, and you say min wage is 7.25 but you put $8 an hour. They'll probably give you the 8$ an hour, then tell you that they had to fight to get it for you.
So yes, it's a trick question.
Yeah, like EWom said the most it does is set a ceiling for you pay (as they're unlikely to pay you more than you put).
Though I'd argue that, depending on the place, some may pass on an applicant that puts something unreasonably high. But only if it's something, like, crazy high.
I had a professor at school who said to never put this on an app. It makes you look like you don't know what you're worth
Just be honest about what's the best you could hope they would give you.
This is to be a cashier or something at Toys R Us, not a career.
You can do this for any job by the way.
For future job lookers, do some research on how much people make in the field you're going in. Then when you go in you have a good idea if they're lowballing you, giving a great wage, or being dicks.
For instance, you look up and find that an sales rep in the area is pulling in $40K plus commission. You go in for the interview and you put negotiable on the app. Then he asks, "So, how much do you think?" you can say, "Well, I'm open for negotiation on this, how much would you be willing to pay someone with my experience?"
If he tries to trap you again, always upsell yourself by at least 10-15%. They will always try to pay less than what you quote so if you quote what you find, you'll often get paid less. It's worked for me, anyways.
You may also end up lowballing yourself from a company that pays it's employees a mint.
Maybe you're from NY and you've made $50,000 in your field and find a job in San Fran and put $80,000 for your cost of living increase and that's what salary.com told you. But maybe that company pays employees $120,000. You've just lowballed yourself by a shit ton.
This guy.
I second writing "negotiable" and waiting until the interview before you discuss salary.
Not sure if I can put negotiable, but I'll give it a shot.
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(I live in Georgia)
Day position (customer service) pays around $7.90 while overnight stock pays $8.65.
Electronic composer for hire.
be honest with them about why you are asking etc.
I'd take the overnight stock if it works for your life.
I don't know if this is the smartest thing to do, but thats what I do. I've never had to do this when applying to a job I really wanted though.
during my interview the boss saw that and smiled and said "Well we pay a bit more than that"
a bit more was fucking right. $7.50 an hour
Alternately, "$texas."