{"id":2758,"date":"2022-07-27T00:30:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T00:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2025-05-06T06:39:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T06:39:16","slug":"how-to-push-back-on-a-mediocre-job-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/how-to-push-back-on-a-mediocre-job-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Push Back on a Mediocre Job Offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Should you just accept or push back on a mediocre job offer?<\/p>\n<p>I just got off the phone with a new client, Miranda, who has been in her current role for 2 years.<\/p>\n<p>She was beyond frustrated\u2026 even angry\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I could feel her blood boiling through my phone!<\/p>\n<p>She had just got out of a meeting with her boss\u2019 boss, who had suggested she might be interested in a <em>\u2018new opportunity\u2019<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Miranda had been excited initially.<\/p>\n<p>The business was thriving.<\/p>\n<p><em>What would this new opportunity involve?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Would she be <strong>getting the recognition<\/strong> she had been patiently waiting for?<\/p>\n<p>Would a <strong>new job title<\/strong>, or a <a href=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/respond-to-a-low-salary-offer\/\"><strong>pay rise<\/strong><\/a>, be coming her way?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2759 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Blog-image-3-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Blog-image-3-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Blog-image-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Blog-image-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Blog-image-3-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Blog-image-3-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Blog-image-3.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Get Promoted Faster! Get Your Copy of our FREE Resource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccasfreegift.com\">&#8216;The 7 Habits of Female Execs Who Get Promoted&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>A Disappointing Offer&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>Upon talking the \u2018opportunity\u2019 through with her boss\u2019 boss\u2026<\/p>\n<p>It became apparent\u2026<\/p>\n<p>That this role was <strong>not<\/strong> what Miranda was hoping it would be.<\/p>\n<p>The gist of the conversation was this:<\/p>\n<p>The expectation was that she would <strong>take over her boss\u2019 role<\/strong> imminently\u2026<\/p>\n<p>As well as <strong>six new direct reports<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>But <strong>without <\/strong>the addition of a new job title\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And <strong>without <\/strong>the addition of a pay rise, despite the increased responsibility and workload.<\/p>\n<p>Miranda felt flat.<\/p>\n<p>Humiliated even.<\/p>\n<p>The expectation was that she would just <em>accept<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And that she would be <em>grateful <\/em>for this<em> &#8216;opportunity&#8217;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>But&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>How was she supposed to take on this larger role <strong>without also<\/strong> pushing for the <strong>recognition<\/strong> she both wanted and believed she deserved?<\/p>\n<p>Especially as she had voiced her desire to take over her boss\u2019 role 12 months previously.<\/p>\n<p>She felt she had already demonstrated her ability and suitability for the role 10-times over.<\/p>\n<p><em>What else did she have to do to get the recognition she deserved?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2210 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stressed-woman-ADOBE-small-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stressed-woman-ADOBE-small-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stressed-woman-ADOBE-small-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stressed-woman-ADOBE-small-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stressed-woman-ADOBE-small-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stressed-woman-ADOBE-small-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stressed-woman-ADOBE-small.jpeg 1731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Get Promoted Faster! Get Your Copy of our FREE Resource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccasfreegift.com\">&#8216;The 7 Habits of Female Execs Who Get Promoted&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What Are Your Options?<\/h2>\n<p>Have<em> you<\/em> ever been put in a position like Miranda\u2019s?<\/p>\n<p>It can be difficult to know <strong><em>how<\/em><\/strong><strong> to push back<\/strong> when you simply can not accept the terms on offer, without burning any bridges.<\/p>\n<p>Especially if you know your business is running profitably.<\/p>\n<p>What would<em> you<\/em> do?<\/p>\n<p>Would you:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Accept the role immediately and be grateful to have been asked?<\/li>\n<li>B)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Accept the opportunity begrudgingly, not pushing for the job title or pay you felt the role required?<\/li>\n<li>C)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Take a step back and make a list first of how success in the role <em>should be <\/em>rewarded?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Or\u2026 D), E), F)\u2026?<\/p>\n<p>There are<em> always<\/em> options available to you\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And immediately accepting <em>any<\/em> new role is rarely in your best interests.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/KenZCPB6lReAsffAIE\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Get Promoted Faster! Get Your Copy of our FREE Resource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccasfreegift.com\">&#8216;The 7 Habits of Female Execs Who Get Promoted&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How to Push Back on a Mediocre Job Offer<\/h2>\n<p>If there is one thing I have learned during my 13 years as a career and executive coach is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You must <strong>never settle for a role that is mediocre<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>That offers mediocre returns&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t fit into your own plan&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Or help you further your career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Never settle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Always challenge an offer and consider it deeply.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Firstly is it <em>strategically aligned<\/em> with your own career aspirations?<\/li>\n<li>Secondly is it <em>rewarding you appropriately<\/em> for the energy you will expire in doing it?<\/li>\n<li>Thirdly is it giving you the <em>stretch<\/em> you need right now?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And a bunch of other simple, but vital, questions that you should ask yourself. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to a neutral coach like me can be really valuable when you are assessing a new role, a new offer, a new &#8216;opportunity&#8217;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>To make sure you <em>do<\/em> get the appropriate <strong>recognition that you deserve<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca x<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-554\" src=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rebecca-Allen-Illuminate-Personal-Growth-966x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rebecca-Allen-Illuminate-Personal-Growth-966x1024.jpg 966w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rebecca-Allen-Illuminate-Personal-Growth-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rebecca-Allen-Illuminate-Personal-Growth-768x814.jpg 768w, https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rebecca-Allen-Illuminate-Personal-Growth.jpg 1373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 118px) 100vw, 118px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#x1f44b; Hey there I&#8217;m <a href=\"https:\/\/illuminategrowth.com.au\/staging\/about\">Rebecca Allen<\/a> and I&#8217;m a Career Success Coach for professional women who want to land dream career opportunities and enjoy far greater fulfilment in their work.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 14 years I have coached clients from ANZ, Deloitte, Origin Energy, Coca-Cola Amatil, J. 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