Candidate Finally Receives Offer From HR After 3 Months, Disappointed By 87% Hike In Salary
Although the offer included a fixed salary of 25 LPA, an 87% increase from their current pay, the candidate dismissed it as a “lowball offer”.
A candidate interviewed for an Associate role in Compliance at Goldman Sachs’ Bengaluru office in October last year. After completing the document verification process, HR went silent for three months. When they finally reached out in January, it wasn’t with the promised role but a downgraded Analyst position. While the offer came with a fixed salary of 25 LPA, an 87 per cent hike from their current pay, the candidate called it a “lowball offer”.
The candidate turned to Reddit for advice, believing the offer to be a “lowball”.
“So I interviewed at Goldman Sachs in October for an Associate role- Compliance BLR. I feel I gave interviews very well (Solved all DSA problems and also performed well in design rounds as well). After 5-6 days, HR sent me an email to send all salary documents and offer letters from all employers. She counted each month by month, I have 6 months intern +1.1 years full-time + 3 months gap + 1.6 years experience – so a total (of 3.1 with 6 months internship included). She removed intern experience and told me that we could only give Analyst roles, and they also lowballed me as my salary is very low, which I agreed with as I felt something is better than nothing. After that, everything disappeared, and they ghosted and had no contact from October,” the candidate, who goes by “No_Baby3592″, wrote on Reddit.