Salary Negotiation via Email or Letter
Ma Thiri just received an offer from a mid-size FMCG distributor in Yangon -- 450,000 MMK per month for a Sales Coordinator role. She knows from checking JobNet and talking to two friends in similar roles that 550,000 to 600,000 MMK is closer to market rate. The HR manager sent the offer by email and asked her to confirm by Friday. Ma Thiri wants to negotiate, but she has never pushed back on a salary offer in her life. She is terrified of seeming greedy or losing the offer entirely. She opens a blank email and stares at the cursor. What she writes in the next 20 minutes will determine whether she earns 1.2 million MMK more this year -- or leaves that money on the table.
Ma Thiri just received an offer from a mid-size FMCG distributor in Yangon -- 450,000 MMK per month for a Sales Coordinator role. She knows from checking JobNet and talking to two friends in similar roles that 550,000 to 600,000 MMK is closer to market rate. The HR manager sent the offer by email and asked her to confirm by Friday. Ma Thiri wants to negotiate, but she has never pushed back on a salary offer in her life. She is terrified of seeming greedy or losing the offer entirely. She opens a blank email and stares at the cursor. What she writes in the next 20 minutes will determine whether she earns 1.2 million MMK more this year -- or leaves that money on the table.
A salary negotiation email has four parts -- gratitude, your number, your reason, and an invitation to talk. It takes 15 minutes to write and can be worth millions of kyats across your career. The company already expects you to negotiate; your only mistake is staying silent.
Write a salary negotiation email using the four-element structure: gratitude, number, reason, invitation to discuss
Understand why email negotiation is often more effective than verbal negotiation in Myanmar's cultural context
Recognize the financial cost of accepting a first offer without negotiation
A salary negotiation email has four parts -- gratitude, your number, your reason, and an invitation to talk. It takes 15 minutes to write and can be worth millions of kyats across your career. The company already expects you to negotiate; your only mistake is staying silent.
Write a salary negotiation email using the four-element structure: gratitude, number, reason, invitation to discuss
Understand why email negotiation is often more effective than verbal negotiation in Myanmar's cultural context
Recognize the financial cost of accepting a first offer without negotiation
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