Lesson 30 - Negotiating a Salary Offer Flashcards
the details
NITTY-GRITTY
I don’t need to know the nitty-gritty of what happened during your meeting with the client. Just tell me the main points.
a summary
an overview
the most important points
THE BIG PICTURE
Let me start off this presentation by giving you the big picture of what’s happening now in our industry.
to consider another offer, usually a job offer
WEIGH ANOTHER OFFER
Brian told Pfizer he was weighing another offer and that he would give them an answer next week.
to be thinking of
HAVE IN MIND
Kyle said he wanted to go somewhere exotic for this year’s company offsite. Do you know where he had in mind?
more than one wants to pay
OUT OF ONE’S RANGE
PlastiCase Industries tried to sell us the cases for five dollars each, but we told them that was out of our range.
to think about a decision overnight
to take a day to decide on something
SLEEP ON IT
Thanks for your offer, but I’m not sure I want to move from the marketing department to the sales department. Let me sleep on it.
early in the morning
FIRST THING IN THE MORNING
If the report isn’t ready by the time you leave this evening, please have it on my desk first thing in the morning.
to get started
GET THE BALL ROLLING
If the toy company wants to have their new line of mini-robots out by the holiday season, they’d better get the ball rolling now.
to maintain and defend one’s position; to refuse to give up one’s position
STAND ONE’S GROUND
Earthy Foods wanted to open a large grocery store in the historic downtown area, but the small town stood its ground and refused to let them build there.
to be tough in negotiating an agreement
to negotiate something in one’s favor
DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN
We don’t usually offer such a big discount on our products, but you drove a hard bargain.
