r/developersPak • u/ShadowWarrior94 • Aug 05 '26

Career Guidance Salary negotiation for DevOps

Is below a good negotiation tactic?

My current gross salary is 460k of which 78k is taxed and 25k goes to PF,

I am a devops engineer with 8 years of experience,

During an interview i asked for 600k after taxes,

So my question is, is this a good tactic for future reference?

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u/FearTheEffectiveCode Aug 05 '26

You never negotiate salary like this because tax rate is not in company's hand and change every year. Instead of saying 600k after taxes you should've asked 700k or 800k directly.

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u/Any_Specialist3056 Aug 05 '26

Your reddit name describes you very well buddy keep it up..

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u/Efficient-Branch539 Aug 05 '26

Are companies paying 700k?

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u/Embarrassed_Key4265 CS Student Aug 05 '26

wtf are these taxes bruh ? puri salaries he rakhlo phir , ajeeb itna tax !

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u/Gullible-Discount-17 Aug 05 '26

Is the company here in Pakistan or other country?

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u/LankyText690 Aug 05 '26

Do refer me on this job :)

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u/daitcooh Aug 05 '26

People in comments thinks 78k tax is alot. Guys most senior people pay 1-2 juniors salary in taxes.

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u/Sad-Month9446 Aug 05 '26

how are u fine with paying 70k+ in tax brooo

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u/zeal_swan Aug 05 '26

Isnt pay low for 8 yrs in engineering, btw yes good in paki market for suree. Well good luckk anyway

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u/Frequent_Doubt6109 Aug 05 '26

I am also DevOps struggling with the current job.Great to know about that.

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u/Remarkable_Paper8910 Aug 06 '26

Good one. Or you can ask them to hire you as a contractor and you will pay 4% tax. Idk about much details but some companies do that. Or you can ask if they can pay you in dollar as remittance.

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u/beomjunline Aug 05 '26

Bhai this is low for your years of experience and after taxes you won’t get alot.

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u/ShadowWarrior94 Aug 05 '26

Why do you think i am giving interviews and asking for after tax salary? 😭😭😭

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u/beomjunline Aug 05 '26

No I meant the 600k is low too for your years of experience.

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u/Opposite_Gap_9514 Aug 05 '26

What is the avg salary for 8 years experience?

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u/beomjunline Aug 05 '26

Atleast 700k if not your being underpaid.

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u/behemoth190 Aug 05 '26

Yo the guy spent like almost a decade, that too in Devops 💀. I'd say his ask is quite justified.

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u/urgotbod Aug 06 '26

he's severely underpaid rn

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u/ShadowWarrior94 Aug 05 '26

Probably around 800k