Revealing salary in the first round. Yay or nay?

An example scenario: Let’s say my CTC is 34 LPA + annual stock payout of 5 Lakhs. My total yearly earning potential is 39 LPA. In the new role they don’t have a variable or stocks. Is it reasonable to ask for a 25% hike on the overall earning potential? So the new CTC is 49 LPA. I haven’t switched my employer in the past few years so currently is lacking the clarity on the way how negotiations are done. Kindly help by sharing the best practice.

I have given interviews and cleared them. I got a call from HR asking for payslips and another offer details. They said they will get back with offer. How to go about here? If they come with a lower offer than what i asked, how much liberty i have to ask further. Does HR will come with 2-3 various levels of offer and then try to negotiate with me. Any help or insights would be helpful in how HR comes with offer details. My interviews were pretty good and i think they like me.

Currently in talks with the CEO of a small international startup (less than 10 total members spread across 4 countries). My existing profile is an exact match for what they are looking for in a candidate (they are implementation partners of my existing company's software). I am pretty close to closing it but now he wishes to know my existing salary. I tried to avoid sharing it but he wants to know it before quoting anything to me. I wish to get a huge raise (80-100%) since i will be moving from a known brand to an unknown startup with all the skills they need and more from Day 1. Any tips on how I can handle this situation?

How many folks here 100% refuse to share last salary and are adant that HR state their budget. How do you guys do it and also has it ever happened that you needed up losing a great opportunity coz of this???

How do you go about interviews where neither party has discussed the band . Do you seek blood or bleed?

These days HRs are asking the employees before sitting for an interview about their current ctc. I don’t want to reveal that to them and want to get paid according to the industry standards/ based on the market conditions. How to smoothly avoid that question and avoid getting underpaid?

Have been interviewing for roles and the HRs are low balling like crazy even though they most definitely have the money, talking about non-startups listed companies as well. Makes me think if offer shopping or editing a current offer with a higher number and then shopping is the only way to go

Now that I am hiring, being on the other side has made me learn so many mistakes that I did/do (too) 1. Research (find at least 5 sites or people) about the position's playability 2. Ask that much, don't let imposter syndrome get better of you (I am guilty of this) 3. Do not share your current salary. If you are not desperately looking for a job, put your foot down. Give them an expectation (point 1) 4. Expected range - you want the higher number, HR sees the lower number 5. Don't over-follow up - I have had people reach out on multiple platforms within 24 hours of applying. Give a week's time. 6. Clean up your resume, no spelling mistakes. I have seen some very beautiful resumes *chumeshwari* 7. Sometimes, the recruiter doesn’t have all the answers; they are also not getting updates from teams. Please be patient

I have offers from X and Y companies, both are good, I really want to join X company but Y is giving more salary. How should i ask X company to revise and match or come close to the Y offer? Request some experienced person who has who has done multiple negotiations earlier to please help A PS: X gave the offer last month and Y gave it now