Are You Underpaid? How to Find Your Real Market Value
One of my clients gave his notice yesterday.
But the funny thing is, he wasn't looking for a new job.
A few months ago, he asked himself a pretty simple question: Am I even underpaid?
He liked his team and his paycheck was steady.
He wasn't sitting around dreaming about quitting.
He just realized he had no idea what someone with his experience was really worth in today's market.
And then another question popped into his head:
If I lost this job tomorrow, how long would it take me to find another one?
That one stuck with him.
So he emailed me and we spent the next couple of months finding out.
We rewrote the way he was positioning himself, put him in front of hidden opportunities, coached him through every interview, and negotiated when an offer finally came in.
The result? He doubled his salary.
But honestly, that's not even my favorite part. It was what I noticed when we were looking at the offer together.
He wasn't desperate for the offer because a paycheck was still coming in.
He could look at the salary, the role, the company, the growth, and ask:
Is this actually worth leaving for?
It's a very different question from: will anyone else hire me?
And that's the closest thing to a superpower in this job market.
When you're employed, you have something most job seekers don't:
the freedom to say no.
You can aim for your true worth without pressure.
If you've ever wondered whether you're being underpaid, watched someone with less experience get promoted ahead of you, or constantly worried about what would happen if your company let you go...
I'd rather you find out now than when you need the answer.
You can start small.
Talk to someone in your industry. Check what people with your experience are earning. Keep your resume updated. See what's out there.
But if you want help doing the harder parts â positioning yourself, getting interviews, preparing for them, and negotiating the offer â my team can help you through every phase.
And because we back our process with a 120-day guarantee, the risk is on us instead of you.
Don't wait for a bad Monday, a missed promotion, or for your freedom to say no to be gone before you find out what your options are.
Start looking while you still have the freedom to say no.
You got this,
Jonathan Javier
Co-Founder and CEO, Wonsulting
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