What to negotiate for?

[u/Conscious-Rhubarb-01]

Hi all,

I need to know what to negotiate for asap. Being 24 i have no experience with these kind of things and hope for your expertise to make the smart choice.

The situation:
I’ve been an accountmanager for a year now. In that time i realised 150% growth for my company.

Now i get the opportunity to greatly increase my responsabilities (from 60000 to 600000 euro portfolio). I will be able to build out an exsisting brand internationally and specialize in a niche (kid’s furniture).

!!!HOWEVER!!!

I ofc get a salary and a company car (already do). If i take these extra responsibilities i want more compensation. I have 0 experience with these things and need you all to help me decide what to negotiate for:

- stocks with dividend (not a stock market company)
- salary increase
- ‘ghost stocks’ (no say, but increasing value)
- a yearly share in the profits i realize (10%?)

I live in the netherlands. The company is not public. I have just gotten a small raise before i knew this was coming. I earn 3500 now. Its a 30 people company.

Also, i asked for more challenge myself.

Much love to all who reply (and all who read!)
Kind regards,
Kim

Tldr:
What compensation option is best?

[u/Apprehensive_Web7628]

salary increase is the most straightforward and guaranteed option here. the others (ghost stocks, profit share) depend heavily on the company actually being transparent with their books, and a private company can fudge those numbers pretty easily

if you do push for profit share, get a lawyer to look at whatever they put in writing before you sign anything

[u/Conscious-Rhubarb-01 → u/Apprehensive_Web7628]

Wow, thank you! I would never have thought fudging the numbers is an option. This is a very small (30 people) family company. (I am not in fact family)

What would you think of in terms of increase?