"What should I do? I'm afraid that giving my current compensation away to my future employer will jeopardise my chances of negotiating and potentially getting a better offer than what I could get otherwise."
Your gut feeling is absolutely right. If you name your current compensation you'll get X + 10k, cause why not? Isn't that enough? Aren't you grateful to have a wonderful opportunity to work at Google? Don't you know there is a line at the door, just take the offer already!
Thats what the recruiter is going to say, and likely not through the email - but on the phone, so they have you on the spot. I'd recommend telling them you accept market based compensation for the position you're getting hired to + 10k instead. If they push - make it big. 150k. 200k. why not? If they like you enough to hire you, telling them a big figure won't jeopardize your offer.
Your gut feeling is absolutely right. If you name your current compensation you'll get X + 10k, cause why not? Isn't that enough? Aren't you grateful to have a wonderful opportunity to work at Google? Don't you know there is a line at the door, just take the offer already!
Thats what the recruiter is going to say, and likely not through the email - but on the phone, so they have you on the spot. I'd recommend telling them you accept market based compensation for the position you're getting hired to + 10k instead. If they push - make it big. 150k. 200k. why not? If they like you enough to hire you, telling them a big figure won't jeopardize your offer.