Guides
Our tools are built to give you an answer quickly. But how to read that answer and what to do with it rarely fits on a tool screen. So we wrote the background and the judgment calls out separately. Each piece stands on its own, whether or not you use the tool it belongs to.
💼 Salary & Negotiation
Whether an offer is fair, and what to actually say when you're in the room.
- What raise percentage should you ask for?The complete guide to judging an offer and avoiding the take-home pay trap.
- Salary negotiation timingWhy the moment right after an offer is your best leverage.
- Real negotiation scriptsSentences you can use as-is, by situation.
- Bonus vs. base salaryFive reasons to push base salary up first.
- Target salary: a number, or "negotiable"?When each answer helps you, and when it costs you.
- Why take-home pay differs between calculatorsThe assumptions that create the gap.
- How to find the average salary for your roleWhere the public data lives and how to read it.
📦 Moving & Room Layout
Fitting furniture into a room and being able to live in it are two different things.
- Why preview furniture placement before you moveThe problems that surface only on moving day.
- Bed sizes explainedStandard dimensions and which fits your room.
- How much passage width do you need?Minimums that keep a small room livable.
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Note: several guides are currently available in Korean only, since they cover Korea-specific topics (tide tables, severance rules, and so on). You can find them on the Korean guides page.