Posted: 10/31/2007 4:58:22 PM EDT
Hi gents. While GD's expertise is marital advice, I hope you will not lead me in the wrong direction with job advice.  Here's the deal: I applied for a job that I have been after for a while. Of all the applicants, about twenty were selected for interviews. Of those twenty, I was the one selected for the job. However, the offer they made me is way less than my current pay. It is actually the bare minimum allowed under that position. I told them today that I would be taking a large paycut and ask them to reconsider the offer. The HR folks asked to make a counter-offer which would be considered by the manager that requested me. Here's my conundrum: Do I ask for something in the middle or go all out and ask for the maximum allowed under the position? Will me asking for max make them say, "Screw this asshole?" When I negotiated for my current job, I asked for the maximum and I got it. However, that was a bit different because I was the only applicant and they needed me badly. Whereas here, I am competing with twenty other applicants. What do you think the chances are: will they go for the lowest bidder or have they decided on the person (me) and will try their best to accomodate me. I should mention that if I ask for the maximum, it is still less than what I make now, but counting benefits is a much better deal. Poll coming.  |
