Wait. What?
Salary?
Do you know what that means?!?!?
I GOT A JOB!
My conference call with ‘Company X’ went very well. After HR management explained the benefits, I was told to prepare myself for a lower than expected salary.
Then she read the number…which was significantly more than I had hoped.
Naturally, I acted completely un-phased while silently doing a one armed handstand. Thank heavens it was a teleconference. I may not have seemed so composed in person.
They offered me just short of the position max salary for the 2009 fiscal year. I didn’t negotiate for more.
Here’s the dilemma. I’ve been in salary negotiations before and I’ve never once accepted a first offer, but this time, I didn’t think twice about taking it. According to some, this was a mistake.
But here’s my reasoning… in these economic times, I don’t want to be seen as the person who asks for more knowing full well there are others who would take less.
I think it would be foolhardy to demand an equal salary to what I was making in good economic times.
But don’t give up on me. I know my value.
I know they will see my value.
If they don’t… I’ll remind them.
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I think if it's a good company, you can ask a raise.
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