'Beneath You'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
vw, that's great news about the loan!
Nora, that does stink. You do not suck, and it is very likely they said no for reasons that do not reflect on you. Here, the thing most likely to determine where your salary falls is equity among staff, rather than cost of living or anything reasonable like that. Because A makes X, B can only make X-Y.
Raq, ouch.
My meeting went okay. However, it generated two more meetings for me. Yucko.
Yay, vw!!!
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I'm so sorry, Nora -- I think it's fantastic that you got up the bravery to try, but it may very well be that they were more strictly limited in their salary range than you guessed; I doubt it was anything that reflects on you. Still, it sucks to get turned down.
Sparky, insent.
also amych!
Backflung, Nora.
Speaking from an HR perspective--they may not have that amount budgeted for salary or have a policy of starting at the low end of the range or whatever., none of it has to do with you All you can do with an offer like that is have the guts to ask, which you did, and getting turned down is not a reflection on you. Hell, they already offered you the job, right? That means they want you around.
Thanks... I think I'll just accept the offer as it stands. I screwed up in March (in my defense, it was an hour after a conference and a few hours before getting on a plane to London so I was a little more overwhelmed with stuff than usual) and need to deal with that.
Oh, Nora, I'm sorry. But, still:
All you can do with an offer like that is have the guts to ask, which you did, and getting turned down is not a reflection on you. Hell, they allready offered you the job, right? That means they want you around.
What Robin Said.
I have minor work gripes right now, but they feel unseemly compared to yours -- just some stupid people begging to be pinched.
My work gripes include tables that were quite possibly designed by the Devil himself. Because for some ungodly reason they refuse to start anywhere other than the top of a new page if they span multiple pages.
Nora, you didn't screw up -- really. You got the job, babe! They want you more than any one else! You are #1! You are #1! You are #1!