Hee! I read it.

He went up $3k/year on the salary from his original offer, but is $5k below what I asked for.

Also? No health benefits are included in the package. If I want them, the salary is decreased.

Is this the company you really wanted to work for, Aimee, or the other one?

Also? No health benefits are included in the package. If I want them, the salary is decreased.

Huh.

And what Jessica asked.

This is my third choice out of the three. I am still waiting for word on company A, that I really really want and company B (beat me daddy, 8 to the bar) that I would really also like to work for.

In re: bridesmaid dresses. Being the wedding florist/planner/officiant, I've escaped the hell of poufy sleeves and bowed butt. And I've seen some real travesties...on the order of Anya's fishscale monstrosities.

The very best looking wedding party I've ever seen was told by the bride to choose any dress they wanted as long as it was black. The groomsmen wore black tuxes with green/black dotted satin cumberbunds and bowties I made.

I made a hair ornament for each of the women's hair and thier bouquets from the same material.

The women, who ranged from a 90lbs 4'10" to a 275 lb 5'10" all looked lovely and were made even more gorgeous because they were comfortable.

Of the 5 maids in another wedding I did the flowers for, all given the instruction to choose a 'Fall' color...three from wildly different parts of the country all chose the very same dress!! It was freaky. And very pretty.

Then you should email company 3-out-of-3 back and tell them you'll consider their offer carefully and try and hold them off as long as possible so you can (I hope) email them back that company 1-out-of-3 knows an Empress when they see one.

What Sparky said!

Great minds, Sparky. He wanted me to start tomorrow, I told him that I was unable to start until next Monday and that I'd be talking to Joe about the offer and will let him know.

Please please please let awesome comapny A or B want me.

In that case...it doesn't sound like a great offer to me. I mean, they have to know health insurance isn't exactly optional, in which case they also know the salary they're offering you isn't the salary you'd be agreeing to recieve.

[eta: And I like Sparky's response.]

Exactly. I mean, if Joe had the county job, the benefits wouldn't be that big a deal since we'd be using his, anyway. But since we still don't know about that....we need benes.