FWD: Salary, Negotiation, and Salary Requirement/Total Compensation

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Six months ago I was hired as a 1099 contractor on a contract-to-perm
basis. During my initial interview, I was asked "how much are you
looking for?" I gave them my salary requirements, and they said it was
in line with their thinking.

Today I got the offer letter. Instead of the salary I'd quoted, there
was a much, much lower figure as the annual compensation. I said,
"This is not what we agreed on." The company's principal is currently
claiming that he was asking for a total compensation figure, not just
a salary figure. He had a conference call coming up in 10 minutes, so
we were not able to discuss this. I suspect we won't be able to until
tomorrow at the earliest.

Before I left him, he asked if I'd be willing to stay on as a
contractor, because otherwise they'd be adding $20,000/year in expense
to their bottom line. This is a small, private company. I know for a
fact that their gross was extremely good this past year, but the
company has also doubled in size and intends to hire more programmers
in the coming year to support current contract requirements and
development of new products.

Questions:

*  When you are interviewing for a job, and someone asks you how much
you are looking for, do you give them a salary requirement or a total
compensation?

*  When you are interviewing a candidate FOR a job, and you ask them
how much they are looking for, are you expecting a salary requirement
or a total compensation?

*  If $20,000 extra per year is going to be that major a concern,
should I just start running now?

*  Do you have any suggestions for handling this? I have a list of
points I want to make written down, and I've found a salary report on
SimplyHired that shows the average salary in this area. It is a bit
lower than my stated requirements, but not by that much. I am also
considerably better than "average" as a technical writer.



Thank you.

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