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

[Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

To the person who experienced this: The only thing that really matters here is, that company is trying to screw you. 

He dropped that figure on you and then didn't have time to discuss it? "Conference call" my aching left hind foot. I know a squeeze play when I hear one.

Do not work for people who try to screw you. If they'll pull this blatant bait-and-switch nonsense now, what kind of atrocities will they try later? Turn in your notice and start looking for a new job immediately.

Even if you wind up working in an entirely different field, you'll be better off working for a company that does not try to cheat you.


--- On Tue, 12/30/08, Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM> wrote:

> From: Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM>
> Subject: Re: FWD: Salary, Negotiation, and Salary Requirement/Total Compensation
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 10:06 PM
> On 31/12/08 01:03 PM, TECHWR-L Administrator wrote:
> > Forwarded anonymously on request--please reply to list
> only. Thanks!
> >
> &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
> > 
 > 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.
> > 
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > 
> > *  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.
> > 
> 



      
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