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Oh, I apologize for not communicating clearly. I
certainly didn't mean 10k is nothing. It is something.
I am just surprised when a company can't see past that
for a good fit. Not always. And not every company. Not
a small mom-and-pop company, for example, or one of
those little family-run outfits.
As an aside, I once made a counter-offer on a job.
They turned it down. I took the job anyway.
I agree about the economy. I think losing tech jobs
overseas is going to have a huge affect on us
techwriters by trickle-down.
I also would say there appears to be no such thing as
the "perfect" job, so we should give up looking for it
. . . or make it ourselves, I suppose.
Cheers,
Sean
--- Andrew Plato <gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
>
>
> Furthermore, whenever I hear people say things like
> "what's 10K to the company,
> nothing." That's easy to say when its not your
> money. Do you have 10K sitting
> around that you can just hand to somebody?
>
> While it may be true that some CEOs and executives
> take outlandish salaries,
> that doesn't mean a company can just throw down an
> extra 10K to every
> applicant. Companies can offer whatever they want
> for a job. You are not under
> any requirement to accept that offer.
