RE: Did I overreact?

["Joe Malin" <jmalin -at- tuvox -dot- com>]

Dunno. What were the requirements for the position? What area of the
country is it? Etc.

Is this substantially lower than contracts you've been offered recently?

Of course, a recruiter is not going to tell you the truth about the
company, even if he or she is a direct employee of the company (and most
aren't). A recruiter's job is to sell the company. It's up to you to buy
or not.


	 Joe Malin
Technical Writer
(408)625-1623
jmalin -at- tuvox -dot- com 
www.tuvox.com
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Subject: Did I overreact?

 

A recruiter called me last week to discuss a tech. writer position at a
company.  She waxed eloquent about this "billion-dollar" company, its
values etc.  When we got around to discussing the compensation package,
she quoted a figure of 24 dollars an hour.   Needless to say, I was
quite peeved to learn that this "supposed billion dollar company" was
offering me peanuts in exchange for my services.

 

 

 

 

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