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Subject:Re: FWD: Road blocks in negotiating raise From:jbruce -at- CYBERLOG -dot- NET Date:Tue, 20 Apr 1999 11:40:50 -0500
OK, I'll try this again. I accidentally hit reply instead of sending this
to the list.
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Subject: Re: FWD: Road blocks in negotiating raise (Document link not
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My questions:
Am I so out of line in my salary requirements given my
education and experience?
How might I handle the issue of the person with a
Masters who is only asking $31,000?
No, you are not out of line. You might enquire as to why they gave the job
to you over a person with their master's degree (especially one that would
work so cheap). Surely, you have more value to them. I have a hard time
believing that someone with a masters degree would ask for so little. Why
did the degreed person ask for that? Do they have any real life
experience? Do they just have book smarts???
Personally, I think that whoever told you about the degreed professional
was giving you a snowball job.
