2008-10-07 
 

sharketing myself

I am not a big fan of salary negotiations. Add an intemediary temp company into the mix and I like them even less.

Had a really good interview today for a job I'd be very good at and in a company that seems to be a great fit...but the temp company is lo balling me and hitting me with the minimum hourly rate that I gave them a few months back. I know they can pull up my files and see...Mike will not work for less than X, and they just hit me with it. Well, the job is worth more than X, but it's currently a 3 month assignment with an option at the end for the company I'd be working for to renew...if the economy doesn't crash too hard, and the candidate proves suitable. Believe me, I'll prove very suitable and they won't want to let me go. I could feel it already.

So, how hard do I let the temp company screw me in the interim? I do get the benefit of a foot in the door, a rather good dot on my resume and steady income for the next quarter. That said, if I accept their rate, I also hurt myself as I move towards the uncertain future and with the company I'm going to be working for.

Bottom line: after the interview proved to me that the rate offered wasn't commesurate with the job description, I asked the temp company for more and now I'm playing the waiting game. Since the end company wants me to start on Thursday, it should hopefully be a shortish wait, but as of now we're already pushing into tomorrow. Ugh.

Labels: dose of mikey, sharketing

* posted by me at 4:49 PM

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