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I had a company tell me "never pose ultimatums" when I came in for my second interview and said I wanted at least what i knew my friend had just been hired for.
Motherfucker, find someone better then, i dare you. We had a lot of disagreements over the years, but damn me if a day goes by i don't miss my old colleagues... -
They are looking for workers who are ripe for maximum exploitation. Their goal is to catch helpless people that are negotiating from a position of weakness (ie. no backup plan).
What are they looking for? Someone so incompetent that they could never get a job anywhere else? Have fun with that work quality, you get what you pay for.
During the interview they asked if I had other interviews or offers. I had one more interview and am offer. They emailed me the next day and say "we don't like to be strong armed". I'm assuming it's because I told them the truth about having an offer? We hadn't even talked about salary yet so it's not like I somehow "bullied" them into giving me more money.
Part of me didn't care because obviously this company was garbage and I dodged a bullet (plus I had an offer that was decent anyways). But the other part of me couldn't believe how fragile they were and how entitled they felt. Why ask the question if you don't want to know the answer? Where I'm at now, I got another offer before they made a decision. I had to decide within a couple days. I told them, and without any further conversation made me an offer 10k above the originally discussed salary. It was clear they were decent and so far I've been right.
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