God damn karma!
You know that company I interviewed at that didn't have enough women in it and gave me weird vibes? The one I said I didn't want to work at and thus were almost fated to make me an offer? Yes. That one. The one that just made me an offer today. God damn it!
And they made this kind of pansy-ass offer that isn't really in the range I was looking for, but it's kind of close and I know it's high for the job description. Which means they probably won't go up. Now, it's nice they're offering three weeks vacation a year instead of the industry-standard two for people starting. I'd talked with the HR guy how a person of my tenure (read: has kids) might value vacation more than direct salary. I'm sure if I push hard on the salary thing, they'll offer to reduce the vacation, which isn't a trade I want to make.
I only have one other job in the hopper at the moment. (But I do have another one, so that's good.) Tomorrow is my second interview for it. It's with a gal who I have fantastic chemistry with and who bizarrely likes me a whole bunch. I've never figured that out. My first meetings with most people go like they did here on LJ - a distressing, embarrassing series of crash-and-burn disasters until I figure out the norms of the situation, by which point I've roasted my chances of making a good impression with most of them and only the kind hearts willing to give me a second chance ever become friendly. Though those who do, we become great friends, because I know how to be a friend. This woman, oddly, was a friend immediately and has remained very supportive of me. That's worth a great deal. I'd much rather work for her.
So tomorrow I'll give as kick-ass an interview as I can and see if I can hurry her to make a counter-offer. On paper, the place that made the offer today gave me until the end of Thursday to accept. I can probably stall them a day or two more. In the meantime, I need to start counting up days and finishing up all those things I wanted to have finished before I went back to work. Because whether it's a job I have reservations about or a boss I love, I'm not going to let the chance to earn a salary pass me by. In that, at least, karma has done me a good turn.
And they made this kind of pansy-ass offer that isn't really in the range I was looking for, but it's kind of close and I know it's high for the job description. Which means they probably won't go up. Now, it's nice they're offering three weeks vacation a year instead of the industry-standard two for people starting. I'd talked with the HR guy how a person of my tenure (read: has kids) might value vacation more than direct salary. I'm sure if I push hard on the salary thing, they'll offer to reduce the vacation, which isn't a trade I want to make.
I only have one other job in the hopper at the moment. (But I do have another one, so that's good.) Tomorrow is my second interview for it. It's with a gal who I have fantastic chemistry with and who bizarrely likes me a whole bunch. I've never figured that out. My first meetings with most people go like they did here on LJ - a distressing, embarrassing series of crash-and-burn disasters until I figure out the norms of the situation, by which point I've roasted my chances of making a good impression with most of them and only the kind hearts willing to give me a second chance ever become friendly. Though those who do, we become great friends, because I know how to be a friend. This woman, oddly, was a friend immediately and has remained very supportive of me. That's worth a great deal. I'd much rather work for her.
So tomorrow I'll give as kick-ass an interview as I can and see if I can hurry her to make a counter-offer. On paper, the place that made the offer today gave me until the end of Thursday to accept. I can probably stall them a day or two more. In the meantime, I need to start counting up days and finishing up all those things I wanted to have finished before I went back to work. Because whether it's a job I have reservations about or a boss I love, I'm not going to let the chance to earn a salary pass me by. In that, at least, karma has done me a good turn.