I met with 3 members of the IT team today at The Hospital, and I accomplished to get a much better grasp of what the position entails. Then I spoke with HR about the salary position, and they said they would get back to me. Now I just wait and see.
I feel a bit like a fool settling for less money than I earn right now. Is that a really stupid move? I really hope they can do something for me in that respect. I told them I really want the job, and I want to say yes, but I can’t sacrifice so much. I know they understand that, and they do a very good job at arguing their point of view. I hope I was just as effective arguing mine.
The meeting with the team was insightful. I learned that I would be working in the main campus (hospital) while the rest of the IT team was located in an adjacent town north of Boston. It’s actually better than I expected, since I will own user requirements, as opposed to owning the technical requirements, as I always have. Exciting, isn’t it???
I had the opportunity to fill in the (wonderful/amazing) hiring manager on my agenda: I can’t accept the offer the way it is, and they’ll have to do something about it. She seemed hopeful that we might be able to reach an agreement (or at the very least she didn’t sound reluctant). I got the same reaction from HR, plus a little more information: what they offered me is not at the limit of the position, so there is a little more room to offer, albeit not much. That gave me hope, although I don’t wish I were in their shoes: that conversation with the business team to get more money out of them is going to suck.
Now I just wait.
I did hear back from HR at The Corporation, though. They said the offer hadn’t been approved yet, and the VP was scheduled to speak with the CEO next Tuesday. Wow. I am starting to feel less and less bad about saying No to the offer the more they make me wait (3.5 months now). They couldn’t really have expected me to hang around this long, could they have?
At the end of the day I’m pretty happy about the way things are going. I even got a new belt out of it! Betsey Johnson, $14.99 at Filene’s Basement 🙂 I looked so fancy 🙂 I definitely clean up good.
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