I just went to ebay to talk to Joe. He said will pull me in once Pat makes a decision on whether to stay at ebay (unlikely) or move to paypal (probably). Everything went smoothly today, except for the part where the HR girl was telling me that most senior engineers come in to ebay around the XXX range (insert lower salary range). I wasn't really happy with that cos I thought Joe had already talked to HR about my salary requirements and they had already agreed, so I was thinking, WTF? Are you trying to re-negotiate with me now or what? I didn't really know what to say, so I went uh huh. Yeah, Mr Eloquent, that's me...
Possible smartass answers running through my head:
- Yes, but I'm not merely a senior engineer
- What? That's all? I'm earning more right now.
- Geez, I thought Joe said this position paid well
- Wait, are you hiring a ClearCase admin or some random code jockey?
- You know what they say, you get what you pay for...
- Why am I being compared to a senior engineer?
- The other guy is getting more money, so I know you can do better!
Ah heck, we'll see how this one goes. Ebay is the only company in the world that has rejected me twice, so we'll see if third time's the charm.
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