judecorp | Midwestern job offer/counteroffer blues

Wow, I have the most boring journal ever. The Chronicle of the Unemployed. (Or is it The Chronically Unemployed?)

I got my tentative official offer from the new job, which means at least that they've officially said out loud that they are going to hire me, pending FBI results. The offer was a little under $1/hour more than I made at FM, which is not at all what the Assistant Director had mentioned to me in the interview. I've never done any of this salary bargaining before, and I said that to the Administrative Assistant, but I said that the AD had told me the other figure. She said she would take it back to the State Office and let me know.

How does this work? I'm paranoid about this job thing, you see, and now of course I've paranoid-ed myself into thinking that if they don't accept it, I won't get the job. The sad fact, of course, is that I would certainly take their offered salary - I wouldn't take anything lower than what I was getting at FM, /and/ this new job has a 35-hour work week instead of a 40-hour one - but when the AD put the dollar signs in my face, I felt more valued as a professional. So we'll see what happens when/if she calls back tomorrow.

Heck, even if they meet me halfway I'll still be rolling in dough. I have slightly lower expenses now that I've shacked up in sin, so any extra income would just be gravy money. Part of me is kicking myself for saying anything, but at least I had the benefit of "So-and-so said..." rather than, "I would really like..." I just hope they still like me - I'm cute, I'm funny, I work hard, and gosh darn it, I raised my car insurance for this!