Re: Nibble

[lwood]

The guy with the position wrote me back, saying that he was looking for more entry-level people, and couldn't meet my salary requirements (I offered as low as $50k, 2/3 my maximum historical salary, and a laughable pittance compared to the one 1099-contracting gig I got of $90/hr, but whatever).

I asked what his requirements were, and his top figure was $45k, which wasn't too bad.

I wrote back with this, using the oft-ignored job-hunting tactic of "honesty:"

        Well, that's not *far* below my minimum...

        Seeing as I've been all but discarded from consideration by this
point, I'll get rid of the usual professional pretense and get straight
to the point:

        As I'm quite active in my local religious community, I'm looking
for something that's below my usual qualifications in responsibility and
time committment. I would probably need to take some amount of time off
w/o pay to handle these committments, especially in my early months.
You, understanably, would not like this! However, I mean precisely what
I say, and this is not some sort of smokescreen for "Lorrie is a
tie-dyed Berkeley slacker who'll never be in the office."

        On the flip side, you'd be getting the benefit of my experience
in the field for a very low price, which means that tasks would be
more swiftly and with better service than with the entry-level person
you're looking for. When I *am* at the office, I like nothing better
than a contentedly running network, and really don't care how much I'm
being paid to get it that way. My primary motivation for re-entering
the workforce is to aid my husband with relieving debts we incurred
during the dot-com boom, so even a take-home of about $2000/month, which
is what would happen with a salary of $40k, in the middle of your range,
would be a great help.

        Those are the less noble, but more honest, reasons why this
would be an ideal job for me. If, after reading the above, you'd still
like to talk, I am still keenly interested in a phone interview.

Sincerely,

-- Lorrie

Comments

[jamie]

Um. The market is not what it once was, regardless of what you were making here in the bay area during the boom.

And salaries were historically CRAZY here during the boom. You can't take the salary you were making then as a good number, really.

ymmv, ect ect.

1R
who made a quite respectable salary when working in Mordor but that was Then and this is Now.

[emberleo.livejournal.com]

Noticed that m'self, even.

I went from working full time in a fairly technical job w/ benefits at something like $17+/hr to working less than 20 hours a week at a retail level job with no benefits at $10/hr.

I've gotten used to the idea that Starbucks could be a great place to work.

It reminds me of Pern somehow...

--Ember--

[cynan-poly.livejournal.com]

The best of fortunes find you!

[arc-stormcrow.livejournal.com]

::laughs:: Hey, it just might work. :) Good luck!

[firehair28.livejournal.com]

Luck, Darlin'.

Who knows? Perhaps he'll figure out that one competent ace beats a flush of n00bs...