*sigh*

I had a meeting this morning to negotiate... it wasn't good news. Essentially they offered only about a 6% increase - where I need to get something more like a 40% increase. I don't think I want to take that far of a step back in my career. I think I need to figure out what my drop dead point is. I need to run numbers tonight and see if I can make it. There are always great promises of future raises and future compensation, but it's just a promise. And in the industry that they are in there could be a lot of potential market violitility. It's not looking hopeful; but we'll see what they come back with. Part of the problem is that I'm not negotiating directly with the decision maker - nor do I think they are willing to to let me negotiate directly with the decision maker.

*sigh*

Well at least I figured out what was wrong with it...

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