Ask HN: How do you deal with a low ball salary offer?
A friend of mine is starting a position at a new startup whose founder is a former colleague of him. He recommended me, we had a quick interview and I've already received an offer.
As the title says, the salary is almost half of what I'm earning at my current job so clearly I'm not considering it, but before rejecting the proposal it'd be nice to give it a shot and see if they can improve the offer. I'm pretty burned out from my current job and it'd be great to move to another place.
Have you dealt with a similar situation? How do you handled it and what was the outcome?
As the title says, the salary is almost half of what I'm earning at my current job so clearly I'm not considering it, but before rejecting the proposal it'd be nice to give it a shot and see if they can improve the offer. I'm pretty burned out from my current job and it'd be great to move to another place.
Have you dealt with a similar situation? How do you handled it and what was the outcome?