The final stage hiring negotiators are very often HR personnel and you wont be working with them. Choose your battles. Almost every professional company has a r

The final stage hiring negotiators are very often HR personnel and you wont be working with them. Choose your battles. Almost every professional company has a rotting infestation of HR folk. You can definitely find jobs without these bloodsuckers but keep in mind that they know their place and have a narrow scope of interactivity with the employees. But do try your hand at both methods of discourse if you have the energy and time. Based on my raw experience, I'm confident you'll find the moral highground to be a lost cause when dealing with this one sore part of job acquisition.