What’s equally amazing to me, and this just personally happened to me, is that companies would rather walk away from the discussion over a figure smaller than t

What’s equally amazing to me, and this just personally happened to me, is that companies would rather walk away from the discussion over a figure smaller than the amount of productivity being lost by the vacancy. I recently turned down an offer from a company that went on and on about the backlog of projects that needed attention and couldn’t ship. My estimate was that they were probably losing a few hundred thousand in annual sales due to headcount. Want to know how much they wouldn’t budge on a salary offer? $15K. The position is still unfilled. It’s been six months, and the job was open six months before that.