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There is something strange going on if an offer offends you. Perhaps a fundamental misunderstanding of what price represents?
by randomdata 4y ago
There is something strange going on if an offer offends you. Perhaps a fundamental misunderstanding of what price represents?
- tablespoon 4y ago> There is something strange going on if an offer offends you. Perhaps a fundamental misunderstanding of what price represents? Offers definitely can be offensive. E.g. you interview for a corporate software engineering role and get an offer to work for minimum wage, well below market. You won't take the offer of course, but how would it make someone feel?
- randomdata 4y agoI haven't gone through interviews prior to talking numbers before, so I can't draw on personal experience, but I expect you would feel pretty foolish for putting the cart before the horse and wish that you put a little more thought into what you were doing before acting. Offended, though? Perhaps what you are suggesting is that in messing up by not finding out if the arrangement was broadly compatible before wasting your time on the minor details, but being afraid to blame oneself for the glaring mistake the mind might go to inventing that it was offended by their actions as a mechanism to sooth itself? I guess... Seems like stretch. I don't really understand the need to blame others, though. Regardless, I'm not sure that transcends to the computer case. In that case the price was asked for upfront. Apple gave their offer and that was the end of it. No unwarranted time was wasted. Just a simple: "Looks like we won't be able to reach an agreement. Have a nice day."