> He said the hospital told him “here’s what you’ll be making”. This is standard in many hospital systems. If there are several hundred people in the same role

> He said the hospital told him “here’s what you’ll be making”. This is standard in many hospital systems. If there are several hundred people in the same role, having the same contract for all of them has advantages on both sides. It will also have downsides. You aren’t going to get a competing offer from the same employer, they’d need to apply to a different one.