jasawnc posted:

I normally just lurk and have read some great advice from you all, so thanks in advance to any you can offer me.

During the last 4 years I have been working in the field of developmental disabilities & mental health. Money was OK but not great. Before that, for about 4 1/2 years I was working in IT as desktop support/Jr software developer; ending that job making mid 30's per year (which I felt was low for what I was doing).

So fast forward to last month; I've been sending out resumes with hopes of getting into another computer gig. Got only slight interest and a few interviews; Of the interviews only a couple went well. So today I got a call from the President of one of those companies where he said he could offer me 43K to start as an Assistant Network Admin. I said I was "still interested in the position at that price". He then said he would forward everything to the parent company and I'll see an official offer in a few days. I want to see if there is room to negotiate without them pulling the offer. So my question, should I have pushed for more over the phone? Will they be expecting me to just take the offer once I receive it with no more room for negotiations? Feel like I need to handle things with kid gloves now that the expectations have been set on the phone call.

To further add to all that. A company I've been temping for the last few weeks are feeling me out for a position of Assistant Fleet Maintenance. They're not sure what the salary would be, they were hoping to get it set within the next week. I have doubts that it will be as high as the other offer, currently making 33K here when figured yearly. Would it look too aggressive to play this offer against the other to try and get more?