Re^3: Money is not purpose of my life, but...

Your english was fine. The problem is that you used a figure of speech (idiom) with which I was not familiar. In the US, we typically quote only one target figure for something, either as a seller or as a buyer. "We'll pay $60K for this job" or "I'm looking for at least $75K if I have to put up with Cleveland" and so on. The idea of "tipping our hand" to reveal our actual private "... but I'll accept $55K" numbers seems very foreign.

Thanks for clarifying.

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Re^4: Money is not purpose of my life, but... by DrHyde (Prior) on May 15, 2006 at 09:51 UTC
Obviously no-one would be silly enough to tell an employer what they'd really accept! He's looking for what people would consider a good salary, what they'd consider an OK salary, and what they'd consider a bad salary. Pulling some numbers out of my arse, then for someone with the experience he mentions (although clearly the circumstances matter a LOT) I'd consider €4000 to be good, €3500 to be tolerable, and €3000 or less unacceptable. That, however, is London salaries. update: those figures are before taxes etc. Call it €2700/2300/2000-ish cash in hand	[reply]

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Re^4: Money is not purpose of my life, but...
by DrHyde (Prior) on May 15, 2006 at 09:51 UTC

Pulling some numbers out of my arse, then for someone with the experience he mentions (although clearly the circumstances matter a LOT) I'd consider €4000 to be good, €3500 to be tolerable, and €3000 or less unacceptable. That, however, is London salaries.

update: those figures are *before* taxes etc. Call it €2700/2300/2000-ish cash in hand

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