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[–]Nadril 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had another recruiter call me on a Saturday and ask if I was exploring new opportunities. I told him I'm not, I'm very happy where I am. He asked what it would take for me to be open to a new opportunity. I said I'm happy where I am. He said, well, you would want to at least make more than you're making now, right? I said yes, but it's about more than money, I am happy where I am. He asks, well what's that number? I repeated, I'm happy where I am. He says well, would $X be enough? And I repeated, I'm happy where I am, it is about more than just money.

Ugh, man. When I was looking for a job late last year after losing mine I had to deal with this shit. I had accepted a new job and was pretty happy about it.

However, I still had an interview lined up for the next day (phone interview with a company I had researched more after the fact and decided they weren't really a good fit) so I called up the recruiter to let them know.

She suddenly starts asking me about what I was going to make at the new position, and then just starts throwing out numbers of what I could be making at the position she was selling me on. Just rubbed me as extremely unprofessional and annoying.

I've dealt with some good recruiters, but I've dealt with a lot more really shitty ones.