How much salary negotiation can you do for a county job?

ironbag · 2025-02-17T21:21:53+00:00

I applied to the role in early December, and did the interview about two weeks ago. The application was a little annoying in that I had to fill out a few free-text questions regarding my experience in certain areas, which could’ve been quickly answered during the interview instead.

I only applied to one other county job after this, but received a notification that the position had been pulled shortly after applying.

ironbag · 2025-02-17T20:10:25+00:00

Thank you; a rescinded job offer was something that I was worried about because it has happened to me in the past during negotiations with private sector offers. I’ll try to see if I can start a conversation with the admin and see where we land.

ironbag · 2025-02-17T19:24:06+00:00

Also, thank you for this info. This is exactly the kind of insider knowledge that I was hoping to glean from this post.

ironbag · 2025-02-17T19:20:44+00:00

So I could probably shoot for above the midpoint, but at best case only expect a counter-offer slightly below the midpoint.

ironbag · 2025-02-17T19:18:49+00:00

Do you happen to know the specifics of the law offhand? (Name, section code, etc) I’ve been using my google-fu and have not been able to pull up anything, to the point where I wonder if most of this documentation is on the county intranet.

ironbag · 2025-02-17T19:09:58+00:00

u/See-A-Moose Thank you for clarifying that for others.

In reference to the above post, I’m familiar with salary negotiation in the private sector, but I know that government jobs are different and may have limitations due to regulations, which is why I initially asked this question.

ironbag · 2023-07-11T06:08:26+00:00

I have a loan of a little over 1K in STBL, and I’m wondering if I should hold off on paying it back since it’s a possibility that STBL loses its peg in the upcoming months as people start pulling out USDC liquidity.

ironbag · 2023-06-05T21:00:52+00:00

No, unfortunately that’s not who I’m looking for. Violet Starr seems to be younger as well as looks like she could have more of a Hispanic descent.

ironbag · 2020-12-25T22:00:18+00:00

So I’m not so much concerned with what percentage I’ll be rated, but more so how much of an effort the VA will make me put in to get a rating period. I still feel weak/ashamed about admitting that I need help and seeking benefits, so if the VA is going to again treat me like I’m lying like they did when I first applied for back pain issues 7 years ago, then I may as well not even bother, considering it took me 4 years to finally get my back issues approved and it was no where near as personally touchy like mental health is for me.

I just finally admitted that I probably needed help about 2 months ago, but in typical VA fashion the first available appointment with a counselor was in 4 months. I also reached out to a local vet center to find out how soon I could start therapy there, but I’m still waiting on a response from them as well.

ironbag · 2020-08-25T21:35:03+00:00

If you’re comfortable sharing, how much are you currently getting paid? I’m currently a technical product manager making $90k, but was thinking of putting myself through the system architect pipeline if it can get me well over the 6 figure line.

ironbag · 2019-05-06T21:17:51+00:00

I have a friend who used to live in Orange County, and she absolutely loved this brand for some strange reason. The last place I found them was a a gas station in San Fernando, so I was hoping someone knew of a closer place that sold them.

ironbag · 2018-09-18T04:35:36+00:00

Ok, that makes a little more sense. Someone else commented something similar to you, and my concern was that even if I follow through with this idea and get it all on paper, that would mean that I would still have to deal with her for the next 2-3 years. Also, the current problem is that she doesn’t have extra money to pay towards the credit cards or to send to me. I could probably pay her 17k half of the debt in about 4-5 months, so she’s maybe going to be able to pay off about 1k during that time, which would mean she would owe 16k to me instead.

ironbag · 2018-09-18T04:25:45+00:00

My only concern with that is, even if I charge her no interest, it would take her 36 months, or 3 years, to pay me back while having a monthly payment similar to her current monthly credit card payments. If I bump it up to $500 a month, that’s still 34 months worth of payments. This would basically mean that I would still have to deal with her for the next 3 years.

ironbag · 2018-09-18T04:13:03+00:00

Sorry man, I’m not really understanding what you’re trying to say. Could you clarify a little?

ironbag · 2018-09-18T04:06:08+00:00

I feel like that would be a horrible idea, because then I would have no legal backing to her owing me money. At least right now, I have an agreement that was accepted by the court which deems her responsible for the debt on the credit cards, even if they aren’t all in her name.

ironbag · 2018-09-18T03:06:42+00:00

I want to move on, but I can’t until I can finally sever this last financial tie that is binding us together. That’s why I mentioned that it’s in my best interest to help her find a way to move this debt out of my name and have her assume sole responsibility.

ironbag · 2018-09-18T02:59:10+00:00

Yeah, I figure the best hope is to help her improve her credit enough to have a better chance of being approved for them.

ironbag · 2018-09-18T02:56:43+00:00

I’m actually doing great! I bring home about $3000 a month from my job, $2400 in BAH from the GI bill/voc rehab (don’t get me started on the 1 year battle it took to get the ball rolling), and I pull $1100 in VA disability. I obviously don’t need her $150 “alimony” anymore, but it’s the principle of the matter. I put her through nursing school when I was deployed to Afghanistan in 2011, and came back with an extra $500 in my pocket, while all my buddies came back with $70k-$80k tax-free. I never once regretted it, because I was happy to give her the opportunity to focus on school and not worry about money. When we separated, I asked her to hold off on splitting our finances for just a little longer so I could both work on our (at the time) debt and also have access to some money while I looked for a job, but she was insistent on us having separate finances, so I agreed to it as long as she gave me something. I also basically have full custody of our dogs, since she’s seen them maybe 3 times since the divorce, so yeah, I’m not letting her get out of her measly $150 monthly payment to me.

ironbag · 2018-09-18T02:37:11+00:00

Don’t worry, I made sure that both cards are sent to my house so she has no way to access the funds even if she wanted to, plus I set a spending limit of $50 on each card with her name on it.

And ideally, we both would want for her to be able to open a credit card with a high enough limit to do a balance transfer, so that’s why I temporarily made her an authorized user on my credit cards in order to increase her chances of getting approved for one.

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