re: Looking for salary negotiation advice

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Dam son. No longer you are so miserable living up there. That's a very low salary for that area

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It's the nature of the TV industry. You don't work in it because it pays well, you work in it because you enjoy it. I moved over to the sales side from the news side so I could make more money. Was tired of making $25k.

In Iowa my first sales side job I made $35k. Moved to Seattle to get that larger market experience on my resume. $60k sucks here. The sad part is I had more disposable income in Iowa. My total monthly expenses in Iowa were about $1200 a month. In Seattle its $2600.

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If you can't get a signing bonus, possibly shoot for an extra week of vacation.

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Signing bonus is important to me though since I am moving. I get to live where I want to for this new position, the issue is moving is "optional" so they aren't automatically covering moving expenses. It's what I would use a signing bonus for.