Megan Robinson

It made me really panicky because I'd been unemployed for so long and I didn't know when I might get another interview.

It made me really panicky because I'd been unemployed for so long and I didn't know when I might get another interview.

So I was quite desperate and I followed up saying I'd be willing to accept less than the posted salary if they'd keep me in consideration.

So I was quite desperate and I followed up saying I'd be willing to accept less than the posted salary if they'd keep me in consideration.

Surprisingly, it worked, and the hiring manager said he'd bring me back into the running.

Surprisingly, it worked, and the hiring manager said he'd bring me back into the running.

But in the end, I still wasn't hired.

But in the end, I still wasn't hired.

I was told that I wasn't meeting output expectations, and they didn't have the budget or the capacity to train me.

I was told that I wasn't meeting output expectations, and they didn't have the budget or the capacity to train me.

It made me wonder whether anyone had done the same, so I put a call out to my network to ask, and everyone who replied was a woman in their 20s.

It made me wonder whether anyone had done the same, so I put a call out to my network to ask, and everyone who replied was a woman in their 20s.

They told me that they'd also offered to work for less, but in none of their cases had it led to a job offer.

They told me that they'd also offered to work for less, but in none of their cases had it led to a job offer.

Yeah, I mean, I understand it because on the one hand, it could bring down salary benchmarks for everyone.

Yeah, I mean, I understand it because on the one hand, it could bring down salary benchmarks for everyone.

So I can see why some people were criticizing me.

So I can see why some people were criticizing me.

I also can understand that people were criticizing me because they said it's just a really bad salary negotiation technique.

I also can understand that people were criticizing me because they said it's just a really bad salary negotiation technique.