So I got an offer from that consulting company today.
They lowballed me pretty good. It’s about $20K less than the Bank One job would be. And it’s $20K less than I have been making this last year. And about 50% of what I made at Heller.
They want an answer today. But I have an interview at Bank One tomorrow. I talked to the Bank One headhunter guy, and he suggested I tell the consulting company that I need a few days to sleep on it (which he thought was fair, especially since they’re asking me to take a pretty steep pay cut), and he will do everything he can to make sure I get a quick response after my interview tomorrow.
I’m scared to gamble the “sure thing” like this. A big part of me wants to just take the consulting job. I talked to my mom about it, but she wasn’t very sympathetic about the “low” offer, considering it’s more money than she makes :) But actually she was pretty helpful as well.