So I was applying to a lot of job lately, and one was for a lab manager at this prestigious medical university. I have lots of science experience (which is what they say they based the pay off of). So I do the first interview, it goes amazing. They tell me I got moved on to the 2nd interview, that goes amazing as well. Then the professor tells me they want to meet in person to let all the staff and then they can make their final decision. We discuss salary and the professor tells me that HR doesn’t say how much they will offer until they decide to move forward and hire me, which they are ready to do because they like me. I say alright and I really like the job, but then I get a call from the professor and the university said they could only offer $45K, which mind you this is in a really populated/expensive city like Denver level big/expensive. I told them sill just look for better job opportunities.
I get that academia doesn’t pay as well as industry,but that was a ridiculously low offer and they waited until after 3 interviews to tell me that, I would’ve not even applied has I known!