Prisma Health, a HUGE regional hospital system in South Carolina, posted a job opening for a professional role in Environmental, Health, and Safety. I have 10 years experience in said field and the job description is a mile long. The EHS Director (hiring manager) was very complimentary of my experience in building EHS programs and said that would be very valuable.
Two interviews over three weeks later, I’m offered a job with a different company. So I reached out to the Prisma hiring manager to ask if I’m a competitive candidate, and also asked her to confirm the salary range (in the second interview she said around $85k but nothing was written down). She said they were making decisions after an upcoming round of third interviews the following week and she would confirm the salary range with HR.
We hang up, then she texts me to ask what my requirements are. I assumed this was her trying to hurry an offer along to keep me from taking the other job, so I responded $90k. She then said they can’t come close to that and it’s an ENTRY LEVEL JOB.
Annoyed, I responded (again, via text) that I would be withdrawing myself from the hiring process.
Took the other job and I am content in thinking I may have dodged a bullet.