We had a conversation about how I feel that was too low, considering the line of work I do, the danger of it and how long I’ve been full time here. For the first time, I was asked “what’s your number? I’ll present to upper management.” Shocked and surprised, I calculated what would be my high and my lowest acceptable number. She took notes of it and will get back to me with an answer.
I’m already predicting a counter that will be super low and I’ll either eat it or decline. But it was refreshing for someone to say “tell us what you deserve to be compensated at” and not have any push back. So we’ll see what happens.