I’m a paramedic currently working in an urban hospital system. I quit my job with another hospital system March 2021. I enjoyed the work from the previous job, but received a meager income. At my current job, I have the opposite problem; I don’t enjoy my work, but I’m being compensated very well.
I received an email from a TA Sourcing Consultant offering an interview for a job with the old hospital system. When I originally accepted the old job in March 2020, I recall in the interview being told they “have no flexibility with pay, but have very good benefits”. Soon after working there, I discovered this was false, as there were pay/experience discrepancies throughout the department, and the benefits were either made more expensive or removed entirely claiming social distancing as the excuse and never replacing them.
So I have an interview tomorrow with the old company, and I am prepared to call this recruiter out on their BS. I’m approaching this with low expectations. I know they will lowball me and give me the same excuse with compensation, and I want to prepare to counter this excuse without coming off as aggressive or unprofessional. I want to make my salary expectations damn clear. I don’t expect they will budge, but I want to use this as an opportunity to dunk on this recruiter. If all that happens is that he crosses me off his list and writes the word “pay” next to my name, that will be enough. So anyone with experience with this type of interviewer or has any tips on what I should say or expect him to say, please share.