she said "tough $4!&." left, immediately had a job elsewhere, and left a gaping hole in the night schedule, which they were only able to fill with a competent person after about 4 months. plus, it left a bad taste in the mouth of the whole department. now, we all know where we stand.
i've spoken with her since, and her story is that she did negotiate, but they wouldn't back down at all and she needed a job, so she took it. which is fine. but when she found out how lopsided the compensation was and they refused to even listen to her, she was DONE and left. which is also fine. they lost a good employee and then spent about $10K trying to get a decent replacement (which makes me smile, actually, because that is how it is done by our administration), due to the fact that they then hired about three different people, payed to train them, then let them go because they couldn't cut it. then, they ended up hiring another guy and had to pay him more than $25/hour because he has 20 years experience.
