I’m quite happy with my job at the moment but looking for an upgrade. In my field, there are still plenty of jobs available.

Did the interview and it went very well. One of the nicest managers I’ve met out there and the whole team was chill too. I knew the offer was going to come because they had 10+ full time openings and the manager told me they are having a hard time finding people to work there.

HR called me for the offer and it was a whooping 12k under the lower end of the fair market rate. Somehow they’re trying to pay me a new grad rate when I have 6 years of experience.

I countered 15k more and HR straight up said they couldn’t do it due to internal equity. I doubt they’re even calling back at a this point. I’m not even mad but I’m amused, who are these people accepting these lowball offers? Does HR even know they’re lowballing someone?