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I interviewed for an assistant director job at my hospital within the last year.
I was asked the "how much do you think you should be paid" question.
This job was within the crisis dept. I'm in commitment. We share an office.
I know the job, because I've been watching other people do it for years. It sucks ass, involves a lot more responsibility, monthly instead of occasional on-calls, and you have to juggle the hell which is our departmental schedule, making sure that all shifts are covered by too small a number of employees who all want time off at the same time.
Oh, and the position is salaried. No OT, but often extra long, uncompensated hours when stuff gets screwed up. There is a provision for OT if NOBODY can work a particular shift and you end up taking it, but activation of that provision is very rare.
Taking all of this into consideration, I named a number that was about 20-25% above my current salary, knowing that I'd lose all OT pay, and there would be nights when I'd be awakened by people asking me stupidass questions.
The HR director turned white as a sheet and said "you want HOW much??"
They were actually offering me LESS.
Same thing happened with another guy on my shift who interviewed, just to see if they might offer him a better deal.
They did hire from within the department, and it was someone who was on a much lower salary step and less seniority, who was hungry enough to take the job, because it looked like more money to him.
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