So fucking amazing ! <| sep |> I haven ' t been interested in dating at the moment since I can ' t even afford myself . <| sep |> I also get 25 stat holidays . I struggle to use them all every year . I don ' t mind going to work . <| sep |> Plus one for Imola <| sep |> Sounds like they were likely trying to be polite and not chase you off by saying We sit at X number firm , take it or leave it . I actually just went through something really similar . Got informal offer establishing base , wrote back saying i felt it was low and if there was any wiggle room , they politely avoided the base salary question by talking about some of the other financial benefits health coverage , rrsp matching and I got same offer again this time on the contract , said I expected closer to $ X base being more direct about the issue , and the folks I were emailing immediately asked to give me a call so we could chat the issue through so there were no miscommunications . But in my position , it wasn ' t an ' exploding ' offer . So i think it can really differ depending on how particular the company works with new hires and what kind of communication they want to give . It really sucks that they didn ' t just outright email you back and at least say Hey , we ' re obviously not going to come to terms on the salary so lets part ways . Yeah , it can be hard but its good to always talk about our experiences in here . You never know who may be in a very similar one .