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HypnicJerk3825 t1_j5th2wb wrote

Worked there for 5 plus years, started at entry level (grade 52 or 53,a staff assistant position). As a new grad you don't have bunch bargaining power I'm sorry to say. They will start you at the lowest end of that range. You don't get to ask for earlier reviews, they have their system and you don't get to deviate from it: a review once a year with a salary increase determined by their contract with the union, which you'll almost certainly be in as a hire at this level. (You can opt out of the union but you still have to pay dues. Don't do this, you get a lot of$benefits by being in the union). Increases beyond that only come with changing to a higher grade position, which means either changing jobs entirely or making a tedious case that you're consistently doing work outside and beyond the pay grade you're currently in. Even then you can only do that if your manager is on board or you involve the union and make it a fight. HR is involved and I've seen it take more than a year to get something like a $3k raise. tldr: the university is rigid and they know people want to work there. If you try to negotiate they'll likely just say no unless you have some outstanding credentials. Somebody else will happily take what you think is not enough.

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dante662 t1_j5tfz1u wrote

Reply to comment by tantiya22 in Moving with a few bags by tantiya22

If they show up and cancel on you, they get penalized in the app. UberXL is a big vehicle, if you are just moving suitcases/bags should be no problem.

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Not saying they won't do it, but drivers who wait until they see the passenger to cancel can have various negative affects. If they have more than 5% cancel rate, they lose the ability to see upcoming trip durations before accepting a ride. They can lose other perks, and theoretically they can be completely deactivated but I suspect that's rare.

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puglord OP t1_j5tc1vp wrote

I’ve never encountered a rental agent. Property managers or landlords advertise the rental and people respond to the ad. Lived in a handful of Midwest cities and never had to deal with a middleman when renting.

They do exist, and they’re paid by the landlord.

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Kitty-Karry-All t1_j5t8lxl wrote

Reply to comment by Common_Screen9450 in Harvard Job Salary by [deleted]

This is an important point. They don’t decide salaries arbitrarily. I spent years working in academia as a researcher and there was an annual equity review/adjustment for all employees. If an entry-level person, for example, was making significantly more money than their similarly qualified peers, the school provided a salary increase to the peers to keep it equitable; no one ever got a salary decrease for equity reasons. I remember my job interview where the hiring manager asked what I wanted to make, he laughed when I told him, and said HR authorized [low end of the range]. HR determines this based on what similarly qualified people at the same level make.

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