<prompt> Human: So I recently got 2 job offers: x200B;Company X: Location: Plantation, FLIndustry: Consumer ElectronicsSize: 1,001 - 5,000 employeesJob: Test Engineer - Application Frameworks C, QA-testingAvg Salary for Software Engineer in Plantation, FL: 93,267 via glassdoorOffer: 60hr 40 hrsweek 115,200year but 108,000year with 3 week time off Contract for 6 months with typical conversion to full-time Health, Dental, Vision insurance No PTO but can take off as needed with manager approval Flex Schedule, Casual Dress x200B;Company Y:Location: Morrisville, NCIndustry: Smart Energy MeteringSize: 1,001 - 5,000 employees but parent company has 10,000Job: Software Engineer C, Java, C, WindowsAvg Salary for Software Engineer in Morrisville, NC: 96,173 via glassdoorOffer: 82,500year 40 hrsweek Full-Time Health, Dental, Vision insurance 401K PTO 15 days 12 Holidays Flex Schedule occasional work from home allowed, Business Casual Dress- Said I solved white-board coding problems fast and that no one has ever finished before for 24 rounds of interviewing- Near where I currently live- When initially asked for my salary range I stated 75,000 - 85,000 per year, but this was before I got Company Xs offerx200B;Me:- 4 years of manual testing experience on a per session basis 1-2 sessionsmonth that last 2-3 hours- 9 months of embedded programming experience in C for a startup I co-founded, but wasnt successful in acquiring more funding. - 4 months of Matlab programming for research- 6 months of technical sales rep in biotech industry- 6 months of technical support specialist in biotech industry- 18 months of Several meaty projects related to computer graphics, real-time networking, system architecture, AI through school and personal hobby C, C, Java- BS in biomedical engineering and recently earned MS in software engineeringx200B;I want to go with Company Y, but I feel like the offer is too low compared to the other offer. So how would I try to ask for a higher offer from Company Y? Can I used Company Xs offer as a comparison? Would it be better to call or email? Any help or advice would be much appreciated. x200B;Assistant: These are 2 different jobs with different requirements and skill sets. You have 4 years of QA experience and this got you on a higher pay scale for the QA position, as a contract employee which will always be higher since they dont have to provide benefits. You have 9 months of experience as a developer, and so you are being offered less, it is also a full time position with the perks of a full time position.This looks purely like an issue of experience to me, and trying to negotiate with the 2nd company could lead to the offer being rescinded.Human: I just noticed this part, but you also asked for a salary in 75k-85k range, they offered 82,5k which is at the higher end of your ask. If I were the hiring manager for the position and this happened, where you came back asking for more outside the range you initially provided, I absolutely would rescind the offer because that throws up a lot of red flags, especially with your maturity and professionalism. Assistant: Would it help if I mentioned that I didnt do my research on the salary beforehand and after receiving a higher offer from another company, I questioned the current offer at hand?  <response>: Would it helped if you looked like you didnt know anything about the market and hadnt research it either? No... 