<prompt> Human: So, throwaway acct. Wall of text incoming. I work for a big hospital in the big city. Everyone in my dept was told 2 wks ago that it was being eliminated and an outside company was going to take over, doing the same thing. We were all given a severence pkg, and were told we would have the opportunity to interview for our present position.When my turn came, I was told they love me, they dont even need to interview me, and offered me a supervisor job with a salary I had been hourly. The previous mgr of the dept resigned several months ago, and I knew how to do lots of things no-one else did now, and been helping run the dept. My interview was 10 days ago, and I was told I would get my formal offer mon or Tues at the latest. Nothing on Tues. They called and said wed or thurs now. When nothing came on Friday the last official day of the jobs that had been eliminated, I called and was told Monday, they were trying to work out my insurance. So now my job has officially ended, and though i was told I have a job, o havent received an offer yet, and my first day is supposed to be tomorrow. The whole point of this is the salary negotiation. Im afraid that theyre holding back the offer to make me too desperate to negotiate presuming they havent been stringing making for these 2 weeks. Should i negotiate? And I have anxiety and a hard time speaking up for myself so any advice on how to negotiate would be appreciated.  <response>: At this point I would recommend accepting what is offered so you have a job. If the pay is low like you expect then start applying for other positions. 