<prompt> Human: Hey all, so I was recently offered a job with a hospital research team. The hiring range was 32-40kyear. I was offered 33k, I thought that was a bit low since I was more qualified than the job description called for. I asked around and most of my other friends in similar positions made more than 33k. The other RA in the same team made 3637k her first year working with the team. I asked if there was a way I could speak with the hiring manager or someone in HR to possible appeal my case and they rescinded my offer. I didnt list a counter offer or even say raise my pay by x amount of dollars. I simply asked if I could speak to someone to appeal and my offer was rescinded. Did I do anything wrong? Couldnt they have just said no the offer is firm? Is asking for salary offer appeal looked down upon in the sciencehealthresearch field?EDIT 1: This is located in a metropolitan area where 33k is barely livable tbh.EDIT 2: They gave me an offer about a week after the interview.EDIT 3: What do people suggest is a better way to approach this in the future? I thought to ask to speak to the hiring manager or someone in HR to make an appeal was the best way to go about it because they gave me a range which was finalized by a committee - but I see now that was a rookie mistake.EDIT 4: I actually emailed them back after the rescinding and the curt response back I got implied that my asking for a negotiation demonstrated a lack of engagemententhusiasm for the position so thats that. Its a research group in a top-tier institution and there are lots of pre-medpre-PhD candidates Im sure they had that can live off 33kyear in a big city but I have student loans, so, unfortunately, thats not my case. I actually asked my other friends in research positions about negotiations and all of them said their teams either said no to an increase or agreed to a slight one - so if youre looking at similar research positions Im sure my rescinding is super rare maybe like 1 in 10 chance of happening so please dont stay silent lol.Anway, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE ADVICE AND WORDS OF WISDOM. I and other lurkers will take this into consideration for future job negotiations. I am very fortunate that Im not desperately in need of a job right now and that Im still applying and interviewing for other positions so Im not stressed or worried about my future. This was a big learning moment for me - I will use carrying on forward.  <response>: Thats the type of place where youll work there for years and never receive a raise. Youre better off without it. 