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[quote=Anonymous]I recently went through a series of interviews and am expecting an offer soon. Looking forward to leaving my current job for many reasons. This will only be my second job out of college, have been at my job for several years and am unfamiliar with the salary/benefits negotiation part of the process. I am wondering what benefits, apart from standard health/vision/dental/life insurance, 401k, can be expected and if parking/transportation costs can be part of a benefits package because I sure would like to avoid paying ~$300/mo to park downtown (pls don't say metro, I've done the math and it's more $$ and more time commuting from my location, plus I currently pay $240/mo and my current employer contributes $0 to that although pays for some other employees' parking (don't get me started)). Is it common for employers to pay for, or contribute to these costs or would that be completely out of line to ask for? This didn't happen to get brought up in my conversations w/ HR and I'm also curious about how to fairly bring it up.

Another question I have would be, what if they come in with an offer that is a little lower than what I would like? Should I ask for exactly the number I want, or ask for higher so that we can hopefully reach a middle ground (but I also don't want to seem greedy)?

Thanks in advance![/quote]

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