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[quote=Anonymous]I was offered $90,000 (which is $10,000 more than I'm currently making), one telecommute day, paid healthcare benefits, 2 weeks vacation, one week of personal days, one week of sick leave, and free parking with a Department head title last Wednesday afternoon. I asked for the rest of the week to review the benefits.

The thing is, I have an interview with a second potential employer tomorrow afternoon where the salary is $20,000-$30,000 more with the same benefits minus the telecommute option for a job and title that's basically what I'm doing now.

Both are closer to home. Job #1 is closer than Job #2

How do I delicately tell the offer employer that they need to come up when I know that this is likely the best they can do?

And part of me wants to hold out and see what option #2 holds and where they are in their process (how many interviews they plan to hold, for example). Note: I was asked by the department head to interview for Option #2 and the original interview was set to happen the same week as my first interview for option #1 but they had to reschedule to tomorrow.

My head is swimming a bit and I'm hoping you can offer some sound advice on how to proceed....without losing both.

I should also mention, I believe in the mission of both orgs and feel there will be - and + to both jobs that balance each other out (workload, colleagues, etc.)[/quote]

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