8/21    Does anyone have any pointers to a good resource with information
        on:

        o  relocation packages (what's typical, what isn't)
        o  acceptable amount of time between being made an offer and actually
           accepting it

        I'm about to accept a job offer for a place down in El Lay, and
        was wondering what would be "typical" for them to cover.
        \_ note this is taxable income
        o  acceptable amount of time between being made an offer and actually
           accepting it
        I'm about to accept a job offer for a place down in El Lay, and
        was wondering what would be "typical" for them to cover.
        \_ I was offered $4k to relocate as part of my hiring bonus which I
           had to return if I didn't stay 4 years (yeah right).  Needless to
           say I accepted a different offer.  You shouldn't leave them hanging
           for more than a week at most unless you've warned them you're still
           interviewing elsewhere.
        \_ Go to yahoo's career site and you'l find out the "exchange rate"
           between SF and LA. If you get paid 50K in LA, then it is roughly
           58K in SF. Your 4K relocation does not sound good. I know a MS gal
                         \_ I wasn't the original poster.  -Mr. 4k package
           who got 5K bonus plus 4000 shares of options (and the stock went
           up $10 only after a year). She left the company in less than a
           year, paid back the 4K relocation, and kept the options. Go figure.
           \_ Oh, MS = masters, not M$. There's a ~5K difference in pay.