Metro Pay  

Denver one used to play games with a creepy little deputy slinking toward ya with a low ball offer scratched on a tiny piece of scrap paper below what initially offered.  It was 1950s smokestack hilarious, unethical, sleezy and insulting wrapped in to one.  Couldn't avoid sporting the incredulous look combined with sniggling laughter.  The little self absorbed troll couldn't handle it and never got over it.  He tried forever to get payback but was just so transparent and inept he never achieved his ego settling baloney.  And so goes that little squeak of time!

Don't waste your time trying to 'negotiate' unless you have notable experience and credentials and make sure to understand all involved with benefits, pay raise schedules etc.  Not happy, move on.