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[alaol]

I just received a job offer from an Australian university for a 3-year fixed term research position. Unfortunately, this offer comes literally the day before one campus interview in the US and the day after another campus interview. Had the Australian offer come from a US university, I expect multiple offers would work to my advantage and give me grounds to negotiate things like salary, relocation expenses (there is at present a $10,000 limit and no budget for returning to the US once the position is over), research budget, and office (the office that I would get is shared). My initial sense is that the terms of the Australian offer are not expected to be negotiable, but I wonder if that will change assuming these other offers come through in the next couple days, as I expect them to.

Any guidance would be much appreciated. While I am really excited about the Australia position, the main thing that gives me pause is that (unlike the position for which I have a campus visit tomorrow) it is fixed term, and given that disadvantage it seems like certain things should be negotiated.

[gomer_pyle]

I know for gov't lab positions in AUS, they don't negotiate (at least not much). For univ., I am not sure.

[totoro]

I was writing a long reply which basically said "PM me" and lost it. So please PM me.