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I've been tearing myself apart the last couple of hours, and I've decided to let the wisdom of Reddit guide me.  

So here's the story, I'm currently unemployed and been looking for a while now.  I've finally found a good company with a manager who likes me and decided to hire me.  This is a large entertainment company so he passes me off to the HR department.

So John from HR calls me up 2 weeks after the manager told me he was going to hire me.  During that time, I emailed the manager to ask if I was suppose to hear anything since HR took so long.  Now, John asks me how much I think I should get paid.  I tell him I am thinking of Y, and then he tells me he's thinking of paying me X amount.  X is a fair amount less than I feel I am worth and less than my previous salary.  He asks me if I feel it is fair.  I say I need to think about it.  John says he'll get back to me in a couple of days with an offer.  Note: no offer is on the table yet.

I thought about it, and figure a job is a job and when he calls me back, I will accept.  I wait a week and finally call him.  He tells me that people were out and that is what took so long.  Ok, fine.  Then he tells me he will probably offer me 90% of X.  So now the offer is even lower than before.  Note: no offer is on the table yet.  

How am I suppose to feel about this?  And more importantly, what should I do?

1- Negotiate for a higher salary.  John is playing the HR game.  I need to man up and play hard.  If so, how?  I don't have much leverage.  Do I talk to the manager?  Tell him I have another offer?  What tactic can I use that will not backfire.

2- Accept the offer.  People are down in the dumps and a job is a job.  Sure, he's pushing you around but what can you do?

3- Another option?
<bot>: Unemployed.  Offered Job.  HR screws around with me by first offering me X amount, then a week later offers 10% less than X.