Thanks again for the replies. I think I would expect lower than an engineering technical writer as it's a crossover between scientific/technical, as scientists (sigh!) always seem to be lower paid. Thanks for the salary points too since that makes it easier for me to say I'd like the job but what about increasing the salary to ???, since I am experienced with framemaker, HTML and PDF conversions, along with a reasonable XML knowledge. Not to mention engineer collaboration...

Am already doing freelance and don't like the isolation of working at home and never being included in anything. Sad I know since the salary is better but just doesn't fit my personality. Have to bite the bullet with negotiation next week then for the first time.

Keep the replies coming it's really helpful for me.

Janey