The process took about three weeks, and everyone I interacted with was friendly and respectful. From the start, I was very clear with two different recruiters about my salary expectations. However, when they made me an offer, they pointed to a website to highlight the benefits of moving to Montreal and used the idea of having half of Fridays off as justification for offering a salary lower than what I currently make. (By the way, the offer was way below market rate.) There was no room to negotiate for a higher and fairer amount.