[jazz_from_hell]

I can understand why you feel that way. But many companies simply doesn’t want to talk to people who wants to work part-time. (As in ”don’t call us, we’ll call you”.) So even if it might seem pushy to negotiate like that, at least to me it’s understandable.

[ohyeshedid]

It also has the potential to waste your time and theirs. I wouldn't call it pushy as much as borderline deceptive.

[srtjstjsj]

Unless the employer posts the salary up front, they are bring deceptive too.

[akimball]

While that is valid, two wrongs don't make a right.