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1 | Date of Offer | Job Description/Title | Initial Offer (Annual salary/wage $) | Negotiated offer (Annual salary/wage $) | $ increase (calculated) | % increase (calculated) | Incremental Signing Bonus | Incremental Annual Bonus | Incremental hours of vacation/PTO | Other additional compensation ($) | Total Incremental Comp | Notes and negotiating strategies | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Anonymous | 9/1/2025 | Associate Analyst | $65,000.00 | $68,000.00 | $3,000.00 | 4.62% | $0.00 | $1,000.00 | 0.00 | $0.00 | $1,000.00 | Polite, Concise email asking for more base comp to consider the position after 2 interviews & offer received. Asked for $70k; close to top of stated pay band. % bonus structure lead to add'l increase from this negotiation | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Anonymous | 12/20/2024 | Cloud Engineer | $81,000.00 | $120,000.00 | $39,000.00 | 48.15% | Conversion from W2 subcontractor to FTE. After initial offer, I asked a fellow coworker who converted about their offer, plus researched salaries for comparable positions in my area, and used that to anchor my own target. Asked for $120 and got signed on the spot. I got +50% and I should have gone higher. | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | dirby | 11/18/2024 | Teaching and Training Specialist | $86,000.00 | $89,000.00 | $3,000.00 | 3.49% | Asked for 5% increase. Salary is limited by grant funds. | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Anonymous | 9/6/2024 | Software Engineer | $160,000.00 | $175,000.00 | $15,000.00 | 9.38% | $30,000.00 | $30,000.00 | Refused to say a number and didn't divulge details about other companies that I had interviewed with, just that I had other offers in the works. Recruiter came in at absolute max of posted salary range, and provided the signing bonus which had not been part of any previous comp discussions. Even just the most basic principles helped a ton! | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Anonymous | 4/15/2024 | Intermediate Software Engineer | $157,000.00 | $171,000.00 | $14,000.00 | 8.92% | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.00 | $14,000.00 | All values CAD, competing offer at $131k with 4dww, asked for slightly more than competing offer prorated to 5dww, BATNA was critical, would have accepted original offer. | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Anonymous | 2/1/2023 | RPA Developer | $85,000.00 | $100,000.00 | $15,000.00 | 17.65% | Was offered $85, countered high at $115, they asked if I'd consider $100. Why yes, yes I would. | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Anonymous | 1/27/2023 | Technical Support Engineer | $55,000.00 | $58,000.00 | $3,000.00 | 5.45% | Was offered 55, countered for 3k more and got it without much fuss. Had the advantage of knowing they liked me a lot during the process. | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Anon | 7/17/2022 | Electrical Engineer | $150,000.00 | $155,000.00 | $5,000.00 | 3.33% | $5,000.00 | $10,000.00 | Resisted giving a number. Asked for $165k after initial offer of $150. Think I could have gotten more, but I was perfectly happy with this step forward in my career. | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | durrneez | 7/1/2022 | Software Engineer | $100,000.00 | $110,000.00 | $10,000.00 | 10.00% | Looked up average salary for software engineer in company's city, provided a link to that data on Glassdoor and asked if they can get closer to the average. They came back with $110k. | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Adhemar | 7/1/2022 | Sr. Backend Engineer | $230,000.00 | $175,000.00 | $50,000.00 | $10,000.00 | $65,000.00 | Had other offers and resisting giving a number first. Also researched their comp on Blind. I countered with a much higher number than I would have otherwise been comfortable with. | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Anonymous | 4/14/2022 | SAP Basis Administrator | $90,000.00 | $97,000.00 | $7,000.00 | 7.78% | Asked for $110k after their initial offer. Smaller company, but very cool and open to negotiation. Mid-level role. | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Sundae | 12/30/2021 | Principal Engineer | $225,000.00 | $190,000.00 | #REF! | $0.00 | 36% | 10% Salary Guaranteed 401k Contribution | $53,840.00 | Negotiated around a promotion. Numbers include increased bonuses, salary, and $-impact of various percentage-based benefits. Total comp approx: $277,400. | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | Anonymous | 9/17/2021 | Technical Account Manager | $142,000.00 | $142,000.00 | 0 | 0.00% | $12,000.00 | $8,000.00 | 4 shares of RSUs = ~$12,000 | $32,000 over 4 years | The offer was already obscene - total first year comp $190,500. I asked the recruiter "Can you help me get closer to 235" and he came back with a first year comp of $202,000 and said that what I was asking for was above the pay band and he couldn't. Its possible that I could have pushed for non-money comp like PTO. Maybe I should have. | |||||||||||||||||
15 | 7/27/2021 | Electrical Engineer | $195,000.00 | $205,000.00 | $10,000.00 | 5.13% | $65,000.00 | $75,000.00 | Never don't negotiate. Would have been happy with initial offer. | ||||||||||||||||||||
16 | stellers bae | 6/15/2021 | Senior Director | $185,000.00 | $200,000.00 | $15,000.00 | 8.11% | $15,000.00 | I told them what I was working for (shouldn't have because it was $150k or so), low balled me, I refused, got a better offer, I refused again, and then got to $200k. BATNA was critical here, I had a job I was OK with and didn't really care lol | ||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Anonymous | 6/10/2021 | Software Engineer | $140,000.00 | $150,000.00 | $10,000.00 | 7.14% | $10,000.00 | 16% | $10,000.00 | $25,000.00 | My employer declined a 5.0% requested salary increase, so I looked somewhere else and got +60.0%. | |||||||||||||||||
18 | Good Parmesan | 4/14/2021 | Senior Marketing Specialist | $80,000.00 | $85,000.00 | $5,000.00 | 6.25% | $4,250.00 | Had another job, asked for $95,000. | ||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Shats Basoon | 2/15/2021 | Data Scientist | $62,000.00 | $68,000.00 | $6,000.00 | 9.68% | Intial offer $62k. Asked for $68K and was accepted with no counter/extra work | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Anonymous | 2/1/2021 | Intermediate Software Engineer | $85,000.00 | $90,000.00 | $5,000.00 | 5.88% | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.00 | $5,000.00 | All values CAD, no competing offer. Just straight up asked for $5,000 and got it. | |||||||||||||||||
21 | 12/1/2020 | Software Engineer | $140,000.00 | $150,000.00 | $10,000.00 | 7.14% | $1,500.00 | $11,500.00 | Used offer from another local company I was interviewing with but didn't really want to work for as leverage. Just the fact I had that leverage probably added a healthy 10-15k to their initial offer | ||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Hoodwinker | 9/27/2019 | Software Engineer | $159,000.00 | $180,000.00 | $21,000.00 | 13.21% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Anonymous | 9/24/2019 | Bioinformatics Senior Scientist | $110,000.00 | $130,000.00 | $20,000.00 | 18.18% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | RustedChainsaw | 6/4/2019 | Product Manager | $100,000.00 | $105,000.00 | $5,000.00 | 5.00% | $5,000.00 | $10,000.00 | Unlimited | $5000 base + $5000 signing bonus | Given initial range of $90,000 - $110,000 during interviews. Asked for $110,000. Came in initially at $100,000 + $10,000 bonus. I asked for $110,000 base + $10,000 bonus. They came back with $105,000 + $10,000 bonus. I asked if there was any more wiggle room citing a loss of a tertiary benefit, they threw in an additional $5,000 signing bonus | |||||||||||||||||
25 | Vayra | 5/6/2019 | Data Analyst | $70,000.00 | $72,000.00 | $2,000.00 | 2.86% | $200.00 | $2,200.00 | Received offer for 70k, sent a quick email saying I'd be more comfortable with 75k, got 72k, accepted it. An extra few grand a year (plus higher base for COL adjustments, bonus, etc...) for 30 minutes of anxiety in writing the email is pretty good. | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | 4/1/2019 | Electrical Engineer | $95,000.00 | $110,000.00 | $15,000.00 | 15.79% | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2,000.00 | $15,000.00 | Started at 95. Asked for 130. Probably could have gotten at least $5k more. | ||||||||||||||||||
27 | Anonymous | 1/12/2019 | Project Manager | $80,000.00 | $85,000.00 | $5,000.00 | 6.25% | $5,000.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Anonymous | 12/1/2018 | Chemist | $68,600.00 | $70,000.00 | $1,400.00 | 2.04% | $2,000.00 | Relocation | Countered offer with 72k, got 70k + 2k signing bonus plus 2.2k more relocation assistance than initally estimated. | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | Anonymous | 10/1/2018 | Financial Analyst | $54,000.00 | $55,000.00 | $1,000.00 | 1.85% | Never don't negotiate. Would have been happy with initial offer. | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | idiot of the legal system | 8/18/2017 | Grants Associate | $42,500.00 | $45,000.00 | $2,500.00 | 5.88% | User Profile (find p | |||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Keshik | 6/2/2017 | Media Operations | $52,000.00 | $65,000.00 | $13,000.00 | 25.00% | Relocation, corporate apartment while finding my own place | $2500 + ?? | My company was bought, new company offered to keep me on with a small raise. I listed everything I've done for the merger and they did not meet my "fuck you" counter of $74k, but went to $65k and improved the relocation. It's $5k more than I was expecting so I'm good. Plus stock options later | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | 3/15/2017 | Assistant Professor | $79,000.00 | $82,000.00 | $3,000.00 | 3.80% | $115,000.00 | $118,000.00 | negotiated for a much much higher research startup - probably academia specific. it's not 'my' money, but i can do a hell of a lot with it | ||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Anonymous | 1/15/2017 | Software Engineer | $100,000.00 | $120,000.00 | $20,000.00 | 20.00% | Annual raise. Initial raise was about $5000ish to put me exactly at 100K. Told them I was looking for 120. A few weeks later sat down and they offered 110. Smiled and said that's halfway there, explained the contributions I've made and walked out with 120. | |||||||||||||||||||||
34 | tentawesome | 12/23/2016 | News Producer | $45,000.00 | $46,000.00 | $1,000.00 | 2.00% | $1,500.00 | $2,500.00 | Had multiple job offers and negotiated moving assistance. | |||||||||||||||||||
35 | Anonymous | 9/17/2016 | Technical Consultant | $93,000.00 | $96,500.00 | $3,500.00 | 3.76% | 10% | Unlimited | Pre-IPO equity | They gave an already market competitive offer and I asked them to sweeten it a bit. They did and added another 33% of equity on top of it without me asking. | ||||||||||||||||||
36 | Sundae | 5/2/2016 | Senior Engineer: Note, Negotiated Bonus | $131,224.00 | $132,224.00 | $1,000.00 | 0.76% | $20,000.00 | 28% | $60,000.00 | Demanded $138K based on cost of living comparison to existing job (Salary to Rent comparison), received $132K plus a signing bonus as counteroffer. Total annual compensation (excl. signing bonus) = $199,246 | ||||||||||||||||||
37 | anonymous | 3/10/2016 | energy consulting | $25,000.00 | $28,000.00 | $3,000.00 | 12.00% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | anonymous | 3/1/2016 | Network and Security Engineer | $68,000.00 | $71,500.00 | $3,500.00 | 5.15% | Asked for 80k, expected 75k, counter was 71.5 which turned into the new company baseline | |||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Good Parmesan | 1/31/2016 | Marketing Coordinator | $40,000.00 | $45,000.00 | $5,000.00 | 12.50% | Asked 50k | |||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Anonymous | 12/1/2015 | Materials Engineer | $95,000.00 | $95,000.00 | $0.00 | 0.00% | $3,750.00 | $3,750.00 | Silicon Valley, entry level out of school. Gained $15,000 over 4 years additional equity from negotiating. Couldn't get more. | |||||||||||||||||||
41 | Tots | 11/1/2015 | System Analyst | $65,000.00 | $69,000.00 | $4,000.00 | 6.15% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | anonymous | 10/2/2015 | Chemical Engineer | $132,250.00 | $136,850.00 | $4,600.00 | 3.48% | $10,000.00 | $10,000+4,600/yr | Demanded actual number for COLA before signing, ended up COLA would have been 0 so got 4k/yr tacked on. Used competing offer to gain 10k signing bonus. | |||||||||||||||||||
43 | -S- | 10/1/2015 | Product Manager | $95,000.00 | $105,000.00 | $10,000.00 | 10.53% | $5,000.00 | 5% | 0.00 | $10,000.00 | $20,000.00 | Anchored high, was willing to walk away. | ||||||||||||||||
44 | Anonymous | 7/8/2015 | Senior Financial Analyst | $88,000.00 | $90,000.00 | $2,000.00 | 2.27% | $300.00 | $2,300.00 | Internal promotion - got them up another $2k, plus around $300 in incremental bonus I will get as a result of having a higher base salary. | |||||||||||||||||||
45 | 6/15/2015 | Environmental social scientist | $57,000.00 | $67,000.00 | $10,000.00 | 17.54% | |||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Uranium 235 | 6/4/2015 | Healthcare Professional | $105,000.00 | $112,000.00 | $7,000.00 | 6.67% | $7,000.00 | Applied to job that opened up in same city, which isn't common and I couldn't relocate. Avoided disclosing my salary until late in the interview process. Was made an offer, countered with 120k. They came back with 107k, I said no, they came back again with 112k. I wanted more, but lack of options in my area and better working environment/team convinced me to accept 112k. | ||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Not Grover | 6/1/2015 | Licensed Veterinary Technician | $29,000.00 | $32,000.00 | $3,000.00 | 10.34% | $3,000.00 | Asked for a bigger raise than offered after 1 year. Again had no competing offer, but did have several project/initiatives to rely on to back up my increased pay request | ||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Anonymous | 3/10/2015 | Outside Sales | $46,500.00 | $50,000.00 | $3,500.00 | 7.53% | $2,500.00 | $6,000.00 | Asked for more due to generic "reasons" and asked to be comped for current jobs comission I'd be giving up by quitting, hence the "addtl comp" amount. They countered on the increase I asked for and I accepted the counter. | |||||||||||||||||||
49 | Anonymous | 1/1/2015 | Chemist/Manager | $60,000.00 | $66,000.00 | $6,000.00 | 10.00% | $2,000.00 | $8,000.00 | Negotiated a raise on a promotion that didn't initially have one | |||||||||||||||||||
50 | Dwight Eisenhower | 10/1/2014 | Software Engineer | $134,000.00 | $135,000.00 | $1,000.00 | 0.75% | $1,000.00 | Asked for a bigger raise than offered confidently after successfully leading a year long consulting team, got it | ||||||||||||||||||||
51 | -S- | 7/1/2014 | Technical Analyst | $65,000.00 | $90,000.00 | $25,000.00 | 38.46% | $0.00 | 0% | 0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | Negotiated a raise with a non-existent offer. Just had a baby and was desperate. I do not recommend this strategy, because I have no idea what I would have done if they'd have turned me down. | ||||||||||||||||
52 | Not Grover | 6/1/2014 | Licensed Veterinary Technician | $22,000.00 | $27,000.00 | $5,000.00 | 22.73% | $5,000.00 | Did an externship at the clinic while in school, prior to offer. Had no competing offer, but I was a known quantity and knew they were badly in need of another (licensed, in particular) technician. | ||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Anonymous | 6/1/2014 | Software Engineer | $105,000.00 | $118,000.00 | $13,000.00 | 12.38% | $13,000.00 | Put together a raise request proposal using advice from the thread; ended up getting exactly what I asked for and being promoted to make the salary bands work. | ||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Dwight Eisenhower | 10/1/2013 | $105,000.00 | $125,000.00 | $20,000.00 | 19.05% | $20,000.00 | Took comparable offers to employer and demanded they meet market conditions | |||||||||||||||||||||
55 | anonymous | 10/28/2012 | (Software) Developer | $160,000.00 | $175,000.00 | $15,000.00 | 9.38% | $10,000.00 | $10,000.00 | Made ~80k. Had a 125k offer at another company. Got offered 160k plus 10k signing bonus here in a more expensive place. Negotiated to 175k, 20k signing and 10k for relocation very easily - as if the second offer was already prepared and the guy just waited for me to ask for it. (Initially I asked for more signing bonus and he responded by offering more salary....okay I'll take it.) | |||||||||||||||||||
56 | moana | 6/1/2012 | Tutor Manager | $60,000.00 | $72,000.00 | $12,000.00 | 20.00% | $7,200.00 | $2,160.00 | $21,360.00 | Negotiated raise on promotion to management and switch from IC to salary. Came in with lots of number to back up my counteroffers. | ||||||||||||||||||
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