What this prompt does
This prompt builds a complete salary negotiation strategy for a specific tech offer rather than generic advice. You provide the [position], [company], your [current_offer], your [target_comp], and your [leverage_points], and the AI produces a research-backed market range for [location] plus word-for-word scripts for every stage: the initial response when the offer lands, the counter-offer email, the phone call with objection handling, and the final acceptance. Structuring it stage by stage matters because negotiation fails most often at the transitions, where people freeze, over-explain, or concede too early.
The variables make the strategy yours rather than a template. [location] anchors the market range to the right geography, including remote, [leverage_points] shapes how firmly the scripts push and which justifications they lean on, and the gap between [current_offer] and [target_comp] drives the counter math. The prompt also covers equity (RSU and options valuation), signing bonus when base is maxed out, non-monetary items like remote work and PTO, an ethical competing-offer script, and explicit walk-away criteria, all in a confident but collaborative tone with exact phrases to use and avoid.
When to use it
- Responding to a fresh offer when you want to avoid accepting on the spot
- Drafting a counter-offer email that justifies the number instead of just naming it
- Rehearsing phone objection handling before the recruiter calls you back
- Negotiating equity or a signing bonus when base salary is already maxed out
- Deciding non-monetary asks like remote work, PTO, title, or a learning budget
- Setting clear walk-away criteria so you know exactly when to decline
Example output
You get a multi-part strategy: a cited market range for the role and location, then a sequence of ready-to-use scripts covering the initial response, the counter email with justification, the phone negotiation, equity and signing-bonus tactics, an ethical competing-offer leverage script, and the final acceptance email. Each section includes exact phrases to say and phrases to avoid, plus explicit walk-away criteria so you know your floor going into every conversation.
Pro tips
- Be precise with
[current_offer]and[target_comp]; the counter math and the scripts depend on the real gap between them - Set
[location]accurately, including remote, since published ranges swing widely by geography - List only genuine
[leverage_points]; a fabricated competing offer is the single biggest risk in these scripts - Verify the cited ranges yourself, since AI figures can lag the current market by months
- Practice the phone script out loud so the phrasing feels natural rather than rehearsed under pressure
- Use the non-monetary section when base and equity are both maxed; PTO, remote work, and a learning budget are real wins
- Ask it to generate a version assuming the recruiter pushes back hard, so you are ready for real resistance on the call
