Negotiate a job offer without risking it

They've offered you the job and the pay is lower than you hoped. Get a polite, confident counter-offer and what else you could ask for if the salary won't move.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

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Help me negotiate a job offer.

The offer: [salary, holiday, pension, hours, hybrid, start date]
What I hoped for: [figures]
Why I'm worth more: [experience, skills, a competing offer if true]
What else matters: [e.g. extra holiday, flexible hours, training, title]
How much I want this job: [e.g. a lot, it's one of two]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A short email: thanks, enthusiasm, the counter-offer with one or two reasons, and an open question.
2. A phone script for the same conversation, with what to say if they say no.
3. Four other things I could ask for if the salary can't move.
4. My walk-away point, worked out with me.
5. A reply accepting the final offer and asking for it in writing.

Leave figures I haven't given as blanks. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English.

For advertised pay for similar jobs in my area, use web search and name the page you used. If it doesn't search on its own, open View all tools and choose Search.

Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. salary, holiday, pension, hours, hybrid, start date: a short note you already have. figures: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

The prompt · Claude

Help me negotiate a job offer.

The offer: [salary, holiday, pension, hours, hybrid, start date]
What I hoped for: [figures]
Why I'm worth more: [experience, skills, a competing offer if true]
What else matters: [e.g. extra holiday, flexible hours, training, title]
How much I want this job: [e.g. a lot, it's one of two]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A short email: thanks, enthusiasm, the counter-offer with one or two reasons, and an open question.
2. A phone script for the same conversation, with what to say if they say no.
3. Four other things I could ask for if the salary can't move.
4. My walk-away point, worked out with me.
5. A reply accepting the final offer and asking for it in writing.

Leave figures I haven't given as blanks. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English.

For advertised pay for similar jobs in my area, use web search if you can and name the page. If you can't search, say what I should check myself.

Stay in this Claude chat. Do not use a connector, and do not open a project that already holds someone else's files.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. salary, holiday, pension, hours, hybrid, start date: a short note you already have. figures: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

You type the offer, what you hoped for and what else matters to you.

The assistant asks what you know about the pay range and how much you want this job.

You get a counter-offer email, a phone script, other things to ask for and your walk-away point.

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Use Claude to negotiate a job offer without risking it

They've offered you the job and the pay is lower than you hoped. Get a polite, confident counter-offer and what else you could ask for if the salary won't move.

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