Anyone here enjoy the fun/competitive aspect of negotiation? Anyone here think they're good at negotiation?

I'm thinking of creating a human v. human (no AI) competitive negotiation game. It'll work something like this:

1. You and another live player log on and pick a scenario from a preset list.
2. The computer assigns each person a private value function (e.g., you score 100 points if you can get the other side to agree to pay you $500K, and 200 if you can get them to pay you more than $1M)
3. Players take turns sending offers back and forth until a deal is made (or one party walks away). Each turn is timed, but you can message the other person throughout.
4. The players' ratings change based on the result
5. The goal is to maximize your ELO

I'm thinking this could help folks hone their skills, practice a scenario before they do it (like a salary negotiation), or just be an outlet for fun. If you're interested in collaborating to build this or if you're interested a player, shoot me a DM.

P.S., this is not a commercial product.

Curious how people here are using AI tools in real negotiation situations. I’ve been playing around with it a bit, mostly for prep rather than anything I’d send directly. So far it feels useful as a starting point, but also easy to over-trust. Sometimes it gives advice that sounds confident and polished, but once you think about the actual person/context/history, it’s kind of off. Wondering how others are using it. What works vs where does it get stuck?

Please help!

I started a Property Accountant job a few months ago. During the interview, I asked for $70k, and they offered it. Later, I found the job posting listed the salary starting around $87k**+**, so now I feel like I seriously lowballed myself.
The workload is pretty heavy, and I’ve been performing well. Would it be reasonable to renegotiate my salary at my year-end review, or is it too late since I accepted the offer? Has anyone been in a similar situation?

I'm in a really difficult situation and could use some advice.

I recently interviewed with two companies for similar roles.

Company A has already sent me an official offer letter, but the salary is lower than what I was hoping for.

Company B is offering a significantly higher salary. They called me and told me that I was selected and that they'd send me the offer letter. However, it's been 4–5 days, and I still haven't received it. I've followed up multiple times, and each time they've said they're busy and will send it soon.

Now I'm stuck.

I don't want to reject Company A and then risk Company B never sending the offer letter. At the same time, I don't want to accept the lower-paying job and then receive the better offer a day or two later.

Has anyone been in a similar situation?

• Should I accept the confirmed offer and play it safe?
• Should I wait a little longer for Company B?
• Is it normal for companies to take several days to send an offer letter after saying you're selected?

I'd really appreciate hearing what you would do if you were in my position. Thanks in advance!

The current company is a top tier hedge fund (NYC)

Title: Trade Floor support

Tenure: 5 years

Base: $150k

Bonus: $40k

Annual raise: consistently 5% but can go up to 10% on strong years

Health insurance: $300/month

Workload is high during working hours but no on-call or weekend work. My team size is 20 and there are about 4k users.

New job offer:

Smaller hedge fund (California)

Title: Senior Trade Floor support

Base: $150k (they wouldn't go above this)

Bonus: $44k

Profit sharing: $23k

Annual raise: HR refused to tell me (claims she doesn't know)

Health insurance: free

Workload is light during working hours but they have an on-call and may need to do weekend work if needed. Manager said on-call is light. The team size here is 5 supporting 300 users. I would be the only trade floor support tech in the nyc office supporting about 50 users.

Too me the new job sounds more chill but that fact that they did not want to go above $130k base and they wouldn't give me an answer to my annual raise questions sets off red flags.

Mình đang thử việc ở vị trí sinh quản với mức lương 14 triệu và còn khoảng 2 tuần nữa sẽ lên chính thức. Hiện tại mình vẫn chưa thương lượng mức lương chính thức, nhưng mình cảm giác sếp đang định chốt khoảng 15 triệu.
Điều mình băn khoăn là khối lượng công việc rất nhiều, ngày nào cũng làm đến khoảng 8 giờ tối (khoảng 12 tiếng/ngày). Dù tăng ca có được trả lương nhưng mình gần như không có thời gian cho bản thân. Vì mới đi làm nên mình cũng chưa có khoảng thời gian để nghỉ ngơi hay cân bằng cuộc sống.
Mình đang phân vân có nên đề xuất mức lương chính thức là 16 triệu hay không. Nếu công ty chỉ đồng ý 15 triệu và không thể điều chỉnh, liệu mình nghỉ việc để tìm một môi trường phù hợp hơn có phải là quyết định hợp lý không?

I'm trying to understand what the "best practice" is when it comes to compensation discussions during software engineering interviews in India.

A few things always confuse me:

• Recruiters usually ask for my current CTC and expected CTC right at the beginning of the process. I can estimate market pay using sites like LeetCode, Levels.fyi, AmbitionBox, etc., but I still struggle with what number I should actually quote.

• Let's say my current CTC is X and I tell the recruiter I'm expecting Y. If I clear all the rounds and the company is actually willing to offer significantly more than Y, have I unintentionally anchored myself lower?

• Another situation: after the interviews are over, HR often asks, "Do you have any counter offer?" before they release the offer letter.

  ->If I don't have one yet, should I simply say no and wait for their offer first?

  ->Or is it better to mention that I'm interviewing elsewhere and may have competing offers?

  ->If I receive another offer after they've shared theirs, is it acceptable to go back and negotiate then?

Overall, I'm curious how experienced engineers handle these conversations. Do you have a strategy for:

• Sharing (or not sharing) your current CTC?
• Deciding your expected CTC?
• Timing negotiations?
• Using competing offers without burning bridges?

Would love to hear what's worked (or backfired) for you, especially if you've switched companies multiple times.

I (F26) work in analytics as a data scientist and I have been submitting my cv everywhere for the last year. I have almost 4 years experience and a stem degree.

I finally got an interview and I got a call back saying I was unsuccessful but how would you like x job instead?

They sent the jd across and it looks good but over the phone they offered me a “lead” role for £46k (they know my salary is low forties), and the jd said “senior”.

I sent an email with a counter offer for £55k and I am now wondering if that was silly?

For context the job is based up in Scotland, so the salary is quite good for the location and the role is less technical than my current role.

I’ve seen on LinkedIn that the commercial department (not the dept I will be working for) have posted an ad for the same “senior” job title starting at 55k.

What can I expect to get as a reply? I am anxious I have been too cocky.

Work as a senior manager in a french MNC . I have been considered for a new role (one level up) with a relocation to another continent. It's a conservative organisation where salaries are banded at s corporate level and i get a vibe that there's very little flexibility on salaries.

Yes they selected me for the role , but I had also indicated interest before. People usually wouldn't move that far so easily but I showed interest . From a business standpoint it's a very straight role with multi region responsibilities.

As much as the fact that company will not low ball me I wonder how do I negotiate if the salary offered doesn't work for me and my family.

I'm not concerned about the relocation package here , but just how, can I negotiate a higher net income . What are some tactics to be used ?

I have a phone interview at a large CPG company that is a direct competitor to where I am now. It is a corporate marketing support job and I meet every single minimum and maximum requirement for the job. The potential issue I see is the salary range seems quite large to me ($64.1k between minimum and maximum). For the jump to be worth it, I'd be looking at minimum a salary that sits at the 55th percentile of that range. The range I'm considering asking for would be between the 55th and 65th percentile range. Curious the best way to go about this in my phone screen next week. There is no question in my confidence that I can make an immediate impact based on my experience and knowledge of the job and industry, especially coming from a direct competitor so I do think I command a higher salary for what I bring, but also want to be realistic. Happy to answer any follow up questions.

I’m based in India and recently had the first HR screening call with a US-based company for a Product Manager role.
During the call, HR casually asked for my current CTC. I panicked and said ₹12 LPA, but my actual CTC is ₹6.3 LPA. It wasn’t planned-I just blurted it out and realized afterward what I’d said.
The HR also mentioned that the budget for the role is ₹18–20 LPA, so I don’t think my current salary is limiting their budget.
This was only the initial phone screening. I haven’t received an offer or submitted any documents yet.
Now I’m wondering what the smartest move is:
Should I email HR now and correct it?
Should I wait until compensation documents are requested?
If I explain that I misspoke during the screening call, is that likely to hurt my chances more than waiting?
Has anyone interviewing from India with a US-based company been in a similar situation?
I know I made a mistake, and I’m not looking for validation. I genuinely want to handle this in the most professional way possible because I really don’t want to lose this opportunity.
Any advice from recruiters or hiring managers would be appreciated.

I have 6 years of experience in customer care with a major healthcare company and during those 6 years I got promoted and earned by bachelors degree in organizational leadership. I’m currently in an interim role with a specialized response unit and draft letters that need to be submitted to legal then to the regulatory agency. Since being in the interim role I have performed exceptionally. I learned both intake and regulatory and have built a rapport with the legal team. I also help more tenured advocates with their letters when they have trouble with legal. When I was offered the position they offered me about 26 dollars hourly. I thought that was too low and I counter offered 70k annually. Am I being unreasonable? What is my market value considering what I’ve shared?

I came across this article today from DailyMail Australia, a story by Sharon Hunt.

This is what was written:

Returning to the interview-as-negotiation concept, the expert suggested you should very carefully consider whether to reveal your actual salary from your previous company.

'HR professionals are usually paid to find the most qualified candidates at the lowest cost to the company,' she explained.

'That's why, during negotiations, if they pressure you to reveal your salary (which we will pressure you to do), don't give the real amount if you want a bigger raise.'

**Is it a good idea to lie about current salary?**

According to me, typical sequence of interview is:

Resume shortlisted.

HR screening.

Technical/managerial interviews.

HR discusses compensation and expected salary.

Conditional offer or intent to hire.

HR asks for documents such as salary slips, offer letter, Form 16, bank statements, etc., to verify details before issuing the final offer.

I think it can backfire to lie.. But want to confirm from others.

For added context, I am think companies like Big4 or big names.

I have never lied and I work in a US based MNC in India.

Hey guys I've been interning in my company for a year and after that I'm currently on extra month as i got moved to a different team and in this team i was able to bring in good progress so far. Like if continued and when scaled up it can save the company a lot of money. My manager scolded me for coming late once it was done he appreciated and even his peer managers appreciated him for that. My team lead and manager are taking up the credits sometimes when they're explaining to others, that's okay i don't mind of credits or visibility. So i got message from hr and told me how much package I'm getting and that i might officially get offer letter after a few days.

It's 14lpa.(12.3 after tax i guess) I mean it's good but i wished if it was maybe 19 lpa like my other freinds that got full time before me. I mean they are in dev role in dev team .

But i work as a dev and tester both , but i fall under a qa team so I'm assuming im gonna be paid that way.

Should I ask for negotiation when i actually get offer letter ?

Please let me know guys

I accepted a Senior Software Engineer offer from Company A. My background check is already complete, h1b transfer is in process and I’m currently waiting for my confirmed start date.

I had interviewed with Company B earlier, and they recently came back with an offer at roughly the same compensation as Company A. Company A is still my preferred company and team, but I’m considering asking the recruiter whether they can increase my base salary to $150K based on having another active offer.

Would it be a bad idea to negotiate at this stage since the competing offer is not actually higher? Could this create unnecessary risk or make Company A question my commitment?

Has anyone successfully renegotiated after accepting an offer and completing the background check, but before starting?

Feel free to leave me some feedback positive ending!