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What real people say about Fearless Salary Negotiation
I was able to almost double my sign-on bonus and equity, resulting in a $100,000 increase over the original offer in year one total compensation and a total increase of $405,000 over five years. If I had taken the original offer, reaching my retirement savings objective would be delayed by seven years!
I’d recommend working with Josh at a certain comp level. As the numbers get bigger, you need more professional support. I hired a financial advisor when my retirement savings approached $1 million. Same thing here.
I didn’t want to get too emotionally involved in the negotiation — not too confident, not too timid. Having Josh as an experienced coach by my side was an important check on my emotional involvement and I learned a lot about negotiation strategy. I negotiated for an additional $24,000 and large upside potential in bonuses. Josh helps you get not only the best deal, but also the fairest one for all parties.
Josh provided the insight and guidance I needed to be confident throughout the negotiation process. I know that because I had Josh’s help, I asked for more that I would have on my own. I negotiated $20,000 more in salary and a substantial increase in equity.
Josh also put my own desires ahead of his own; there was a part of the negotiation process where he could have tried to influence me in a direction that would result in a larger fee for himself. Instead he discussed the options with me, provided me with enough information, and encouraged me to make the decision that was best for me.
I negotiated $8,000 more salary, and I can confidently walk through the door on my first day knowing that my employer values me and that I am an asset to the company.
Letting the company name the first number led to an offer of 2x what I currently make and negotiating quickly increased it by another $10k. I was looking for more flexibility in scheduling, which didn’t happen, but I felt Josh gave me the best chance of realizing that if it were an option. Knowing I gave it my best, now I can let the job go and be more confident sticking to my values and commitments in future job searches and negotiations.
I negotiated a $5,000 base salary increase, a $5,000 sign-on bonus and a 9:45–4:00 work schedule.
Josh helped me negotiate with Alphabet to get an additional $160k in annual compensation.
It’s like professional sports — if you don’t have film on your opponent and you go into a game without any scouting report, you’re in big trouble. Josh has ‘the film’ on Alphabet and other tech companies. He knows who you’re dealing with and that’s a huge advantage.
Bringing on Josh made a huge difference for me — no way I would have ended up with that number without his help. Whether you’re a mid-level engineer or an executive — to me it’s a no brainer to work with Josh.
Working with Josh was the best decision of my career so far. I felt like I had a secret weapon for job interviews and salary negotiation.
With research and a good plan, I got a $17,000 raise! Now I know I’m valued and I can finally stop worrying about whether I was underpaid.
I applied Josh’s salary negotiation method and got a much better job where I’m paid what I’m worth. In less than a week, I interviewed for and negotiated a new job with a base salary increase of $15,000!
Josh prepared me for every call and every email during my salary negotiation. His help repositioning and rephrasing emails not only helped with this negotiation, but helped me see how rephrasing an email can paint it in a much different light.
Josh helped me get the strongest possible offer. It wound up being pretty close to the initial offer, but I got a higher signing bonus (+$15,000 over the original offer). It was really helpful to have someone I could trust to check in and get an opinion. I feel a lot better about starting my new job knowing that I’m at the top of the salary band. I don’t feel like I’m trying to play catch-up to where I “should” be valued.
Perhaps the only concern I had about hiring Josh was that I hadn’t seen a lot of personal references online and I was going off Patrick McKenzie’s word on Twitter alone. But it went well! I negotiated a $25,000 signing bonus.
Working with Josh went splendidly. I negotiated €9.600 more base compensation, €10.000 signing bonus and €11.600 more equity. The best part was definitely getting a pre-written counter offer. I would not have known how to formulate and focus on the value I am bringing to AWS half as well as Josh did.
For a small amount of money I was able to speak to Josh about my situation. With his help, I was able to gain $2K in base salary. All I needed to do was send an email and make a phone call.
Before I hired Josh, I thought, “I’ve watched all of his Youtube videos, what’s the value add of actually working with him?” I doubt I would have had the confidence to make a 20% counteroffer without walking through Josh’s process with him. On top of gaining more financial freedom and the freedom to relocate, I’m confident that I’m not leaving money on the table.
I’d heard the company I wanted to join made strong but fairly inflexible offers, and so I thought there may not be enough room to negotiate to make up for the up-front coaching fee. But I decided to work with Josh anyway and got a great outcome. The company made a strong initial offer and with Josh’s help, we added an additional $100k in bonuses — a $50k signing bonus and a $50k second-year bonus.
Josh’s pricing was significantly higher than anyone else, but it turned out to be just what I was looking for. With his advice, I negotiated $28,000 more salary and $30,000 more signing bonus. His responsiveness was really great during this process and probably one of the key reasons I’d recommend him as a coach.
Because it’s a niche role and because my situation was unique, coming at me with a one-size-fits-all type approach to the negotiations would have been such a turnoff because that’s not what I needed. I wouldn’t have felt confident that we had optimized the plan if I’d been given cookie-cutter advice. Josh was really in-tune with the details. I finished the negotiations with the peace of mind that this is the fair market value for this niche role.
I weighed the cost/benefit of hiring Josh. There are other far less expensive options and I believe I could have done pretty well negotiating myself, but you tend to “get what you pay for”.
The process was enjoyable, Josh was quick to help, and the results were strong. I ended up with a $50k+ increase in compensation year one and I have a good four-year outlook that I’m happy with.
“I wanted to maximize offer value and come off as a professional when asking for more money. I wasn’t sure if I’d get an ROI from hiring Josh, given the high cost.
Josh gave me great email drafts and talking points. I negotiated $75k more in salary and a $25k bonus. It’s good to know I’m valued at the company and helps with my motivation.”
I wanted to negotiate without the risk of getting an offer rescinded. I had successful negotiations with two companies (one of which was Google) to raise the offers past what was originally offered – $2000 more in salary at one and a $10,000 signing bonus at the other. Having Josh as a coach gave me reassurance after every engagement with a company that everything was going alright despite my own perceptions.
I’ve never negotiated an extra dollar for myself in any job offer or raise, and I had tried a couple times before. The fact that Josh helped me get an additional $74,000 was amazing. It wasn’t unexpected to get more money, but it was unexpected to get that much more money.
The $3000 upfront fee was my biggest concern about hiring Josh. I was worried that maybe Google would be unwilling to negotiate or perhaps even rescind the offer and I would end up with nothing. I ended up negotiating more equity (and it more than covered the coaching fee). I know that I got the best possible offer. I also learned about negotiation strategy and how to handle this situation in the future.
Having a professional involved allows me to not overthink and overanalyze the process. I can throw out ideas, have them approved or not, without having to spend hours and hours agonizing over the decision tree. With Josh’s help, I negotiated $30k more salary, $50k more bonus, and $100k more equity.
I always try and convince folks to hire Josh. I consider myself above average at negotiation (and some of that was learned from Josh and his book), but I would still much rather have the guidance of a professional to get the max comp offer and peace of mind.
The value added by working with Josh is clearly more than the cost of his service. I negotiated a higher compensation package with $8,000 in additional base salary. The company also set the expectation that I would be promoted (performance pending) within a year to a staff engineer position with a higher pay band ranging from $175,000 to $195,000.
I would highly recommend Josh as a salary negotiation coach because has the knowledge and experience of what it takes to maximize your salary and total compensation.
The biggest risk is not taking any risk. Most of my friends were reluctant for me to work with a salary negotiation coach. They thought I was crazy because I had to pay a lot in fees for the service. However, I took a risk and guess what? I received more money from the company than I expected. For my first year, I am receiving $35,000 more for my sign-on bonus and a few thousand more in equity.
With Josh’s help, I negotiated increased offers from Facebook, Amazon and GitHub. GitHub was the lowest offer, but they came up quite a lot with a $25k signing bonus, a $15k increase in salary, and a $32k annual increase in equity. The offers got close enough to each other that I could decide based on other more intangible factors and choose the opportunity that was the most compelling for me personally.
Thanks to Josh’s inspiration, last month was my 1 year in my current job and I just negotiated a 20% bump in my base salary!
I improved my job offer by nearly $16,000 by working with Josh. I also gained a lot of reassurance in the process and he helped me fine-tune specific points as I planned my negotiation.
Josh’s coaching paid for itself many times over in a 3-minute conversation with HR, where I earned another $6,000 in base salary and a $3,000 incentive bonus!
I negotiated a $300,000 higher RSU grant, $20,000 higher base salary, and $20,000 higher signing bonus.
The salary increase alone was worth much more than the initial investment.
I wanted professional assistance for salary negotiation and reached out to Josh. With Josh’s help, I improved my job offer by 10.5% plus an additional $5,000 in stock and a nice signing bonus.
I was worried about how to deal with the expected salary question, which led me to do a strategy session with Josh.
I did not want to get to my next job and realize I came in too low or underleveled because I didn’t believe in myself or thought I would prove myself after I was hired rather than entering at my value. With Josh’s inside knowledge of how leveling works, I was able to hit pause on an L6 offer and inception my way to an L7 over six months. In the negotiation, we left NOTHING on the table. NOTHING. I negotiated for an additional $80k signing bonus, or $40k a year.
Josh’s advice helped me land a better job and a bigger salary with more benefits than I even thought possible. Eric Macam, Lead Scientist
I reached out to Josh for coaching because I was unsure of what the potential ceiling was, and was concerned I had low balled myself when the recruiter initially asked about my salary expectations. The outcome was fantastic! I felt Josh had my best interest in mind throughout the entire process, and he got me almost back to the initial counter. I had no idea we could get the bump that we did. I negotiated $14k more in base salary, $32k in year 1 bonus, $50k in year 2 bonus, and 500 more RSUs.
The extra $6,000 helped me afford my dream apartment in a safe, well-kept area where my family can rest easy.
I perceived the upfront cost of a strategy session with Josh as really high. I was also worried the advice would be too generic, too geared to large companies, and not informed about startup equity packages. The advice I received was comprehensive and very precisely tuned to my situation. I negotiated $5,000 more salary and came away with the confidence I wasn’t leaving money on the table.
A small investment, compared to what I had to lose.
Josh’s coaching service was a lot of money, but it was worth far more than the cost. I think the company I was negotiating with was looking at hiring in the $175k range, but I was able to negotiate about $40k over and above that with Josh’s help. Even a small bump in your salary will easily pay for the salary negotiation coaching.
I felt super confident having a better framework for understanding the whole negotiation process. It was such a relief to have insight into how each step of the process would go, instead of blindly falling through it.
Josh helped me counter more aggressively than I would have while still being polite and reasonable. As a result, I was able to negotiate $10,000 more in salary and 20% more equity than I would have gotten otherwise.
Using the excellent techniques in Fearless Salary Negotiation, I was able to push one offer up £18,000, increased my equity and negotiated a better work/life balance as I now work full time from home.
The coaching fee initially seemed high, but Salary Negotiation Coaching was a great investment that improved my base salary by $15,000.
We negotiated a 25% increase in equivalent pay relative to what I would’ve gotten with the group’s “standard” contract. Not only did I negotiate for higher pay and more non-monetary benefits in my department, but I also have a higher quality of life, more time, and more resources than I would have without Josh’s help.
I worried I was already at the top of my pay range and couldn’t expect much more. Josh helped me successfully negotiate $40,000 more equity and a $5,000 signing bonus! This brings me a step closer to building a family safety net. I also feel more confident in my future negotiations and in helping my partner with her upcoming salary negotiations.
Josh was super responsive during what can be such a rapid-fire process. I felt like I was in good hands and could say and do the right things. I think the part that was most helpful was the template Josh provided that indicated what to say if they came back with a certain offer. This really took the pressure out of messing up the phone call and optimized for the best outcome.
I was concerned about the price of the coaching relative to what I thought I was going to get out of it. Josh helped me ask for a larger salary increase than I would have by myself. I got a $5,000 increase in starting salary – that alone more than paid for the cost of coaching.
The extra 17% base salary I negotiated allowed me to save up a cash reserve so I had greater peace of mind.
I’ve set myself up for compounding increases in incoming cash by starting my Google salary and equity higher than I would have otherwise. I feel like I got the best deal that was available to me and I didn’t leave anything on the table. If I hadn’t hired Josh, I probably would be sitting here today still wondering, “Man, could I have easily bumped this by a bunch of more money?”.
I would have limited my counteroffer to the median market rate for the job title in my location. But in the “list reasons why I’m great for this role” I think Josh saw specific reasons why I could ask for more. He helped me combine everything into a confident, assertive answer without sounding like I was bragging or arrogant. The outcome is literally better than I hoped for. The company initially offered the top of their published pay scale and Josh helped me counter for 17% more in salary, which they accepted.
Working with Josh was great because of the confidence it gave me in the negotiation process to ask for what I wanted and not second-guess myself. I negotiated for less weekend call—25 call shifts in my initial offer down to 15 call shifts—which gives me more free time with my baby and family, and a better work-life balance.
I hired Josh because I didn’t want to leave money on the table. I negotiated a $10k sign-on bonus and $7k more in base salary. I feel it adds more credibility to my own worth – and I know I shouldn’t use a number to justify my self-worth, but it helps :)
My past negotiations have honestly been terrible where I never felt like I had the upper hand. Josh’s coaching gave me confidence in the negotiation process. Because I knew Josh had gone through this before, I knew I wasn’t asking anything too crazy / offensive of Apple. We ended up negotiating $35,000 more in base salary, $300,000 more total equity (vesting over four years), and $25,000 more sign on bonus.
My main concern before engaging Josh was whether it would be worthwhile. What if the change was so small I could have negotiated it on my own? Everything went better than I expected. With Josh’s help, I negotiated $10,000 more salary on an offer I was willing to take – which turned a lateral move job offer into a raise.
We negotiated $11,000 more salary and $55,000 more in equity, plus a front-loaded vesting schedule (33%, 33%, 22%, 12% as opposed to 4 x 25%).The compensation already seemed very generous before we negotiated, but a total increase of $99k over 4 years will make a huge difference in my life.
I had a lot of people tell me this would pay for itself in increased wages. My total compensation literally doubled as a direct result of this engagement. Beyond that, I negotiated $25k more total compensation and $15k more sign-on bonus. I owe a few beers to the people who recommended Josh to me :)
My major concern was making sure I get the maximum compensation package that was available to me. Working with Josh, I successfully negotiated $100,000 more equity over the course of four years and overall feel like I achieved a very competitive level of compensation. Most importantly for me, I learned how to communicate my financial asks and about the general process and the methodology of salary negotiation.
Having Josh as a coach meant that I had a like-minded individual on my side who is an advocate and has a rooting interest in my outcome. I negotiated $8,000 more in the base pay salary, which directly increased my annual bonus payout target (as the percentage is tied to the base pay), plus $10,000 more in RSUs.
Josh’s thought process for what number made the best sense given how difficult it is to break the $200k barrier was very helpful. I negotiated for $5,000 more base salary, $50,000 more equity and a $10,000 signing bonus increase without having to do multiple rounds of countering.
Price, mostly, was my concern about hiring Josh and anything that’d happen if things didn’t work out (like I’d spend money on nothing essentially). But it went well! I learned a lot about the process and to ask for more and not be afraid. I was able to negotiate a $90,000 increase in my year one compensation with Josh’s help! It gives me a lot more resources to pay off debt — which will really help out my family.
It ended up being worth it to pay for somebody to help me manage and remove stress from the process. I felt far more confident both talking with my future employer and in accepting my offer. I negotiated a conversion of $50,000 from the sign-on bonus to base salary plus a small portion of equity. For me the most important change is getting equity. I wanted to feel like I was bought in and that my relationship with my future employer means something. I really did appreciate the process and have been recommending Josh to friends who may start job searches soon.
My main concern about hiring Josh was the limited online references and external reviews.
I was satisfied with the results. Through the coaching I found that politeness together with boldness can bring big gains. I negotiated a more than $14k total compensation increase. I got a sense of fulfilment and accomplishment for being able to successfully negotiate a salary increase. I was previously unable to, so making this happen this time was important for me.
Josh’s coaching helped me be patient and avoid my usual pitfalls of folding too early. Given that the recruiter was initially fairly persistent in trying to get me to suggest a range at first, I really had to lean into Josh’s coaching to avoid doing so.
I thought that the process and the end result were better than what I would’ve done myself. I have confidence that the offer I got from the recruiter was as good as I could get, even though we couldn’t improve it further because it turned out it was truly the ceiling for the role. I would recommend working with Josh due to the amount of coaching that he went through with me, which I consider helpful far beyond this particular negotiation.
I was looking for help with salary negotiation because I was worried about making decisions and what words to use in my negotiations. I’ve been through a really rough patch over the last 6 months and it’s depleted my capacity to make tough calls.
I was looking for help with salary negotiation because I was worried about making decisions and what words to use in my negotiations. I negotiated for $20,000 more salary and $25,000 more equity. As an added benefit, I got interview tips for next time I’m looking.
I was negotiating more than one offer and I was overwhelmed when one of the recruiters used high-pressure tactics. In that moment, you can’t believe how happy I was that Josh was there to back me up. I negotiated an offer with Facebook with $225,000 in additional equity, meaning I can save more money.
What I liked most was getting another outside perspective. Salary negotiation is a pretty “lonely” activity. On the hiring side, they have a bunch of people involved who can have discussions — recruiter, HR, comp, hiring manager, etc. — and discuss options and strategize… but as a candidate you don’t have a team like that. So the most beneficial thing to me was having someone (besides my spouse!) who I could talk to about the offer, the strategy, the options, and provide some objective and seasoned advice.
I haven’t negotiated in 15 years so I had no idea what to expect/how to even approach it! My concern was the value/cost of hiring someone vs. trying to do it myself. Josh got me additional cash AND helped me navigate the process. He told me what to expect and how to approach every situation that arose. I negotiated an additional 50K in cash as part of a sign on bonus. I feel confident I’m not leaving anything on the table, I feel much more knowledgeable about the process, and I feel like I’m starting my new job off on the right foot.
When I considered hiring Josh to help me negotiate, I had concerns that the company wouldn’t move from their initial offer. Given the amounts I was looking at for this job transition, I decided the initial fee was worth the risk and I expected I’d learn a lot in the process, so considered it a form of tuition.
The initial offer was in the $400k range. We negotiated a first-year improvement of more than $50k, which includes improvements in salary, equity and signing bonus. I learned a lot and I’m very confident I came out ahead. I don’t think I would have asked for what we did on my own.
I found myself in a surprise situation with the company saying “we don’t negotiate offers” after I already hired Josh. It had me afraid that I wasted the $5k fee. Josh helped me navigate a “non-negotiation” to communicate my desired outcome and achieve something workable without endangering the interaction by making it sound too much like a negotiation. I received $30k (>10%) more salary, $50k more equity, and a $42k signing bonus. I completed the process with high confidence that I had the best possible outcome.
Working with Josh went great! I thought I could maybe get a 10% improvement on my own. Together we ended up close to a 20% improvement on an offer that was in the mid six-figures. I didn’t think they’d go that high. I was so stoked. In fact, my message to Josh when I got the offer “holy s&#t. [number redacted for privacy reasons] total. i’m accepting.”
I was worried about not having experience in negotiating with Amazon, given the financial opportunity I had before me. I felt like I was in very good hands with Josh. He gave me clear steps on how to best proceed and we put together a strong case to anchor high from the onset. We ended up at the highest end of Amazon’s range, which is something that I don’t think I could have done on my own, as I’m not sure I would’ve had the confidence to anchor as high as we did in the counter offer.
Working with Josh was amazing and I have already recommended him to several other engineers. Having someone who knows how these companies operate and what normal looks like in a hiring process was one of the most valuable things to me.
We negotiated $30,000 additional total comp. My comp when I started working with Josh was $165k annually. My new comp is 2.5x that amount. I don’t know what to do with the extra money. I guess I’m going to invest it and maybe donate some to non profits I’m affiliated with.
My concern about hiring Josh was that it might not pay off financially. But it went well! We ended up negotiating $10,000 more base salary, over $21,000 more in first-year equity, and a $20,000 signing bonus.
I’m glad I hired Josh. If I hadn’t, I almost definitely would have freaked out when the low-ball offer came in. Josh was very responsive and just knowing that he was there to help at almost a moment’s notice was very calming.
I had multiple offers arriving a week apart and Josh helped me navigate my situation without burning any bridges. He helped me write a strong counter offer. I negotiated $14,000 more in salary and $90,000 more in equity vesting over a four-year period. Josh also helped me deal with my nerves throughout the process, which made the whole process less stressful.
I was worried about going head-to-head with recruiters who do this for a living and wanted to have someone in my corner. Even though my offer did not improve through negotiating, I got a fantastic initial offer and landed the role.
What I liked most was the specificity of Josh’s coaching — the email templates, the “one of 3 things might happen now” scenario, all of that stuff. It made it really easy to navigate the offer process. I feel like I learned a ton about salary negotiation and I’ve gotten more confident in talking with recruiters and pushing back against their tactics.
Working with Josh reduced stress during the negotiation process and I gained experience/collateral for future negotiations. The result I got from coaching wasn’t as much of a slam dunk as I was expecting, but it was still worth it relative to the cost. For my specific case I think most of the comp package was due to interview performance and competing offers rather than negotiation strategy. I’d recommend working with Josh, but more strongly for higher-level positions where value-based negotiation probably plays a stronger role or for companies where comp bands are less tightly defined.
In absolute dollars, Josh is expensive! But obviously in percentages, not so much. I negotiated 30% higher compensation than my initial offer. Josh was incredibly helpful and I think having someone there to coach me through the overly stressful negotiation process made a big difference in my confidence and the ultimate outcome. Plus, I was able to avoid stressing my wife more than I already did through the process ;-)
The coaching fee isn’t a small cost and I was worried I’d spend money for nothing since I wasn’t sure if I would be accepting an offer. I really needed a big jump up in compensation to convince me to leave where I was. I ended up accepting the position and I got a 6x return on my investment in year one alone. I now feel comfortable leaving my job of more than 20 years.
Before hiring Josh, I wasn’t sure if paying $3,000 was worth the money or not. Now, I am convinced beyond doubt. I negotiated a $45,000 increase in signing bonus and vesting equity. I’m very excited and grateful for the outcome. It means salary, etc. is out of my mind now and I can just walk into the job with single-minded focus on getting the job done.
With the monetary value and several other complexities of the offer, I wanted to make sure I was positioning myself in the best way to take full advantage of it. In working with Josh, I had the confidence to be more aggressive in my counter offer. We were able to get an increase of about $20,000 in my annual pay on top of a multi six-figure offer, 3,000 more shares in stock, and a jump to a senior position.
I truly appreciated having Josh walking me through the process and the script/words he provided to help me in every conversation. I had more confidence in my asks and value because of those scripts and knowing I was relying on Josh’s data and experiences. I negotiated an additional $65,000 cash bonus over two years and an additional 13 shares. I’m thrilled with the result and am confident that I was able to negotiate the best deal possible for this role because of Josh’s help.
I got an initial offer that was low relative to the market rate. The recruiter was stern during initial salary negotiations over the phone. Working with Josh, I gained lots of confidence and insights into key drivers going into negotiations. He helped me write down my specific skill sets that are relevant to the job and then carefully build those into a counteroffer. We increased my baseline salary by $10,000, my 1st-year bonus by $9,000 and 2nd-year bonus by $5,000.
I’m very nervous about negotiating. Working with Josh made the whole process a lot less stressful. I think I got a substantially better offer than I could have on my own. I went from a vague offer of ~$200k first year total compensation to $258k. At a rough guess, I think I could have gotten to ~$220k on my own? So that’s a big win and a good cost/benefit.
The coaching cost was a concern for me. Josh’s result fee makes sense, but the $3,000 service fee is not inexpensive. It was well worth it. Josh helped me negotiate an extra $3,000 in base salary, $40,000 in extra sign-on over two years, and around $32,000 in extra equity over 4 years. That’s roughly $84,000 in extra income over four years. I also now have a better understanding of the negotiating process and the confidence to handle this myself next time.
Josh helped me realize my worth in a way that I never thought possible. He helped me negotiate $600k in total compensation, which was beyond my wildest dreams and $20k more than Amazon offered for the position. The money will completely transform my financial security and ability to invest/retire. I also have a better foundation for negotiating any offers in the future (although I’ll be using Josh going forward for every single job).
Having Josh as a partner through the negotiation was priceless. These life changing decisions need to be thoroughly thought through and Josh helped me on that every step of the way.
We negotiated about $75K more in salary; however that was not what I needed to take the role. Josh never pushed me to take it. He genuinely helped me think through what was best for me and my family. I ended up declining the offer, but having the coaching throughout the process gave me confidence and ultimately helped support my decision to walk away.
I will engage Josh’s consulting services again when I get the next offer!
Taking control of that process and successfully negotiating a great salary affirmed my worth as a professional and spoke volumes about how valuable I am to my company.
I was originally offered $165,000 in base salary. As a result of negotiation, I received $170,000 plus an additional $5,000 signing bonus. Even beyond the salary negotiation per se, I found that having a coach guiding me made an otherwise anxiety-ridden process so much easier. My situation was particularly complicated because I used a third-party recruitment firm and they were adding unnecessary pressure and noise. Having an experienced negotiator helped clear the fog. I’d absolutely recommend working with Josh for peace of mind, confidence in negotiation, and avoiding silly mistakes.
I was afraid they wouldn’t offer me enough to accept the offer, but they improved my base salary by $10k and added a $5k signing bonus! Salary Negotiation Mastery opened my eyes and gave me quite the confidence to negotiate!
Every video provided maximum value and information and was the next logical step in the process. The course was laid out logically and very easy to follow.
Using the tools and tactics in the course, I got more RSUs and they offered me bigger sign-on bonus.
I am absolutely blown away by Salary Negotiation Mastery! I was able to negotiate a $22,000 increase in total compensation - that’s a $13,000 increase in base salary and a $9,000 sign-on bonus - from Amazon!
I agonized for days over whether or not to negotiate. Then finally just decided to bite the bullet and use your template. Three hours later I got a better offer with another $4k added!
Thanks so much for the email templates! They helped me figure out what my goal was: to not leave money on the table! I used your “Low-Ball Offer” Template to pull their offer up before negotiating. It was fun negotiating up from their original lowball offer and I was thrilled that they improved their initial offer by 25%.
I used the Fearless Salary Negotiation email templates to get another $5,000!
We used the information to get my wife an additional $7,000 in salary using your counter offer emails.
I gave Fearless Salary Negotiation to my sister. She’s not a SWE, but still works in tech companies and goes through a similar interviewing process. She just started her new job today with a $50k raise over her last s...
IT WORKED!! 😊 I counteroffered $12,000 more than what they offered and we met right in the middle for salary and they gave a $5000 signing bonus!!
Thanks for the tools! They were a success for me! I got an $8,000 pay increase over their original offer!
You should buy Fearless Salary Negotiation.
Fearless Salary Negotiation is so good I bought a copy for everyone our company places.
Used your tips and got 22% higher salary! Thank you!
I was able to negotiate up from an original offer for a contract position at $30/hr (about $62,000/yr) with no benefits to a direct-hire Senior Chemist position paying $76,000/year plus overtime.
Thanks to the ideas and strategies in Fearless Salary Negotiation, I was able to negotiate a $13,000 per year raise. You would be foolish to not invest in this resource. The ROI is ludicrous. Mike G., Chief Financial...
Fearless Salary Negotiation helped me pick up $10,000 that I almost left on the table. Now I’m not concerned about the cost of relocating.
Your tactics helped a ton and I was able to get a 6.3% increase in pay! I only wish I had asked for what your website told me and not a smaller amount that I asked for.
Your book helped me negotiate an additional $10k to my salary offer!
Using your template and modifying it to suit me, I was able to get 22k more than what they offered.
The Fearless Salary Negotiation email templates worked! I used them to negotiate $23,000 above my previous salary!
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I wanted to say thank you for your help. I used your suggestions and as a result, my offer was increased by $3,500. It also helped me negotiate extra vacation time and a flex work week.
Thanks to Fearless Salary Negotiation, I was able to earn another $11,000 with a single email. This is the most valuable email I’ve ever sent, and I wouldn’t have sent it if it wasn’t for Fearless Salary Negotiation.
They came back with an almost $25,000 per year raise, which was way more than I would have even imagined would have happened.
I want to thank you for the advice in Fearless Salary Negotiation! If I would not have taken your advice I would have left $20,000.00 on the table!
Salary negotiation doesn’t have to be scary - it’s a skill you can learn, practice, and improve. Read Fearless Salary Negotiation, take notes, then follow Josh Doody’s step-by-step negotiation process. Your future sel...
Using techniques from Fearless Salary Negotiation—along with the included email templates and worksheets—I accepted a new job after getting my salary increased by $20K from the original offer along with an extra week ...
I followed all of your advice to the letter, and it really paid off.
Fearless Salary Negotiation provides a thoughtful salary negotiation and market research framework. I used it to negotiate $10,000 more in base salary at a new firm.
I just landed a new remote position with a significantly higher salary than I was making before.
It worked! And Quickly at that!!!! I am so happy I purchased your complete set. I utilized the market value, the worksheet for my aggression factor! I countered and was able to secure a base increase of another 2.5% a...
I have read through the first four chapters of Fearless Salary Negotiation thoroughly. It helped me a lot with understanding the salaries and the game behind it. Utilizing the strategies and email templates, I successfully landed a 10% raise in the total compensation I got!
With the tactics in Fearless Salary Negotiation I negotiated an additional $6,000 on my starting salary at my new job as a Senior Software Engineer. And all of my future salary increases will all be relative to this higher starting salary, so I am likely to receive larger raises from here on out.
I made an additional $8,000 in base salary and landed a better job thanks to the interview and salary negotiation strategies I learned from Fearless Salary Negotiation! Now I can do more boring things like save for re...
I was able to get an additional $5k added to my base by simply asking. That $5k has the potential for another $3.5K in additional performance compensation which is almost $8.5-9k more dollars.
I used your approach and negotiated my base salary up $25k and my relocation bonus an additional $10k. Thanks so much!!
I purchased your Complete Bundle. It was well worth the investment. I negotiated a new job offer up $15,000 from the initial offer.
Because of Fearless Salary Negotiation I got an extra $25,000 in salary…which means it could be realistic for my family to stay here instead of having to move somewhere cheaper.
CrossFit isn’t a FAANG company but I’m happy to report that using your templates and advice I was able to add $10,000 to my base salary.
Fearless Salary Negotiation was my go-to guide while interviewing with multiple companies. It gave me the confidence I needed to nail my interviews and land a high paying job on the best possible terms. Without it, I ...
Fearless Salary Negotiation gave me the confidence to navigate between two offers with pressing timelines, resulting in a competitive salary and challenging work. And my wife has used it to negotiate another $9,000 hi...
Thanks to your insight, I was able to negotiate a low-ball offer (less than I was currently making) up 27%!
Just wanted to send you a line and thank you for your book. It helped me negotiate an extra $10K into a recent offer. So now I’m making more than ever, moving out of a dead-end job, and continuing to advance my career. The techniques and approaches you provided were incredibly useful.
I bought your salary negotiation bundle and read the entire book on a Saturday. I was able to negotiate ~$30,000—double my sign-on bonus from $10K to $20K, and increase my base by $20K.
Using the counter offer template along with the Essential Salary Negotiation Email Pack, I negotiated an additional $24,000.
I got a $5,000 increase in my starting salary by asking!
For the first time in my professional career I countered a job offer. And it worked! My new job is paying me 15% more than what they initially offered! I honestly don’t think I would have ever attempted this without having read Fearless Salary Negotiation.
Your great insight allowed me to negotiate a job offer for an increase of $7,000 after countering. Thank you so much,
I would have left a lot of money on the table without this book. Dan Brothers, Territory Manager
Just shooting you a note to say thank you for the short email course that I flew thru yesterday. After receiving 3 offers, I sent a counteroffer to my top choice and went thru the final offer blog post on your site. A...
I wanted to reach out to just say thanks - even being on your listserv and reading some of these anecdotes galvanized me to ask for more and get it. $115k base + no bonus + 500 RSU turned into $140k base + $15k bonus ...
My offer improved by $7,500! And, my employer told me that this showed a side of me that makes them even more excited to have me on their team! :)
I found the guidance and confidence I needed to have my first successful salary negotiation! I only wish I started reading earlier, before I had to enter my “minimum required salary” on the application form. I’m still...
I was able to negotiate an extra $3k into my base. The template was easy to use, and I was able to tailor it to make it my own.
I bought Fearless Salary Negotiation and applied the scripts to get a new job with a 15% increase in salary along with an extra week of vacation.
I want to thank you for your strategy! Using your methods I was able to negotiate a $20k base pay increase with a 20% annual performance bonus! Awesome!
Thanks for your salary negotiation website! I used your advice to prepare for interviews with my dream job, and was able to negotiate a $10k raise and revise a heavy-handed non-compete clause with a single email! Havi...
The process worked like magic. I got a nice 42k increase, or over 25% more than what they provided first.
I started my job search and I decided to purchase Josh’s $49 book and templates, which I’ve been eyeing for a year. I can’t believe it, but thanks to Josh’s strategy and system of salary negotiation, I just got an offer of $80k for a new job – a $35k raise (77% more) over what I make now!!!! :)
I accepted an offer and was able to negotiate an increase in base salary of $4k, an extra week of vacation, and a change in title.
I used the Fearless Salary Negotiation strategy for negotiating an offer and went from $95,000 with a title of Software Engineer 1 to $105,000 with a title of Software Engineer 2. Now I can pay off my student loans an...
At first it seemed pricey, but it was absolutely worth it.
Your stuff is fantastic.
Josh Doody’s newsletter is one of the few career-related newsletters I look forward to reading every week.
Your newsletters are always on point. Thanks Josh!
That was the best email I received all week.
I have accepted the offer! I managed to negotiate an increase or $18K over their original offer, so I’m very happy with the outcome. I will be starting the new job in January.
Thanks again for your writing and your encouragement!
Thank you for the counteroffer email template. I received an initial offer from a company for $125K. We settled on $135K. Thank you so much!!
I am glad to have found your quick salary negotiation tool kit; it was well worth it.
Thank you for the email resources! I just accepted a job in the non-profit industry. I was expecting a serious pay cut coming from the engineering world, but I was able to use your email templates and website to negot...
I am so fired up! The Salary Negotiation Crash Course totally worked!
I just wanted to say thanks for putting your content out there. I used a modified version of your salary negotiation template today and received a fully accepted counter offer! A $6000 increase from their original off...
I sent the first email template and then got an extra $2k base salary. I was hyperventilating waiting for the results, but it was the easiest $2k I ever made.
By buying time and using your lowball offer email template, I have just got a $5k raise to my starting salary. So happy. THANKS. THANKS. THANKS.
The recruiter pushed for my salary expectations and when I had the final salary discussion over the phone, she tried to push back on why I was asking for more since they had “made me such a great offer”. Nonetheless, using Josh’s template and techniques outlined in the Crash Course, I was able to increase the offer by $10k ($35k more than my previous salary). This was my first time negotiating my salary and I will be even more well prepared in future negotiations thanks to Josh’s content.
I just wanted to let you know I just wrapped up a negotiation that netted me $20K. I based my negotiation on your templates and guidelines. This is the best money I’ve ever spent. Thanks so much!
Just wanted to tell you that I used the template and I start my new job today with a $5,000 higher salary than was initially offered. Thank you for making it so easy. One email was all it took. Thank you!!
“Other salary negotiation material tells you to be aggressive but doesn’t give you tactical ideas to simplify the process. The Salary Negotiation Crash Course clearly spelled out calculating the aggression factor in a way that was easy to act on. The standard counter template was a godsend.
I closed the offer in a quick call the day after I made my counter. I got a 25x return on my investment of $97 – thanks Josh!”
I got an extra $6k in salary and a signing bonus of $6k. Very happy with the outcome.
My daughter and I took words and verbiage from two or three of the letter samples to make her counter offer just right for her situation. They came back with another $5,000 per year! She has accepted. Thank you for y...
As one who had not really ever negotiated my salary (certainly not successfully) before, I was able to increase the original offer by $9,000 (12%).
I was indeed able to net a better offer letter: $13k base salary increase over my current salary, $20k annual bonus, and 10k company shares. The Salary Negotiation Crash Course was truly helpful! I wanted to share my...
The most helpful thing about the Crash Course was having exact word-for-word scripts at each step of the process – they gave me the confidence to ask for way more than I would have otherwise. I used the email templates to successfully negotiate an offer $12,000 higher than my original offer (an increase of about 10%)!
The money I spent on your book was the best ROI on anything I’ve bought. :)
I just used your email templates to get an increase of $11k for my offer after negotiation. I’m honestly shocked that it worked!
I wanted to thank you for creating The Salary Negotiation Crash Course. I was shocked when I got a 12% increase and a monthly public transportation allowance, which is exactly what I wanted. I honestly was already hap...
I used your method step-by-step, used your counter-offer email template and - WOW! They came back with an extra $10K (13%). I’m blown away and just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU. I am going to recommend your website ...
I wasn’t sure if the value was there but now that I’ve taken it I can say that EVERYONE should take this course.
My employer adjusted my comp today to $160k. So $123k to $160k = $37k raise overnight.
Josh’s course helped me practice and get comfortable with salary negotiation and has really changed my life for the better. I needed a push and a process, and this course gave me both. When I started the course, I was earning $75k. I’ve used what I learned in this course again and again over the last four years to negotiate several compensation increases ranging between $15k and $40k/year. It’s been a huge part of reaching where I am today—earning 400% more in total compensation than when I first took the course.
My manager said she agrees that my promotion is deserved and that she’s going to do whatever she can to help make it happen.
Josh’s talk is one of the best I have heard on salary negotiation, and our students gave him rave reviews! He is a dynamic speaker, with clear ideas that students can easily remember and apply as a student and continue to apply his negotiation principals as a professional.
The University of Florida’s Career Showcase was the week after Josh’s talk, and a number of students were able to translate Josh’s strategies into successful interviews.
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