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Ten Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer

When the story of how I landed a job at Airbnb went viral, I was surprised at how
infatuated people were with my negotiations. Media stories portrayed me as
some kind of master negotiator—a wily ex-poker-player who was able to con the
tech giants into a lucrative job offer.

This is silly. It’s silly for a lot of reasons, but one of the main ones is that in
reality, my negotiation skills are nothing special. There are lots of job candidates
who are better negotiators than I, to speak nothing of recruiters and other
professional negotiators.

It just so happens that most people don’t negotiate at all, or if they do, they
just negotiate just enough to satisfy themselves that they did.

Worse yet, most of the advice out there on negotiation is borderline useless.
Almost anything you read on the subject will be a vague and long-winded
exhortation to “make sure you negotiate” and “never say the first number.”
Beyond those two morsels of advice, you’re pretty much on your own.

I thought to myself: why is there so little actionable advice out there about
negotiation? I suspect it’s because deep down, many people believe that
negotiation is inexplicable, that it’s something some people can do and others
can’t, and that there’s no real way to break it down so anyone can learn it.

I say that’s bullshit. Negotiation is a skill that can be learned just like any other,
and I don’t believe it’s particularly elusive or hard to understand. So I’m going
to try to explain how anyone can do it.

Three caveats.

First: I’m not an expert. There are people who really are experts at this, and
when my advice contradicts theirs, you should assume I’m wrong.
 Second: negotiation is tricky to generalize about because it’s deeply intertwined
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with social dynamics and power. The appropriate advice for an Asian male in
Silicon Valley may not be appropriate for a black woman in Birmingham,
Alabama. Racial, sexual, and political dynamics accompany you to the
negotiating table.

At the same time, I want to caution against overemphasizing these factors.

Being afraid to negotiate out of fear of discrimination can often be just as
deleterious as discrimination itself.

Ceteris paribus, negotiate aggressively.

Third: I’m the first to admit that negotiation is stupid. It’s a practice that
inherently benefits those who are good at it, and is an absurd axis on which to
reward people. But it’s a reality of our economic system. And like most collective
action problems, we’re probably not going to be able to abolish it any time soon.
In which case, you might as well improve at it.

So here’s my guide to negotiation. It’s going to be split into two parts: this first
part will be about conceptualizing the negotiating process, about how to begin
the process and set yourself up for maximal success. The second part will be
advice on the actual back-and-forth portion of negotiating and how to ask for
what you want.

Let’s take it from the top.

What it means to “get a job”

In our culture we call entering the employment market “trying to get a job.”
This is an unfortunate turn of phrase. “Getting a job” implies that jobs are a
resource out in the world, and you’re attempting to secure one of these
resources. But that’s completely backwards. What you are actually doing is
selling your labor, and a company is bidding for it.

Employment is just striking a mutual deal in the labor market.

 Like any market, the labor market only functions well if it’s competitive. This is
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the only way to ensure fair and equitable pricing. Imagine you were a farmer
selling watermelons. Would you just sell your watermelons to the first buyer
who agreed to purchase them? Or would you survey the marketplace of buyers,
see the best price (and business partner) you could get, and then make an
informed decision on which buyer to sell to?

And yet, when people talk about the labor market, they think “oh, a company
wants to give me a job!
job ! What a relief!” As though having a job were in itself
some special privilege for which a company is the gatekeeper.

Dispel yourself of this mindset.

A job is just a deal. It is a deal between you and a company to exchange labor
for money (and other things you value).

This might sound like an abstract point, but you should absolutely approach
negotiation from this perspective.

The role of negotiation

Negotiating is a natural and expected part of the process of trying to make a
deal. It’s also a signal of competence and seriousness. Companies generally
respect candidates who negotiate, and most highly attractive candidates
negotiate (if for no other reason, because they often have too many options to
choose from).

At the risk of spouting truisms: always, always negotiate. Doesn’t matter how
good or bad you think you are. You never damage a relationship by negotiating.

In all my time as an instructor at App Academy, out of hundreds of offers

negotiated, only once or twice were offers ever rescinded in negotiations. It
basically never happens. And when it does, usually the candidate was being an
unconscionable asshole, or the company was imploding and needed an excuse to
rescind the offer.
 You might think to yourself: “well,
“ well, I don’t want to set high expectations, and the
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offer is already generous, so I ought to just take it.“
it. “

No. Negotiate.

Or maybe: “I
“ I don’t want to start off on the wrong foot and look greedy with my
future employer.“
employer. “

No. Negotiate.

“ But this company is small and—“

and— “

No. Shut up. Negotiate.

We’ll talk more in the next section about why a lot of these objections are
bullshit, and fundamentally misapprehend the dynamics of hiring. But for now,
just trust me that you should always negotiate.

The ten rules of negotiating

I’ve tried to boil down negotiation to ten rules. The rules, in order of
appearance, are:

1. Get everything in writing

2. Always keep the door open
3. Information is power
4. Always be positive
5. Don’t be the decision maker
6. Have alternatives
7. Proclaim reasons for everything
8. Be motivated by more than just money
9. Understand what they value
10. Be winnable

We’ll only get through some of these in this blog post, and the rest will appear
in the second part. But I’ll explain each rule as we get to it.
 So let’s start from the top and try to walk through a negotiation process from
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the very beginning. For most, that starts when you receive an offer.

The offer conversation

You’ve just received the phone call: your interview went well, and after much
deliberation they decided they like you. They want to make you an offer.
Congratulations!

Don’t get too excited though. The fun is just getting started.

Thank your recruiter. Sound excited—hopefully this won’t be hard. Before

jumping into details, try to ask for specific feedback on your interview
performance. If they give it to you, this will help you gauge how much they
want you, as well as tell you things you can improve on in your next
interview(s).

Now time to explore the offer.

Rule #1 of negotiating: have everything in writing.

Eventually, they’ll give you information about the offer. Write it all down.
Doesn’t matter if they’re going to send you a written version later, write
everything down.
down . Even if there are things that are not directly monetary, if
they relate to the job, write them down. If they tell you “we’re working on
porting the front-end to Angular,” write that down. If they say they have 20
employees, write that down. You want as much information as you can. You’ll
forget a lot of this stuff, and it’s going to be important in informing your final
decision.

Depending on the company, they’ll also tell you about the equity package. We’ll
look more specifically at equity in part II, but be sure to write everything down.

The rule from here on out is that everything significant you discuss will have
some kind of a paper trail. Often, the company won’t even send you an official
offer letter until a deal is finalized. So it falls to you to confirm all of the
important details in subsequent e-mails.
 So yadda yadda, lots of details, writing stuff down, oh there’s a joke, time to
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laugh. Now the recruiter is done talking and you’re done asking all of your
questions.

Your recruiter will now say something along the lines of “so
“ so what do you think?“
think? “

This seems innocuous, but your reply here is critical, because there’s a lot you
can say to weaken your position. This is your first decision point.

A decision point is a moment in the negotiation where your interlocutor wants

to compel you to make a decision. If they succeed in tying you to a position,
they will close the door on further negotiating. Of course “what do you think?”
is a subtle prod. But it is the beginning of many attempts to get you to make a
premature commitment.

This leads to rule #2 of negotiating: always keep the door open. Never give
up your negotiating power until you’re absolutely ready to make an informed,
deliberate final decision.

This means your job is to traverse as many of these decision points as possible
without giving up the power to continue negotiating. Very frequently, your
interlocutor will try to trick you into making a decision, or tie you to a decision
you didn’t commit to. You must keep verbally jiu-jitsu-ing out of these antics
until you’re actually ready to make your final decision.

Protecting information
There’s an uncomfortable silence by now, and their “what
“ what do you think?”
think? ” is
hanging in the air.

If you say “yes,

“ yes, that sounds amazing, when do I start?”
start? ” you implicitly accept the
offer and completely close the door on the negotiation. This is your recruiter’s
number one favorite thing to hear. It stands to reason you probably shouldn’t do
this.

But their second favorite thing to hear you say is “can

“ can you do 90K instead of
85K?”
85K? ” This also closes the door, but for a different and more subtle reason. And
 it’s the number one reason why most people suck at negotiation.
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Rule #3 of negotiating: information is power. To protect your power in the

negotiation, you must protect information as much as possible.

A company doesn’t give you insight into what it’s thinking. It doesn’t tell you its
price range, how much it paid the previous candidate with your experience, or
anything like that. It intentionally obfuscates those things. But it wants you not
to do the same.

A company wants to be like a bidder in a secret auction. But unlike the other
bidders, it wants to know exactly how high all of the other bids are. It then
openly intends to exploit that knowledge, often by bidding one cent more than
the second highest bid.

Yeah, no. Screw that. It’s a silent auction, and to keep it that way, you must
protect information.

In many situations, the only reason why you have any negotiating power at all
is because the employer doesn’t actually know what you’re thinking. They might
not know how good your other offers are, or how much you were making in your
last job, or how you weigh salary vs equity, or even how rational you are as a
decision-maker. Bottom line, you want them to be uncertain on exactly what it
would take to sign you.

When you say “can

“ can you do 90K instead of 85K,”
85K, ” you’ve told them exactly what it
will take to make you sign. The sheet’s pulled back, the secret auction is up, and
they’re going to bid 90K (or more likely, 87K). And they know there’s almost no
risk in doing so, because you’ll probably accept.

What if you were the kind of person who wouldn’t even consider an offer below
110K? Or the kind of person who wouldn’t consider an offer below 120K? If you
were, you wouldn’t ask for 90K, and if they offered it as conciliation, you’d tell
them to stop wasting your time.

By staying silent, they don’t actually know which of those kinds of people you are.
In their mind, you could be any of the three.
 A corollary of this rule is that you should not reveal to companies what you’re
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currently making. There are some exceptions, but as a rule you should assume
this. If you must divulge what you’re making, you should be liberal in noting the
total value of your package (incorporate bonuses, unvested stock, nearness to
promotion etc.), and always mention it in a context like “[XYZ]
“ [XYZ] is what I’m
currently making, and I’m definitely looking for a step up in my career for my next
role.“
role. “

Companies will ask about your current compensation at different stages in the
process—some before they ever interview you, some after they decide to make
you an offer. But be mindful of this, and protect information.

So given this offer, don’t ask for more money or equity or anything of the sort.
Don’t comment on any specific details of the offer except to clarify them.

Give away nothing. Retain your power.

Say instead: “Yeah,

“ Yeah, [COMPANY_NAME] sounds great! I really thought this was a
good fit, and I’m glad that you guys agree. Right now I’m talking with a few other
companies so I can’t speak to the specific details of the offer until I’m done with the
process and get closer to making a decision. But I’m sure we’ll be able to find a
package that we’re both happy with, because I really would love to be a part of the
team.“
team. “

Think like the watermelon farmer. This offer is just is the first businessman
who’s stopped by your watermelon patch, glanced over your crops, and
announced “I’ll take all of these right now for $2 a melon.”

Cool. It’s a big market, and you’re patient—you’re a farmer after all. Just smile
and tell them you’ll keep their offer in mind.

And this is super important: always be unequivocally positive.

The importance of positivity

Staying positive is rule #4 of negotiation.
negotiation . Even if the offer is shit, it’s
extremely important to remain positive and excited about the company. This is
 because your excitement is one of your most valuable assets in a negotiation.
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A company is making you an offer because they think you’ll do hard work for
them if they pay you. If you lose your excitement for the company during the
interview process, then they’ll lose confidence that you’ll actually want to work
hard or stay there for a long time. Each of those makes you less attractive as an
investment. Remember, you are the product! If you become less excited, then
the product you’re selling actually loses value.

Imagine you were negotiating with someone over buying your watermelons, but
the negotiation took so long that by the time you’d reached an agreement, your
watermelons had gone bad.

Companies are terrified of that. They don’t want their candidates to go bad
during a negotiation. Hence why they hire professional recruiters to manage the
process and make sure they remain amicable. You and the recruiter share the
same interest in that regard. If a company feels like you’ve gone bad, suddenly
they’re a lot less willing to pay for you.

So despite whatever is happening in the negotiation, give the company the

impression that 1) you still like the company, and that 2) you’re still excited to
work there, even if the numbers or the money or the timing is not working out.
Generally the most convincing thing to signal this is to reiterate you love the
mission, the team, or the problem they’re working on, and really want to see
things work out.

Don’t be the decision-maker

You can wrap up the conversation now by saying:

I’ll look over some of these details and discuss it with my

[FAMILY/CLOSE_FRIENDS/SIGNIFICANT_OTHER]. I’ll reach out to you if I have any
questions. Thanks so much for sharing the good news with me, and I’ll be in touch!

So not only are you ending the conversation with the power all in your hands,
but note there’s another important move here: you’re roping in other decision-
 makers.
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Rule #5 of negotiation: don’t be the decision-maker. Even if you don’t

particularly care what your friends/family/husband/mother thinks, by mentioning
them, you’re no longer the only person the recruiter needs to win over. There’s
no point in them trying to bully and intimidate you; the “true decision-maker”
is beyond their reach.

This is a classic technique in customer support and remediation. It’s never the
person on the phone’s fault, they’re just some poor schmuck doing their job. It’s
not their decision to make. This helps to defuse tension and give them more
control of the situation.

It’s much harder to pressure someone if they’re not the final decision-maker. So
take advantage of that.

Okay!

We have our first offer. Send a follow-up e-mail confirming all of the details you
discussed with your recruiter so you have a paper trail. Just say “just
“ just wanted to
confirm I had all the details right.“
right. “

Groovy. Next step is to leverage this to land other offers and find the best deal
we can find in the job market.

Getting other offers

Turns out, it doesn’t matter that much where your first offer is from, or even
how much they’re offering you. Just having an offer in hand will get the engine
running.

If you’re already in the pipeline with other companies (which you should be if
you’re doing it right), you should proactively reach out and let them know that
you’ve just received an offer. Try to build a sense of urgency. Regardless of
whether you know the expiration date, all offers expire at some point, so take
advantage of that.
 Hello [PERSON],

I just wanted to update you on my own process. I’ve just received an offer from
[COMPANY] which is quite strong. That said, I’m really excited about [YOUR
AMAZING COMPANY] and really want to see if we can make it work. Since my
timeline is now compressed, is there anything you can do to expedite the process?

Should you specifically mention the company that gave you an offer? Depends.
If it’s a well-known company or a competitor, then definitely mention it. If it’s a
no-name or unsexy company, you should just say you received an offer. If it’s
expiring soon, you should mention that as well.

Either way, send out a letter like this to every single company you’re talking to.
No matter how hopeless or pointless you think your application is, you want to
send this signal to everyone who is considering you in the market.

Second, if there are any other companies you are looking to apply to (whether
through referral or cold application), or even companies at which you’ve already
applied but haven’t heard back, I would also follow up with a similar e-mail.

So why do this? Isn’t this tacky, annoying, or even desperate?

None of the above. It is the oldest method in history to galvanize a marketplace

—show that supplies are limited and build urgency. Demand breeds demand. Not
every company will respond to this, but many will.

Isn’t it stupid that companies respond to this though?

Why companies care about other offers

When I wrote about the story of my own job search , I mentioned how having an
offer from Google made companies turn around and expedite me through their
funnels. Many commentators lamented at the capriciousness of these companies.
If Uber or Twitch only talked to me because of Google and until then weren’t
willing to look at me, what did that say about their hiring processes? What
legitimately are they evaluating, if anything at all?
 I think this response is totally backwards. The behavior of tech companies here
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is actually very rational, and you would do well to understand it.

First, you must realize what a company’s goal is. A company’s goal is to hire
someone who will become an effective employee and produce more value than
their cost. How do you figure out who will do that? Well, you can’t know for
certain without actually hiring them, but there are a few proxies. Pedigree is the
strongest signal; if they did it at other companies, they can probably do it at
yours. And if someone trusted within the organization can vouch for them,
that’s often a strong signal as well.

But turns out, almost everything else is a weak signal. Weak in the sense that
it’s just not very reliable. Interviews, if you think about it, are long, sweaty,
uncomfortable affairs that only glancingly resemble actual employment. They’re
weird and can’t tell you that much about whether an individual will be a good
at their job. There’s no way around this. There are a few stronger signals, like
bringing someone in for a week or two on a contract-to-hire position, but strong
candidates won’t consider this. So candidates as a whole have effectively forced
companies to assume almost all of the risk in hiring.

The truth is, knowing that someone has passed your interview just doesn’t say
that much about whether they’ll be a good employee. It’s as though you knew
nothing about a student other than their SAT score. It’s just not a lot of data to
go off.

Nobody has solved this problem. Not Google nor anyone else.

And this is precisely why it’s rational for companies to care that you’ve received
other offers. They care because each company knows that their own process is
noisy, and the processes of most other companies are also noisy. But a candidate
having multiple offers means that they have multiple weak signals in their favor.
Combined, these converge into a much stronger signal than any single interview.
It’s like knowing that a student has a strong SAT score, and GPA, and won
various scholarships. Sure, it’s still possible that they’re a dunce, but it’s much
harder for that to be true.
 This is not to say that companies respond proportionally to these signals, or
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that they don’t overvalue credentials and brands. They do. But caring about
whether you have other offers and valuing you accordingly is completely
rational.

So this is all to say—tell other companies that you’ve received offers. Give them
more signal so that they know you’re a valued and compelling candidate. And
understand why this changes their mind about whether to interview you.

As you continue interviewing, remember to keep practicing your interview skills.

The single strongest determinant of your final offer will be the number and
strength of offers that you receive.

Some advice on timing

You want to be strategic about the timing of your offers. Generally, you should
try to start interviewing at larger companies earlier. Their processes are slower
and their offer windows are wider (meaning they allow you more time to
decide). Startups are the other way around.

Your goal should be to have as many offers overlapping at the same time as
possible. This will maximize your window for negotiating.

When you receive an offer, often the first thing you should ask for is more time
to make your decision. Especially in your first offer, more time is by far the most
valuable thing you can ask for. It’s time that enables you to activate other
companies and end up with the strongest possible offer. So be prepared to fight
for time.

How to approach exploding offers

Hoo boy.

Exploding offers are offers that expire within 24-72 hours. You won’t see this
much at big companies, but they’re becoming increasingly common among
startups and mid-sized companies.
 Exploding offers suck, and I share most people’s disdain for this practice. But I
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do understand it. Exploding offers are a natural weapon for employers to combat
a strong hiring market for tech workers. Companies know exactly what they’re
doing with exploding offers—they play on fear and limit your ability to seek out
counteroffers.

In a sense, it’s unsurprising that if startups have more difficulty attracting and
securing talent, they’d resort to this practice. What I don’t like is the dishonesty
about it. Employers often justify this by saying “If
“ If you need more time than this,
then that’s a sign you’re not the kind of person we’re looking for.“
for. “

Please don’t buy this crap or feel guilty over it. They’re simply doing this to
improve their chance of closing candidates. Needing more than three days to
make a life decision isn’t a sign of anything other than thoughtfulness.

So what should you do if you receive an exploding offer?

Exploding offers are anathema to your ability to effectively navigate the labor
market. Thus, there is only one thing to do. Treat the offer as a non-offer unless
the expiration window is widened.

In no uncertain terms, convey that if the offer is exploding, it’s useless to you.

Example conversation:

I have one big concern. You mentioned that this offer explodes in 48 hours. I’m
afraid this doesn’t work at all for me. There’s no way that I can make a decision on
this offer within a 48 hour window. I’m currently wrapping up my interview process
at a few other companies, which is likely to take me another week or so. So I’m
going to need more time to make an informed decision.

If they push back and say this is the best they can do, then politely reply:

That’s really unfortunate. I like [YOUR COMPANY] and was really excited about the
team, but like I said, there’s no way I can consider this offer. 48 hours just too
unreasonable of a window. The next company I join will be a big life decision for
me, and I take my commitments very seriously. I also need to consult with my
 [EXTERNAL_DECISION_MAKER]. There’s no way that I can make a decision I’m
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comfortable with in this short an amount of time.

Pretty much any company will relent at this point. If they persist, don’t be
afraid to walk away over it. (They probably won’t let that happen, and will come
grab you as you’re walking out the door. But if they don’t, then honestly, screw
‘em.)

I was given several exploding offers during my job search. And every time, I did
essentially this. Every single offer immediately widened to become more
reasonable, sometimes by several weeks.

I want to emphasize, lest I be misunderstood here—what I’m saying is not to

just silently let an exploding offer expire, and assume that everything will be
fine and they’ll still hire you. They won’t. For exploding offers to be a credible
weapon, a company has to have a reputation of enforcing them. I’m saying
explicitly call this out as an issue when they make the offer.

Don’t let a company bully you into giving away your negotiating power.

The Negotiating Mindset

Before we enter into the actual back-and-forth, I want to examine the mindset
you should have as a negotiator. This applies not just to how you approach the
conversation, but also to how you think about the company.

Do not fall into the trap of valuing companies solely along one dimension. That
means don’t just value companies based on salary, equity, or even on prestige.
Those are all important dimensions, but so are cultural fit, the challenge of the
work, learning potential, later career options, quality of life, growth potential,
and just overall happiness. None of these inherently trump any of the other.
Anyone who tells you “just choose wherever you think you’ll be happiest” is
being just as simplistic than someone who says “just choose the one that offers
the most money.” All of these things matter, and your decision should be
genuinely multi-dimensional.
 Be open to being surprised as you explore different companies.
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It’s also important to understand that companies don’t all value you along the
same dimension either. That is, different companies are genuinely looking for
different skills, and there are some companies at which you will be more and
less valuable. Even at peer companies this is true, especially so if you have a
specialized skill-set.

The more companies you talk to, the more likely you are to find a company to
which you are significantly more valuable than the rest. Chances are this is
where you’ll be able to negotiate your strongest offer. It might surprise you
which company this turns out to be; keep an open mind, and remember that a
job search is a 2-sided process.

One of the most valuable things you can do for yourself in this process is to
really try to understand how employers think and what motivates them.
Understanding your interlocutor is extremely important in negotiation, and we’ll
be exploring that a lot in the next blog post.

But most of all I want to emphasize: be curious about the other side. Try to
understand why employers think the way they do. Be sympathetic toward them.
Care about what they want and help them try to get it. Adopting this mindset
will make you a much stronger negotiator, and accordingly, a much better
employee and team member.

Okay. That’s as far as we’re going for today. In the next blog post, I’m going to
cover the last four rules of negotiation. I’ll also go over the actual back-and-
forth process—how to ask for what you want, how to strengthen offers, and how
to dismantle the tricks that companies will try to pull on you. Also a lot more
on the theory of negotiation, which I really dig.

Do share this post if you found it useful! And follow me on Twitter .

You can read part 2 here!

Until next time,

 Haseeb
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Don't "work harder." Instead:

Cut away distractions.

Stop doing fake work.

Ask for help.

Plan.

Solicit criticism.

Automate what can be automated.

Engage your mentors.

Exercise.

Get more sleep.

Whatever you do, don't "work harder." It's pretty much never
the answer.

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