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Prepare a salary negotiation case
Build a negotiation case from market data, your achievements and a target number — including fallback asks and responses to likely pushback.
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Your prompt
Help me prepare to negotiate a raise at my current job during the annual review cycle. My target is a 15% base salary increase, from $95k to $109k.
Build the case in four parts: (1) an opening statement that states the ask directly without over-apologizing, (2) three supporting points drawn only from my achievements below, each tied to a concrete result rather than a general claim of hard work, (3) two fallback asks I could accept if the target number isn't possible (e.g. adjusted title, extra time off, a review date), and (4) short, calm responses to the pushback I'm anticipating. If my achievements list doesn't clearly support the target number, tell me honestly where the case is weak instead of overstating it.
Market data: levels.fyi and two recruiter conversations put this role at $105k-$120k in this city
My achievements:
led the migration that cut our AWS bill by 30% ($40k/year). onboarded and mentored two new hires who are now fully independent. took on the on-call rotation lead after the last person left, with no formal recognition or pay change yet.
Pushback I expect:
manager will likely say budget is frozen this cycle and suggest waiting until next year
Model-agnostic — works in Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or any AI chat.
Why this prompt works
- →Separating the case into opening, evidence, fallbacks and pushback responses mirrors how a real negotiation conversation actually unfolds, so the output is a script to use rather than a essay to summarize on the spot.
- →Restricting supporting points to the achievements actually listed prevents the model from inflating the case with generic claims like "consistently exceeds expectations" that fall apart under a follow-up question.
- →Asking the model to flag a weak case instead of overstating it is the escape hatch here — a negotiation prompt with no honesty check will always find a way to sound confident, even when the underlying evidence doesn't support the ask.