Salary Negotiation Script

The negotiation script generator creates a personalised, ready-to-send email based on your specific numbers: current CTC, offered CTC, target CTC, experience level, and context (new offer, appraisal, or counter-offer). The output includes three components — a primary negotiation email, and three fallback scripts for different scenarios.

The anchor amount is set 15–20% above your target, based on negotiation research showing that the first number stated has an outsized influence on final outcomes. The walk-away floor is the minimum acceptable offer — typically 15% above your current CTC or the offered amount, whichever is higher.

If you have a competing offer, the script incorporates it without using it as a threat — Indian HR culture responds better to "I want to make this work" framing than aggressive leverage. The three fallback scripts cover: accepting with conditions (earlier appraisal, joining bonus), negotiating non-salary perks (WFH days, notice buyout coverage, extra leave), and gracefully declining while leaving the door open.

A polite counter-offer is normal in India: recruiters expect it, and the usual worst case is that the offer stays where it is. Putting your counter in writing helps, because it gives HR something specific to take to the hiring manager.

You earn ₹12 LPA and receive an offer of ₹15 LPA, a 25% hike. Similar roles pay ₹16–18 LPA, and you have 60 days' notice to buy out. A strong counter asks for a specific number, gives reasons, and offers an alternative:

This works because it shows enthusiasm, anchors on a number backed by market data, and gives HR two ways to say yes. Use the generator above to build the full email with your own figures.

• Joining bonus, often easier to approve than a higher base because it is one-off.
• Notice period buyout reimbursement.
• Fixed vs variable split: a higher fixed share is guaranteed money.
• An earlier appraisal, for example after 6 months instead of 12.
• Relocation allowance, title, remote days or extra leave.

Avoid inventing a competing offer, negotiating after you have signed, or quoting only a percentage hike: anchor on the CTC you want. Check what any figure means as take-home with the CTC calculator first.