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Here’s a real one, with everything in it worth arguing about.
The offer, as it arrived
About $30,000 under the remote US median for this role and stage.
$137,500 of spread — real, but only on an exit. Not a substitute for cash.
Your cliff lands at month 12, with six months to spare.
Applies however you leave — including if they let you go.
Non-competes, IP assignment, and clawbacks sit at the bottom of the document because that is where they are least likely to be argued with. We read them first.
A strike price and a 409A are two numbers you can multiply. We show you the spread, what has to happen for it to be real, and what it is worth if that does not happen.
Knowing you are underpaid is not useful. Knowing you are $30,000 underpaid, for this role, at this stage, is the sentence you take into the conversation.
Every finding comes with the ask attached — the wording to use, and the order to raise them in. Most people lose the negotiation by not opening it.
Every term weighed, every risk ranked, in about 60 seconds.
Cash comp
$192,500
Base plus target bonus
Equity, on paper
$137,500
Spread at the current 409A
Below market by
$30,000
vs. remote US median for the role
Risks flagged
9
2 shown below
Bottom line
The cash is $30,000 under market, and the equity needs an exit this runway may not reach.
Both are negotiable. Start with the non-compete — it is the cheapest thing for them to give.
The clause is written to apply however you leave — including a layoff. In a company with 18 months of runway, that is the scenario worth planning for. Ask for it to apply only to voluntary resignation, or to be waived entirely if they terminate without cause.
You reach your cliff with roughly six months of runway left. If the next round slips, the equity you waited a year for may never become liquid. Ask when they expect to raise, and whether the cliff can be shortened to six months.
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Drafted and ready to send, with the reasoning behind each one.
No black box, and no assumption you work in tech.
Base and bonus, equity or pension, vesting, severance, non-competes, arbitration, PTO — whichever your offer contains. The terms that cost the most are rarely the ones in the subject line.
Weighed against company stage and role level, so a Series B grant is not measured against a seed yardstick. In education or government, where equity is not the norm, its absence counts for nothing.
A $55,000 offer in education and a $140,000 in tech answer to different standards, so industry is weighed before role, level, and location. Reported as an estimate, not a database lookup.
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