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Counter-Offer Script Builder

Enter your offer details and top priorities. Get a word-for-word counter-offer script in two formats: phone and email.

How It Works

Most candidates either accept the first number or send a counter that reads like a demand list. This tool helps you frame your ask professionally, pick the right priority, and get the exact words to use on the phone or in writing.

1

Enter your offer details

Input the offered salary, your target, and your top non-salary priorities.

2

Add your context

One sentence on why you are the right ask. This is what makes the script feel human.

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Get two scripts

A phone version and an email version, ready to use or adapt.

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Instructions: Fill in each card below. The more specific your inputs, the more useful your scripts. Every field changes the output. When you are ready, click the button to generate your personalized counter-offer scripts.

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Offered Base Salary
What The base salary number in the verbal or written offer you received.
Why The script uses this number to frame the gap concisely. It grounds your ask in the actual offer rather than a hypothetical.
How to use Enter the number as-is. No dollar signs needed. Example: 78000
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Your Target Base Salary
What The number you actually want to land at. Be honest here. This is for your script, not for the employer to see.
Why The gap between this and the offered salary determines whether the script focuses on salary, a bridge (signing bonus), or skips salary entirely and goes non-salary.
How to use Enter your actual target. If you would accept the offered number with the right non-salary terms, enter the same number as the offer above.
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Your Top Non-Salary Priorities
What The non-salary items that would make this offer meaningfully better for you. Check two or three. Checking more than three defeats the purpose.
Why The script will reference your single highest priority as the lead ask if salary is close or matched. Knowing your top three helps you have the conversation if the first ask gets a "no."
How to use Check the items that genuinely matter to you right now. Do not check something just because it sounds good.
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Why You Are Worth the Ask
What One sentence that grounds your ask in something specific: your experience, a result you have delivered, or a qualification relevant to this role.
Why Scripts that include a brief value statement land better than scripts that are purely about what the candidate wants. One sentence is enough. More than one sounds defensive.
How to use Write one sentence. Example: "I bring seven years of DRG auditing experience and a track record of reducing denial rates by double digits." Or: "I hold my CPC and have supported high-volume coding teams in both hospital and clinic settings."
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Your Timeline Pressure
What How much time pressure you are under to accept or decline. This changes the tone of your ask.
Why If you have competing offers or a deadline, your script can reference that without being aggressive. If you have flexibility, the script signals patience and confidence rather than urgency.
How to use Select the option that best matches your real situation.
Your Personalized Output
Your Counter-Offer Scripts
Two versions below: one for a phone conversation, one for email. Use them as-is or adapt the language to your voice. The structure is what matters most.
Phone / Verbal Version
Email Version

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