1. Extract the offer
Paste the offer and add your constraints: minimum acceptable base, commute, start date, benefits questions, and what you can point to as evidence.
offer packet / response copy · free workflow
Turn a Job Offer Into a Calm Negotiation Prep Packet
Lay out the salary, location, benefits, deadline, and your evidence before you respond to an offer — so your next email is a deliberate request, not a rushed counter.
separates cash from conditionsinstant, inspectable source path
shows the response deadlinenumbers do work in the object
keeps asks tied to evidencesample data is labeled
What this replaces
turns vague “negotiate your salary” advice into a redline packet that separates base pay, variable pay, benefits, deadline, and non-cash asks. The result is a small object you can inspect: it carries a count, a context row, and a next action instead of asking you to trust a paragraph.
Tool note. This workflow uses Microsoft Copilot (free). Microsoft’s official free-Copilot support page was checked on September 12, 2026. Runners-up were a salary calculator (could not read the actual offer) and a generic negotiation script (no deadline or tradeoff map). No market salary claim is made without a source the reader supplies. Redact names, account numbers, and other identifying details before sending anything to an external AI tool.
The handoff
2. Request a bounded packet
Ask Copilot for JSON with offer_fields, missing_fields, evidence, three negotiable asks, tradeoffs, and a deadline. Tell it to label estimates and never invent market data.
3. Choose one ask
Use the packet to select one primary request and one fallback. Write the employer’s deadline and your next human conversation on the same page.
Prompt shape for the external tool: return only JSON in this form — {"heading":"…","metric":"…","rows":[{"label":"…","detail":"…","value":"…"}],"next":"…"}. The companion app below uses the same visible result shape locally and makes no AI request.
Try the offer board
Load a sample, replace it with your own notes, and inspect the generated object. Sample values are illustrative, not verified facts.
Loading the sample object…
What breaks first
A market number is invented
Use only a source you can check; otherwise label the field unknown.
The response asks for everything
Rank one primary ask, one fallback, and a reason for each.
The reader treats an estimate as a promise
Show base, variable, and conditions separately and reread the offer itself.
Boundary. Career boundary: this is negotiation preparation, not legal, tax, or financial advice and it cannot predict an employer’s decision. Check employment terms with a qualified adviser or trusted career professional before signing when the stakes are high.
Go deeper without losing the free path
The free board is complete on purpose. The companion app adds a tangible file, history, or handoff only after the result is useful: a polished one-page negotiation packet and saved offer comparisons; 6 fields × about 3 minutes of manual formatting = roughly 18 minutes avoided per offer
open the offer companion