Prepare what to say when they push back on your number.
Your opening script and likely pushback in one complete free briefing. Text and voice practice are included with Pro.
Free first briefing. No credit card. 60 seconds to start.
Illustrative briefing. Real language. Ten minutes.
Salary negotiation, asking for a $15K raise after taking on team-lead work.
Your leverage is the cost of replacing you, not your past performance. You've been doing team-lead work for six months without the title or pay, that's the gap to make visible. Their concern will be precedent. Your counter is that you're already doing the role; this is correction, not promotion.
"I want to talk about my comp. Over the last six months I've taken on the team-lead responsibilities, running standups, owning the roadmap for our pod, mentoring the two new hires. Based on the market rate for that scope, I'd like to bring my base to $138,500." [pause — wait for them to speak]
"We'd love to but the budget for this cycle is locked."
"I hear that. Two paths: we agree on the number now and it lands at the next cycle in writing today, or we look at non-cash levers, title, equity refresh, a development budget, that get me to the same total comp without touching this year's cash plan."
Preparation you can use.
Verbatim turns your exact situation into a briefing, then lets you rehearse out loud with an AI that pushes back in context. The rehearsal is the part that helps you hear the hard moments before the real conversation.
What you get in ten minutes
Your bottom line.
What you walk away with. What you don't concede.
Practice it out loud with an AI conversation partner.
The AI can challenge your framing, ask follow-up questions, and offer realistic pushback. You practice until the words feel more natural. Every rehearsal is private.
The 48-hour debrief.
Two days after the real conversation, Verbatim checks back in. How did it go? What got said? What's next? And the next briefing with the same person starts from everything you've already learned.
See how saved context works →Free
One useful first read before signup, plus one complete saved briefing after signup.
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Unlimited complete briefings, plus text and voice practice.
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