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Negotiate. It's always an option in my experience. (For example, I've negotiated the text of offer letter and IP/confidentiality agreements at most of my employers).

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Thats negotiation of terms, not the money.

I think that generally money is by far the easier thing to negotiate than terms. Even if just because a change of terms often needs to be approved by lawyers, whereas a change of $ amount can be approved directly by the parties doing the negotiation.

I think that generally money is by far the easier thing to negotiate

And here's something to back you up: http://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/hvv2m/i_wor...

It is so fun to call someone's bluff like this. "The offer is fixed, take it or leave it." "OK, bye." "Waaaaiiiit, we didn't really mean it!"

I've only had the chance to do this once, with pretty small potatoes stuff, but damn if it wasn't absolutely delightful.

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