Salary Negotiation with Candidates

Email Subject Line: Congratulations! (Job title) offer from (company name).

Dear (Candidate name),

I hope this email finds you well.

We appreciate you taking the time to view our employment offer for the [Job title] position. We’ve talked to the head of [e.g. Engineering] and our finance team about your work wage expectations, and we’ve decided to expand our first offer with:

• A rise in annual compensation of [for example, 4%] to a new [name the new salary] salary.
• A $X signing bonus.
• Work from home two days a week or get reimbursed for your commute trip.
• Options on owning company shares
• After an early performance assessment [e.g. six months after start date], re-negotiation of remuneration and benefits package.

Please take into consideration the aforementioned offer and respond by [date]. Meanwhile, if you have any questions, please contact me at [give contact information].

Looking forward to hearing your response.

Kind regards,

(Your name)

(Your Signature)