Simplify’s Salary Negotiation Service: Pricing, Packages, and How It Works

Simplify’s Salary Negotiation service is a one-time service that pairs you with an experienced compensation negotiator to help you evaluate and negotiate a specific job offer.

Our negotiators regularly represent companies and hiring teams in compensation discussions with candidates. They understand how employers structure offers, respond to counteroffers, assess candidate leverage, and decide whether to increase salary, equity, signing bonuses, or other parts of a compensation package.

This gives you an inside perspective from someone who knows the employer’s negotiation playbook because they use it in real negotiations.

Simplify personally matches each candidate with a negotiator based on their industry, role, seniority, company type, compensation package, and career goals. Instead of receiving generic advice or a standard script, you get a strategy built around your specific offer and the company you are negotiating with.

Simplify’s Salary Negotiation service is separate from Simplify+ and is available to any Simplify user.

Who is Simplify’s Salary Negotiation service for?

Salary Negotiation is designed for candidates who have received a job offer or expect to receive one soon.

It can be especially helpful if you are:

• negotiating a job offer for the first time

• unsure whether your offer is competitive

• deciding between multiple offers

• evaluating an offer that includes equity or startup compensation

• negotiating a senior, leadership, or executive role

• trying to improve your salary, equity, signing bonus, title, or benefits

• concerned that negotiating could put your offer at risk

• looking to maximize your compensation before accepting

Because compensation negotiations usually happen near the end of the hiring process, the service is intended for candidates who are at or approaching the offer stage.

Who will help you negotiate your offer?

Every engagement is led by an experienced negotiator from Simplify’s network of recruiting and compensation professionals.

Our negotiators have spent years:

• negotiating job offers on behalf of employers

• responding to candidate counteroffers

• structuring salary, equity, and bonus packages

• advising hiring teams on compensation decisions

• evaluating offers across startups and established companies

• hiring candidates for technical, business, leadership, and executive roles

They understand the strategies employers use during negotiations, including how companies set compensation ranges, frame initial offers, respond to competing offers, and decide when they are willing to make an exception.

Your negotiator uses that employer-side experience to help you understand how the company is likely evaluating your request, where you may have leverage, and which tactics are most likely to improve your offer.

Your negotiator does not communicate with the employer on your behalf. Instead, they prepare you to lead each conversation yourself with a clear strategy, specific language, and an understanding of how the company may respond.

How does Simplify match you with a negotiator?

Simplify personally matches every candidate with a negotiator whose experience fits their offer, industry, and career goals.

When making the match, we consider factors such as:

• your industry

• your current and target role

• your experience level and seniority

• the company and its stage

• the structure of your compensation package

• whether you have competing offers

• your priorities and career goals

For example, someone evaluating an early-stage startup offer may be matched with a negotiator who understands startup equity, dilution, vesting schedules, and compensation tradeoffs.

A candidate negotiating with a large technology company may be matched with someone familiar with corporate compensation bands, signing bonuses, equity grants, and level-based offers.

The goal is to connect you with someone who understands both the type of company making the offer and the type of role you are pursuing.

What does the Salary Negotiation service include?

Every package includes a live, one-on-one strategy session focused on your specific job offer.

During the engagement, your negotiator can help you:

• evaluate whether your compensation package is competitive

• identify which parts of the offer may be negotiable

• understand your leverage from the employer’s perspective

• compare salary, equity, bonuses, and other compensation

• decide how much to ask for

• develop a personalized negotiation strategy

• prepare talking points, emails, and responses

• anticipate employer objections and counteroffers

• manage deadlines and competing offers

• negotiate confidently without unnecessarily risking the offer

Depending on the package you choose, you may also receive ongoing strategy calls, unlimited email support, compensation benchmarking, and guidance throughout the negotiation process.

All advice is tailored to your role, company, offer, and career goals rather than based on a standard negotiation script.

Choose the right Salary Negotiation package

Simplify’s Salary Negotiation service offers three one-time packages based on the type of company and role you are negotiating.

Startup Package — $1,450

Designed for startup offers where equity may represent a significant portion of your total compensation.

Includes:

• live one-on-one strategy session

• unlimited email support

• startup-specific negotiation guidance

• equity and vesting guidance

• market compensation benchmarking

Guaranteed $10,000 increase in total compensation.*

Standard Package — $2,450

Designed for offers from established companies and larger technology organizations.

Includes:

• live one-on-one strategy session

• unlimited email support

• salary and signing bonus optimization

• personalized negotiation strategy

• market compensation benchmarking

• guidance on title, scope, and other non-salary considerations

Guaranteed $10,000 increase in total compensation.*

Leadership Package — $4,950

Designed for senior leadership and executive-level job offers.

Includes:

• two months of unlimited strategy calls

• unlimited email support

• end-to-end offer and compensation evaluation

• ongoing negotiation strategy

• support for multiple or competing offers

• recruiter communication and timeline guidance

Guaranteed $15,000 increase in total compensation.*

How does the money-back guarantee work?

Each package includes a money-back guarantee based on the increase in total compensation achieved through the negotiation.

If you follow your negotiator’s strategy and do not achieve the guaranteed increase, you may be eligible for a full refund, subject to the requirements in our Terms of Service.

Qualifying compensation increases may include documented improvements to:

• base salary

• signing bonuses

• guaranteed bonuses

• equity

• other eligible compensation components

Eligibility may depend on factors such as when you purchased the service, whether negotiations had already begun, the terms of your original offer, and whether the agreed strategy was followed throughout the engagement.

Review the Terms of Service for the complete eligibility requirements before purchasing.

How do you book a Salary Negotiation session?

Choose the package that best matches your offer and complete your booking through the Simplify career services page.

During booking, you will provide information about your role, industry, seniority, company, offer, and career goals. Simplify uses these details to personally match you with a negotiator who has relevant experience.

Sessions are held remotely. The amount of ongoing support you receive depends on the package you select.

If your offer does not fit neatly into one category, choose the package that most closely matches the company type and seniority of the role.

Is Salary Negotiation included with Simplify+?

No. Simplify’s Salary Negotiation service and Simplify+ are separate products designed for different stages of the job search.

Simplify+ helps you strengthen your applications before receiving an offer through resume tailoring, cover letter generation, networking tools, and application support.

Salary Negotiation begins when you receive or expect to receive an offer. It provides personalized guidance from an experienced employer-side negotiator to help you evaluate the offer and negotiate your compensation.

You do not need a Simplify+ subscription to purchase Salary Negotiation, and the service is not included with Simplify+.

For more information, see: What's Included in Simplify+ (Features & Pricing).

*The money-back guarantee is subject to the eligibility requirements described in the Terms of Service.