I had a verbal offer from Salesforce for 145k + 10% bonus annually.
I told them I had wanted 160k and if possible a sign on bonus, they had me do 1 more call after I said this and then took the offer away.
Is this common practice?
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I had an offer pulled up once because I was really stupid, lacked humility and basically implied I wasn't going to accept it (which, whilst true, was a very stupid thing to imply, as it could instead have been used as solid leverage, and/or I could have probed how high they were actually willing to match me in the middle instead of just getting a straight no-match/good-luck as an answer a few minutes later as a voicemail after the recruiter talked to the manager to see if they can match my expectations that I've communicated disregarding emotional intelligence).
If you don't wanna lose the offer, be humble and don't reveal all your cards. If you're truly flexible but wanna keep the options open, never deal in the absolutes and never demand any specific match, always appear determined but flexible. Emotional intelligence is how you get the best outcome without compromising the offer and without burning the bridge — even if you don't actually have any other offers, but are merely waiting on the other loops which may never even result in anything.
However, I only negotiate when I have leverage to negotiate. Meaning, I have a better offer or my current position already is better.
In that case, if they did pull the offer, then it's no big deal because they couldn't afford me.