Severance Negotiation

Income Operators always negotiate the exit. One professional email took a 2-week offer to 3 months. See what your counter is worth before you hit send.

Annual Salary $120,000

Weeks Offered 2

Weeks You Counter For 13

Value Added By Your Counter

$25,385

A 550% increase over the opening offer

Opening Offer

$4,615

2 weeks of pay

Your Counter

$30,000

13 weeks of pay

Opening Offer vs Your Counter

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Countering for 13 weeks instead of accepting 2 puts another $25,385 in your runway, a 550% increase. Most people never counter. Put your big boy pants on and ask.

Severance Negotiation Calculator

Severance is one of the most overlooked negotiations of your entire career, and most people accept the first number they are offered without a single counter. The Severance Negotiation Calculator shows you exactly what countering is worth before you reply to that offer. In the Predictable Income framework, one professional, non-defensive email took a two-week severance offer to a full three months, a 600 percent increase, simply by stating performance, team contribution, and a clear ask. Enter your salary, the weeks you were offered, and the weeks you plan to counter for to see the dollar value your counter adds and the percentage lift over the opening offer. Income Operators always negotiate the exit, because over a 40-year career these little negotiations add up to serious money, and severance matters most at the exact moment you need runway the longest. Use this calculator to put a real number on your counter, then go ask for it.