AI Salary Negotiation Coach

A Counter-Offer Script — Drafted, Not Guessed.

Tell @vustbot your offer, your market data, and your situation, and it drafts a counter-offer script and talking points — free multi-model AI chat in Telegram, no signup wall. It's a drafting aid, not legal or financial advice, and it doesn't have a live salary database — bring your own numbers.

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Counter-offer script from your situationFree multi-model AI chatNo signup wall, no card

Honest framing

A drafting aid — not advice, not a salary database

@vustbot is a free multi-model AI chat in Telegram, not a certified compensation advisor and not a live market-data service. Tell it your offer, any numbers you've researched (Levels.fyi, Glassdoor, a competing offer), and what you want, and it drafts a script and talking points from that — it reasons from what you bring it, it doesn't look up live salary data on its own. For real legal or financial stakes, talk to a qualified professional.

Want to practice saying it out loud? Ask the same chat to roleplay the pushback — same honest limits as our mock-interview page.

See the difference

Your offer and research into @vustbot, the counter-offer script that comes back, then handling a fixed-budget objection.

Turning numbers into a counter

What you tell @vustbot

"I got an offer for $95k as a mid-level backend engineer in Austin. Market rate for my level here looks like $105-115k based on what I found on Levels.fyi. I also have a competing offer at $102k. Help me write a counter."

What comes back

A script that anchors near the top of your researched range, cites the competing offer as leverage without sounding like an ultimatum, and closes with a specific, time-bound ask — e.g. "Based on my research and a competing offer at $102k, I'd like to find a path to $110k. Is there flexibility there?" — plus 2-3 alternate phrasings if the first feels too direct.

Handling pushback on a fixed budget

Follow-up in the same chat

"They said the budget is fixed at $98k. How do I respond without losing the offer?"

What comes back

Talking points that shift the ask off base salary when the number is genuinely locked — a sign-on bonus, an accelerated first review, extra equity, or additional PTO — framed as "if the base is fixed, is there room to talk about..." rather than pushing on a number they've said no to twice.

02·Practical use cases

From an offer and a number to a script

Candidates with a first offer in hand

You have a number and some market research but no idea how to phrase the counter

Give @vustbot your offer, your researched range, and any competing offer, and it drafts a counter-offer script that anchors and closes with a specific, time-bound ask.

People facing a 'budget is fixed' response

The recruiter says the base salary can't move

Ask for talking points that shift the ask to sign-on bonus, equity, review timeline, or PTO instead of pushing on a number they've already said no to.

Anyone without much negotiation experience

You want to practice saying the words before the actual call

Ask the same chat to roleplay the recruiter pushing back — same honest limits as the mock-interview page: real conversation, no scoring.

03·How it works

How the script gets drafted

01Share your numbers and situation

Tell @vustbot your offer, any market data you've found (Levels.fyi, Glassdoor, a competing offer), and what outcome you want. It reasons from what you bring — it has no live salary database of its own.

02Get a script or talking points

It drafts a counter-offer email or call-format talking points that anchor to your researched range and cite your leverage without sounding like an ultimatum.

03Handle pushback in the same thread

Ask how to respond if the base is fixed, if they lowball you, or if they go quiet — it drafts the next move without you starting a new chat.

04·Same tool · in Telegram

Telegram

Draft the ask in the app you already have

@vustbot · Share your offer and market data, get a counter-offer script back — free, not legal or financial advice.

05·Quality & trust

Honest scope — a drafting aid, not advice or a database

Not legal or financial advice

@vustbot drafts words to say based on what you tell it. It is not a lawyer, financial advisor, or compensation consultant — for real legal or financial stakes, talk to a qualified professional.

No live salary database

It doesn't look up current market rates on its own. Bring numbers from Levels.fyi, Glassdoor, or a recruiter, and the script gets sharper; without data, the ask is honestly weaker.

General AI chat, not a negotiation platform

Free multi-model chat in Telegram — no signup wall, no structured negotiation curriculum, no tracked outcomes across offers.

Frequently asked questions

Ready when you are

A counter-offer script — drafted, not guessed.

Give @vustbot your offer and research, get a script and talking points back, handle pushback in the same chat — free, no signup.