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Re:Ask HN: Do you negotiate salary in this job market? by JohnFen on Thursday October 30, 2025 @12:48PM (#45762115)
> You already got the job if you are negotiating salary, they wont take it away.

Exactly this.

In all my decades in the industry, both during up cycles and down cycles, I've never had anyone respond to negotiation by saying "never mind, the deal is off". The worst case is that they'll say "our offer is not subject to negotiations, take it or leave it."

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Re:Ask HN: Do you negotiate salary in this job market? by johnnyanmac on Thursday October 30, 2025 @08:25PM (#45767042)
>Ive never had anyone respond to negotiation by saying "never mind, the deal is off".

I had that happen during my very first negotiation. Unless I'm lead to believe "suddenly, funding changed. We have to cancel". It does happen.

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