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Why a tenth? Why not 1%?

• notahacker 9y ago
  Where "what I'm owed" is quite vague, or has only recently increased as in the case of growth companies, 10 or 20% might actually be accepted, or at least interpreted as a good faith start to negotiations. An offer of 1% is more obviously not the correct amount, and encourages people to lawyer up rather than counter offer (it screams "we're only offering this token amount because someone suggested our original plan of not giving you anything might not work")