Agreed. You can confidently negotiate if you've got nothing to lose. Another way to achieve this is to have multiple offers. You come out ahead when you have co

Agreed. You can confidently negotiate if you've got nothing to lose. Another way to achieve this is to have multiple offers. You come out ahead when you have competing offers - get them in a bidding war. Also you can be a total hard-ass when negotiating with HR - you won't offend your future boss or team in the process. They usually are not involved in the negotiation process.