Best bet: Get a better offer somewhere else and use it as leverage. Other things: Get them to pay some of the expenses you would be paying for after taxes (li

Best bet: Get a better offer somewhere else and use it as leverage. Other things: Get them to pay some of the expenses you would be paying for after taxes (like commuting, parking, phone, internet, etc). For each $100 of expenses, it's like earning an extra $150.