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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd tell the recruiter that you appreciate his doing a pre-negotiation but that this is the first offer you've seen and that you expect an opportunity to counter. I suspect he's being lazy/concerned about bridge-burning with the company (who pays his fee, right?). So tell him you're looking for 100K and X days of PTO and Y% bonus--and say that you're happy to reach out to the employer directly if he's not comfortable/willing to counter on your behalf.[/quote]

The end of this is absolutely terrible and unprofessional advice. Do not listen to it, OP. If the recruiter is the one who found the job for you, set up your interviews, and introduced you to this employer, you cannot negotiate outside of them. Nor will the employer entertain such a conversation as they are also contractually bound by the guidelines of their contract with the recruiter. The recruiter IS there to have these convos though, so tell them that you'd like to counter with 100K and the additional PTO days. But going around them is an absolute NO unless you want the offer rescinded and your bridge burned with both the recruiter and the firm. [/quote]

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