Build a complete, defensible offer package
Talent acquisition can create a complete, policy-aligned offer package including peer ranges, a competing-offer comparison, and approval flags without relying on comp.
"Can I get a defensible offer number in the next hour, or do I wait for comp?"
Why this comes up
A competing offer lands at 4pm. The recruiter opens three browser tabs, fires off a Slack to comp, and starts cross-referencing recent offers. By the time a number surfaces it's the next morning and the candidate has signed elsewhere. Partner Agent gives talent acquisition a complete package anchored to internal peer medians, equity targets, and pay ranges with privacy flags and approval triggers built in.
When recruiters can't access a defensible offer number quickly, they either lowball to stay safe or escalate to a comp analyst who is already at capacity. Both move slow. An unanswered competing offer can cost you the candidate and reopen the role.
- Offer proposal summary — a recommendation for base, new-hire equity, and annual pay, anchored to internal peer medians.
- Internal peer range table — P25/P50/P75 of annual cash and equity, with n-count-based privacy flags.
- Competing offer comparison — expectations, the competing offer, and your proposal, normalized to an apples-to-apples figure.
- Exception and approval flag — clear notice when a component triggers required approval, and who signs off.
- Methodology summary — a plain-language explanation of how each number was derived.
Build a complete offer package for a Software Engineering P4 in New York, USA. The candidate expects a base salary of $200,000 and annual bonus of $ 20,000. They have a competing offer of $210,000 base with a $180,000 new hire grant vesting over 4 years at 25/25/25/25. Include the internal peer range, a competing offer comparison, and flag any components that require approval.
- Slack messages to comp asking for a benchmark on a specific job code and location.
- Manual survey exports downloaded from a vendor portal and filtered in Excel.
- Pivot tables comparing internal employee pay to external market data.
- Back-and-forth email threads trying to determine whether a sign-on bonus needs VP approval.
- Spreadsheet models used to estimate new hire equity from performance grant values.
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