The Salary Negotiation Kit for Fixed Pay Bands
DolceDrago 340 — a skill for an offer where the number is not the negotiation
Variant of Nº036 — The Salary Negotiation Kit
What it is
Prepares the compensation conversation where the salary is genuinely fixed — public bodies, universities, hospitals and large employers running published grades and spine points. Pressing the number is not brave there, it is expensive. It finds what is actually discretionary — the starting point on the scale, credit for prior service, allowances, the increment and review dates, the grade of the post — and writes each ask to whoever holds that decision.
What you receive
a fixed-band negotiation kit — the pay instrument read in full, the starting-point request written to whoever holds the discretion, the service and allowance claims, the dated levers, and the scripts for a number that will not move
Delivered as a single, complete .md skill file — open it, paste it into any capable chat model, and work. No installation, no account with anyone but us.
Supported models
- Claude (Opus/Sonnet)
- ChatGPT (GPT-4o/5)
- Gemini
- any capable chat model
People reach for it when
- “can you negotiate salary in the public sector”
- “offered the bottom of the pay band can i ask for a higher point”
- “how to get previous experience recognised on the pay scale”
- “what to negotiate when the salary is fixed by policy”
- “ask for a market supplement instead of more salary”
Record
lineage: variant · parent 036
gates passed: demand-evidence · function-fit · beats-the-blank-page
status: IN THE COLLECTION
Sale-time bench runs and the fix-or-refund log attach to this record when the payment room opens.
In the collection. The sale room is being fitted; this work goes on sale when it opens.
Join the house — be written to when sales openBack to the collectionLicense
Free-shelf works ship under the DolceDrago House License — use the outputs freely, personal or commercial; the work file itself stays with the house.