You'll need to formally accept your offer. Candidate: "Thank you for the offer.I have read through the compensation and benefits and was wondering if you are open to negotiating the salary. The first step of the process is to write a reply letter (or email, if that's how your offer was sent) to ask for your desired salary. It can also make it easier for you to draft up an official acceptance letter in response. Salary negotiations are time sensitive. It is up to the company to drop it and walk away from you or work with you in finding an acceptable compromise. It all depends on the company. This blog guides salary negotiation, offering 20 tailored email examples for various scenarios. "I'm open to discussing how we might meet somewhere in the middle or explore other forms of compensation.