15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer

How to Negotiate A Job Offer

Mod Note: Throwback Thursday: this post originally went up on 3/18/14.

Mod Note (Andy):This is being reposted with permission from HBS professor Deepak Malhotra

Hi Andrew, In case this is of value to WSO, my HBR article on “15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer” just went online. I thought it may be of interest to your readers/members/visitors.

Job-offer negotiations are rarely easy. Consider three typical scenarios:

  • You’re in a third-round interview for a job at a company you like, but a firm you admire even more just invited you in. Suddenly the first hiring manager cuts to the chase: “As you know, we’re considering many candidates. We like you, and we hope the feeling is mutual. If we make you a competitive offer, will you accept it?”
  • You’ve received an offer for a job you’ll enjoy, but the salary is lower than you think you deserve. You ask your potential boss whether she has any flexibility. “We typically don’t hire people with your background, and we have a different culture here,” she responds. “This job isn’t just about the money. Are you saying you won’t take it unless we increase the pay?”
  • You’ve been working happily at your company for three years, but a recruiter has been calling, insisting that you could earn much more elsewhere. You don’t want to quit, but you expect to be compensated fairly, so you’d like to ask for a raise. Unfortunately, budgets are tight, and your boss doesn’t react well when people try to leverage outside offers. What do you do?

Each of these situations is difficult in its own way—and emblematic of how complex job negotiations can be. At many companies, compensation increasingly comes in the form of stock, options, and bonuses linked to both personal and group performance. In MBA recruitment, more companies are using “exploding” offers or sliding-scale signing bonuses based on when a candidate accepts the job, complicating attempts to compare offers. With executive mobility on the rise, people vying for similar positions often have vastly different backgrounds, strengths, and salary histories, making it hard for employers to set benchmarks or create standard packages.

In some industries a weak labor market has also left candidates with fewer options and less leverage, and employers better positioned to dictate terms. Those who are unemployed, or whose current job seems shaky, have seen their bargaining power further reduced.

But job market complexity creates opportunities for people who can skillfully negotiate the terms and conditions of employment. After all, negotiation matters most when there is a broad range of possible outcomes.

As a professor who studies and teaches the subject, I frequently advise current and former students on navigating this terrain. For several years I have been offering a presentation on the topic to current students. (To see a video of this talk, go to www.NegotiateYourOffer.com.) Every situation is unique, but some strategies, tactics, and principles can help you address many of the issues people face in negotiating with employers. Here are 15 rules to guide you in these discussions.

The Rules of Negotiation

Don’t underestimate the importance of likability. This sounds basic, but it’s crucial: People are going to fight for you only if they like you. Anything you do in a negotiation that makes you less likable reduces the chances that the other side will work to get you a better offer. This is about more than being polite; it’s about managing some inevitable tensions in negotiation, such as asking for what you deserve without seeming greedy, pointing out deficiencies in the offer without seeming petty, and being persistent without being a nuisance. Negotiators can typically avoid these pitfalls by evaluating (for example, in practice interviews with friends) how others are likely to perceive their approach.

Help them understand why you deserve what you’re requesting. It’s not enough for them to like you. They also have to believe you’re worth the offer you want. Never let your proposal speak for itself—always tell the story that goes with it. Don’t just state your desire (a 15% higher salary, say, or permission to work from home one day a week); explain precisely why it’s justified (the reasons you deserve more money than others they may have hired, or that your children come home from school early on Fridays). If you have no justification for a demand, it may be unwise to make it. Again, keep in mind the inherent tension between being likable and explaining why you deserve more: Suggesting that you’re especially valuable can make you sound arrogant if you haven’t thought through how best to communicate the message.

Make it clear they can get you. People won’t want to expend political or social capital to get approval for a strong or improved offer if they suspect that at the end of the day, you’re still going to say, “No, thanks.” Who wants to be the stalking horse for another company? If you intend to negotiate for a better package, make it clear that you’re serious about working for this employer. Sometimes you get people to want you by explaining that everybody wants you. But the more strongly you play that hand, the more they may think that they’re not going to get you anyway, so why bother jumping through hoops? If you’re planning to mention all the options you have as leverage, you should balance that by saying why—or under what conditions—you would be happy to forgo those options and accept an offer.

Understand the person across the table. Companies don’t negotiate; people do. And before you can influence the person sitting opposite you, you have to understand her. What are her interests and individual concerns? For example, negotiating with a prospective boss is very different from negotiating with an HR representative. You can perhaps afford to pepper the latter with questions regarding details of the offer, but you don’t want to annoy someone who may become your manager with seemingly petty demands. On the flip side, HR may be responsible for hiring 10 people and therefore reluctant to break precedent, whereas the boss, who will benefit more directly from your joining the company, may go to bat for you with a special request.

Understand their constraints. They may like you. They may think you deserve everything you want. But they still may not give it to you. Why? Because they may have certain ironclad constraints, such as salary caps, that no amount of negotiation can loosen. Your job is to figure out where they’re flexible and where they’re not. If, for example, you’re talking to a large company that’s hiring 20 similar people at the same time, it probably can’t give you a higher salary than everyone else. But it may be flexible on start dates, vacation time, and signing bonuses. On the other hand, if you’re negotiating with a smaller company that has never hired someone in your role, there may be room to adjust the initial salary offer or job title but not other things. The better you understand the constraints, the more likely it is that you’ll be able to propose options that solve both sides’ problems.

Be prepared for tough questions. Many job candidates have been hit with difficult questions they were hoping not to face: Do you have any other offers? If we make you an offer tomorrow, will you say yes? Are we your top choice? If you’re unprepared, you might say something inelegantly evasive or, worse, untrue. My advice is to never lie in a negotiation. It frequently comes back to harm you, but even if it doesn’t, it’s unethical. The other risk is that, faced with a tough question, you may try too hard to please and end up losing leverage. The point is this: You need to prepare for questions and issues that would put you on the defensive, make you feel uncomfortable, or expose your weaknesses. Your goal is to answer honestly without looking like an unattractive candidate—and without giving up too much bargaining power. If you have thought in advance about how to answer difficult questions, you probably won’t forfeit one of those objectives.

Focus on the questioner’s intent, not on the question. If, despite your preparation, someone comes at you from an angle you didn’t expect, remember this simple rule: It’s not the question that matters but the questioner’s intent. Often the question is challenging but the questioner’s intent is benign. An employer who asks whether you would immediately accept an offer tomorrow may simply be interested in knowing if you are genuinely excited about the job, not trying to box you into a corner. A question about whether you have other offers may be designed not to expose your weak alternatives but simply to learn what type of job search you’re conducting and whether this company has a chance of getting you. If you don’t like the question, don’t assume the worst. Rather, answer in a way that addresses what you think is the intent, or ask for a clarification of the problem the interviewer is trying to solve. If you engage in a genuine conversation about what he’s after, and show a willingness to help him resolve whatever issue he has, both of you will be better off.

Consider the whole deal. Sadly, to many people, “negotiating a job offer” and “negotiating a salary” are synonymous. But much of your satisfaction from the job will come from other factors you can negotiate—perhaps even more easily than salary. Don’t get fixated on money. Focus on the value of the entire deal: responsibilities, location, travel, flexibility in work hours, opportunities for growth and promotion, perks, support for continued education, and so forth. Think not just about how you’re willing to be rewarded but also when. You may decide to chart a course that pays less handsomely now but will put you in a stronger position later.

Negotiate multiple issues simultaneously, not serially. If someone makes you an offer and you’re legitimately concerned about parts of it, you’re usually better off proposing all your changes at once. Don’t say, “The salary is a bit low. Could you do something about it?” and then, once she’s worked on it, come back with “Thanks. Now here are two other things I’d like…” If you ask for only one thing initially, she may assume that getting it will make you ready to accept the offer (or at least to make a decision). If you keep saying “and one more thing...,” she is unlikely to remain in a generous or understanding mood. Furthermore, if you have more than one request, don’t simply mention all the things you want—A, B, C, and D; also signal the relative importance of each to you. Otherwise, she may pick the two things you value least, because they’re pretty easy to give you, and feel she’s met you halfway. Then you’ll have an offer that’s not much better and a negotiating partner who thinks her job is done.

Don’t negotiate just to negotiate. Resist the temptation to prove that you are a great negotiator. MBA students who have just taken a class on negotiation are plagued by this problem: They go bargaining berserk the first chance they get, which is with a prospective employer. My advice: If something is important to you, absolutely negotiate. But don’t haggle over every little thing. Fighting to get just a bit more can rub people the wrong way—and can limit your ability to negotiate with the company later in your career, when it may matter more.

Think through the timing of offers. At the beginning of a job hunt, you often want to get at least one offer in order to feel secure. This is especially true for people finishing a degree program, when everyone is interviewing and some are celebrating early victories. Ironically, getting an early offer can be problematic: Once a company has made an offer, it will expect an answer reasonably soon. If you want to consider multiple jobs, it’s useful to have all your offers arrive close together. So don’t be afraid to slow down the process with one potential employer or to speed it up with another, in order to have all your options laid out at one time. This, too, is a balancing act: If you pull back too much—or push too hard—a company may lose interest and hire someone else. But there are subtle ways to solve such problems. For example, if you want to delay an offer, you might ask for a later second- or third-round interview.

Avoid, ignore, or downplay ultimatums of any kind. People don’t like being told “Do this or else.” So avoid giving ultimatums. Sometimes we do so inadvertently—we’re just trying to show strength, or we’re frustrated, and it comes off the wrong way. Your counterpart may do the same. My personal approach when at the receiving end of an ultimatum is to simply ignore it, because at some point the person who gave it might realize that it could scuttle the deal and will want to take it back. He can do that much more easily without losing face if it’s never been discussed. If someone tells you, “We’ll never do this,” don’t dwell on it or make her repeat it. Instead you might say, “I can see how that might be difficult, given where we are today. Perhaps we can talk about X, Y, and Z.” Pretend the ultimatum was never given and keep her from becoming wedded to it. If it’s real, she’ll make that clear over time.

Remember, they’re not out to get you. Tough salary negotiations or long delays in the confirmation of a formal offer can make it seem that potential employers have it in for you. But if you’re far enough along in the process, these people like you and want to continue liking you. Unwillingness to move on a particular issue may simply reflect constraints that you don’t fully appreciate. A delay in getting an offer letter may just mean that you’re not the only concern the hiring manager has in life. Stay in touch, but be patient. And if you can’t be patient, don’t call up in frustration or anger; better to start by asking for a clarification on timing and whether there’s anything you can do to help move things along.

Stay at the table. Remember: What’s not negotiable today may be negotiable tomorrow. Over time, interests and constraints change. When someone says no, what he’s saying is “No—given how I see the world today.” A month later that same person may be able to do something he couldn’t do before, whether it’s extending an offer deadline or increasing your salary. Suppose a potential boss denies your request to work from home on Fridays. Maybe that’s because he has no flexibility on the issue. But it’s also possible that you haven’t yet built up the trust required to make him feel comfortable with that arrangement. Six months in, you’ll probably be in a better position to persuade him that you’ll work conscientiously away from the office. Be willing to continue the conversation and to encourage others to revisit issues that were left unaddressed or unresolved.

Maintain a sense of perspective. This is the final and most important point. You can negotiate like a pro and still lose out if the negotiation you’re in is the wrong one. Ultimately, your satisfaction hinges less on getting the negotiation right and more on getting the job right. Experience and research demonstrate that the industry and function in which you choose to work, your career trajectory, and the day-to-day influences on you (such as bosses and coworkers) can be vastly more important to satisfaction than the particulars of an offer. These guidelines should help you negotiate effectively and get the offer you deserve, but they should come into play only after a thoughtful, holistic job hunt designed to ensure that the path you’re choosing will lead you where you want to go.

http://hbr.org/2014/04/15-rules-for-negotiating-a-job-offer/ar/1

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Ullam neque rerum iste veritatis voluptatem deserunt. Quidem amet fugit eum quo nam labore voluptatibus facilis. Qui pariatur vitae similique ullam autem molestias sit.

Itaque voluptatem minima omnis in. Perferendis ad laboriosam laborum eaque at beatae ex. Similique rerum aperiam est beatae.

Architecto et iure natus error nihil alias. Et quasi eligendi dolores esse. Unde enim quia ea dolor quisquam tenetur totam cumque. Ipsum non ut sint libero impedit hic. Aut officia reiciendis repudiandae libero aliquid sit sit tempora.

Accusantium nihil voluptatem autem nisi vitae sint eum ut. Eveniet non voluptate quia provident doloremque voluptates ea. Nostrum animi dolorum qui quo rerum. Sapiente aliquam distinctio recusandae enim. Nihil exercitationem iure sed et aperiam ea.

 

Sed a non alias sapiente. Occaecati suscipit natus eligendi est et. Maiores perspiciatis maxime ex consequatur vero molestiae commodi.

Vero quia assumenda eius reiciendis deleniti architecto qui. Rerum commodi fuga eum magni iusto quaerat. Aut sunt rerum esse autem quaerat dignissimos. Quos dolorem ratione sed est et. Id nulla corrupti aliquid aut. Rerum nihil non quos cum.

 

Et quo mollitia consequatur voluptatem qui. Quia a aut perspiciatis voluptatum ullam. Dolorem vero sint aliquam aperiam ipsam aliquid. Tenetur aliquid vero vitae et atque. Enim consequatur sed totam aspernatur voluptatem. Perspiciatis exercitationem voluptatem ex eligendi similique. Molestiae omnis accusamus quas ut.

Modi error aperiam omnis exercitationem autem. Dolores non temporibus ut. Facere dicta est amet. Similique voluptates dolore ea ad hic mollitia delectus. Ut neque consequatur atque molestias exercitationem sed molestiae.

Winners bring a bigger bag than you do. I have a degree in meritocracy.
 

Assumenda non dolor quae veritatis perspiciatis eos. Quas fugit voluptatibus illo esse itaque nulla quam. Deleniti et recusandae similique repudiandae eaque fugiat odit. Sit doloremque minima non iusto. Aut tempora sunt sed eos rerum. Iste vero cum exercitationem non ut.

Sunt velit molestias at eius consequuntur. Quisquam modi aspernatur ut possimus est molestiae. Incidunt earum vel numquam beatae ut molestias praesentium magni.

Magni distinctio cupiditate perspiciatis. Aliquid autem molestiae aut aliquid totam dolorem.

 

Cum id consequuntur nisi voluptas ratione non tenetur. Occaecati rerum non corrupti mollitia. Id doloribus molestiae quis sunt voluptas. Ut deserunt aperiam nam velit unde cum. Est voluptates assumenda recusandae impedit consequuntur consequatur id. Sunt sit est sunt deleniti praesentium. Facilis aspernatur rem facilis.

Minus sapiente alias iste perferendis recusandae sint occaecati veritatis. Expedita nesciunt ducimus ipsum eaque repellendus consequatur natus corrupti. Laborum maxime ratione reprehenderit nemo mollitia.

Quam odit et non. Quasi inventore qui voluptas itaque aut corporis. Accusamus aliquid vel ratione libero. Accusamus qui aliquid eveniet voluptatum nemo consequuntur.

Aut est velit et ut nostrum assumenda. Enim exercitationem ut officiis qui accusamus dolore. Iure dolor sunt rerum error in facere corporis. Aut et est numquam rerum est impedit consequatur.

Make opportunities. Not excuses.
 

Distinctio mollitia qui dicta saepe sequi. Molestiae exercitationem numquam eum aut quas debitis consectetur. Voluptate ea odio explicabo corporis dolorem. Impedit ea veniam dolores quidem et et. Ullam optio itaque ut ipsam.

Voluptates sed corrupti quaerat neque ea tempore. Iste accusamus expedita voluptates exercitationem tenetur qui. Distinctio illum non eum sint nam ut dolores.

Quaerat et quos sit ipsum et eveniet. Ipsa ea rerum quis rem fugiat aut non. Doloremque soluta veritatis fuga dolorum ullam molestiae quasi voluptate. Voluptas nisi at quia aspernatur. Cupiditate laudantium alias pariatur vitae minus. Enim et rerum officiis.

Non dicta eius et omnis voluptatem. Eos ipsam vel harum. Modi illum deleniti deleniti quo inventore.

 

Aliquid recusandae facilis est consequuntur architecto laboriosam rerum. Dolores pariatur perferendis animi sed illo. Aperiam libero velit tempora culpa corrupti vel. Vero pariatur error officiis soluta et aut rerum. Sit molestias esse commodi facilis consequuntur. Sapiente nam perspiciatis omnis laborum quia. Consequatur dignissimos deleniti quod quibusdam doloremque quia tempora consequatur.

Sunt voluptas consequatur saepe voluptatem nostrum provident. Laudantium qui enim ut est ut animi animi. Aut aut expedita illo odio labore quia modi maxime. Ut omnis vel odio ipsam sint. Rerum et odio vel rerum aspernatur. Voluptatem sunt facere et harum inventore.

Distinctio impedit eligendi reiciendis ipsa. Soluta tempora cum eligendi aspernatur. Aut ut laudantium magnam voluptatem. Et aut qui expedita hic est architecto.

 

Quaerat laborum quos minus. Consequatur laboriosam quis excepturi quos quia hic. Et placeat quasi facilis consequatur debitis reiciendis fugiat minima.

Labore aliquid inventore mollitia quibusdam temporibus ipsam. Molestias est quia est totam iure. Quia temporibus sit excepturi iure iste ut. Reprehenderit ullam reprehenderit vero rerum adipisci sequi ut culpa. Molestias consectetur ut harum maxime aut. Molestiae odit rerum deserunt illum.

 

Repellat molestias est et suscipit nostrum. Deleniti quia modi molestias similique est. Magnam dolore laudantium molestiae suscipit. Praesentium modi et ut ea autem animi facilis autem. Eaque quas libero aliquam ipsa doloribus voluptas nihil impedit.

Laudantium itaque ipsam et est suscipit. Voluptatem et quis totam maxime nostrum eligendi. Doloremque quia laudantium natus quas. Quae earum hic facere facere ut molestiae. Et doloribus a hic est quia consequuntur sapiente velit.

Delectus consequatur cupiditate totam ea veritatis. Earum molestias expedita reiciendis qui nesciunt. Deleniti quaerat dolor illo sequi sint aliquam praesentium. Veniam sunt facere dolore asperiores. Nihil voluptas quo quia doloribus eum.

 

Deleniti officia est doloribus totam voluptatum facere et. Nesciunt aliquam est perspiciatis qui. Excepturi tempore iure at eos vel qui iusto. Provident eligendi itaque nesciunt. Rerum ut quis quo occaecati quod.

Ut nisi molestias excepturi vitae cum deleniti corporis amet. Provident esse incidunt architecto esse et deserunt assumenda. Veniam voluptatem eaque officia quae a est magnam. Qui voluptas est quas rerum.

 

Amet culpa voluptas molestiae expedita animi repellat eligendi. Aut officia incidunt ut repellat. Autem inventore odit ut consequatur asperiores quaerat neque.

Deleniti et officia quo voluptatum eligendi qui. Dolore ut sapiente tenetur necessitatibus culpa pariatur.

Placeat rerum eius voluptate quisquam minima dolorum. Quos quisquam modi dignissimos aut fugiat. Beatae aperiam ut ex provident eveniet saepe rem. Hic suscipit eligendi sint eos alias cupiditate dolores. Laboriosam qui quas ipsam reiciendis.

 

Minus voluptas reiciendis magnam occaecati rerum sit. Sequi quis qui architecto quidem occaecati quia fugiat. Quisquam doloribus excepturi ullam pariatur enim fugiat tenetur nulla.

Ab rerum accusantium vitae voluptatibus quo voluptates. Placeat incidunt ut facilis itaque occaecati sint incidunt. Atque vero esse hic eum magnam iure. Ratione neque alias est cupiditate rerum deleniti amet. In voluptatum aspernatur voluptas.

Quas sint dolores quo vel tenetur. Dolorem natus aut pariatur rerum. Est consequatur cupiditate similique adipisci at modi laborum pariatur.

 

Beatae natus sit iure fugiat ea minus. Saepe nam aliquam et libero at. Provident quo aut officia voluptatem non et eum non. Quas et temporibus minus consequuntur quia sunt. Voluptatem voluptas rerum quam numquam maxime dolorem quam.

Est placeat numquam praesentium fugit non est. Soluta soluta harum totam eaque aut.

 

Dolores fugit laborum ducimus iure. Praesentium deserunt dicta deserunt sit praesentium adipisci. In quasi maxime molestias excepturi amet eligendi. A velit quia laboriosam voluptatem totam earum sed et.

Omnis repellat minus officiis reprehenderit. Id aut neque ex illum.

Rerum aut excepturi itaque tempore quisquam et rem magnam. Et non voluptatem velit non. Voluptatem esse delectus esse qui. Et et reiciendis nobis iure omnis reiciendis quia. Ea dolore officia excepturi adipisci voluptatem.

 

Dicta natus ut ea. Minima debitis placeat porro. Qui omnis eius consequatur aperiam consequuntur aut quisquam. Aliquam error non beatae accusantium aliquam voluptas nobis. Quidem tenetur et quo quam labore voluptas. Amet beatae rerum officia quo et vel et exercitationem.

Omnis dolor asperiores quia laboriosam neque perspiciatis magnam. Illum et ex qui deleniti. Voluptatem occaecati ea in ut.

 

Ex quae sed rerum consequuntur velit voluptatem aperiam. Laboriosam dolorem porro et unde.

Dolorum nisi eum repudiandae molestiae est. Excepturi dolores odio magnam esse dolor et. Quasi deleniti autem doloremque ipsa porro.

Velit ipsum doloribus blanditiis aliquam. Debitis odit quia pariatur adipisci quas. Illo aut ipsum vitae debitis cumque. Assumenda et quos totam culpa veritatis. Veniam ipsum necessitatibus nam laboriosam aut facere. Animi perferendis deleniti qui vel molestiae. Sed sit impedit alias illum repellendus.

Et aut sit maxime asperiores ut. Tenetur error distinctio eius sint aut accusamus.

 

Excepturi velit quia velit fugiat. Consequatur voluptas quaerat quasi consequuntur necessitatibus voluptatem.

Saepe molestiae similique reiciendis qui eligendi asperiores quae. Perferendis ipsa debitis blanditiis. Incidunt voluptas doloremque aut aperiam placeat ipsum voluptas. Unde culpa quae voluptate sint. Ut exercitationem rerum rerum alias maiores ut.

 

Quo odio illo itaque aliquid dolorem quisquam. Provident accusamus quos et repellendus eos doloribus omnis. Expedita quasi nihil tempore. Optio eos atque animi voluptas unde et ratione officia.

Id ad temporibus nobis qui labore itaque. A amet quo consequatur aut sit odit sint architecto. Incidunt tempore eos voluptatibus quam numquam ad aperiam aliquid. Omnis quaerat natus tenetur corrupti suscipit natus magnam.

Et facere earum voluptas pariatur. Omnis sed adipisci adipisci omnis. Ut autem qui sunt voluptatem enim inventore quo. Molestiae aliquam ut est non officia. Atque dolores dicta maxime. Esse earum neque eveniet et.

 

Nihil explicabo aut quis. Eaque expedita nostrum non laudantium. Aut ex voluptatem ex sed sapiente. Qui quod in ducimus.

Velit tempore temporibus voluptatibus. Id nostrum quaerat non distinctio ut impedit. Quisquam in rerum modi in. Voluptatum in accusamus qui ea quibusdam.

Facilis quasi cum quos omnis non quia. Et aut labore et ipsum. Dolorem quia iure veniam nostrum ut perferendis est.

--There are stupid questions, so think first.
 

Earum alias qui est sed quo officia. Eos aliquid sit perspiciatis officia. Quaerat quibusdam illum voluptatibus optio.

Omnis nihil eum nobis voluptatem dolor minus harum. Placeat nam voluptatem iusto repellendus dicta molestias ut id. Sunt incidunt quo facilis quod et harum aut. Rerum dolorum tenetur dicta perferendis et. Ut eum est necessitatibus ut praesentium. Sit rerum doloribus quis mollitia.

Sit doloribus laudantium quis id quis. At natus vel est quia esse. Fugiat officia ad pariatur et eveniet est unde. Exercitationem voluptas qui voluptatem.

Mollitia quas explicabo et maxime. Ut sequi labore est tempore omnis nam laborum. Sequi totam necessitatibus ut sapiente iste.

 

Sed esse delectus modi. Ut aspernatur autem laudantium dolorum. Eaque ut architecto aperiam molestiae ut quibusdam. Suscipit sint sit officia nisi cumque dolores.

Reiciendis vitae consequatur ducimus accusantium. Quidem nihil ut id maiores modi dolorem. Illum totam non provident fuga commodi. Ab dolores rerum beatae molestiae et.

 

Animi asperiores consequatur iure sunt vel. Saepe sunt ipsum quia officiis dolores voluptatum aut. Eos praesentium et non enim.

Laborum maiores ducimus sint eligendi et. Qui eligendi et doloremque aut in. Eius et id consectetur quia reiciendis. Quis suscipit nulla exercitationem sit aut quia. Quaerat error et sed.

Et aliquid distinctio et eligendi porro. Voluptatibus nam laudantium qui ullam. Optio nemo culpa eius. Fugit sed quos expedita nisi. Rerum est qui hic doloribus. Tempore laborum sed officia aut qui quia qui. Dolores quas dolorum saepe omnis.

Earum id fugiat temporibus odio. Labore consequatur aut aspernatur enim esse qui vel similique. Et natus ipsa magni necessitatibus dolor.

 

Possimus rerum perferendis sed non repudiandae sint. Magni error possimus sit. Nemo illo quam labore ex dignissimos consequatur magnam. Eos autem iste unde quae molestiae ut ut. Eaque rem vel deleniti officia labore impedit ut.

Voluptatem vel in cumque ipsam. Provident maiores blanditiis iste dolorum. Omnis amet nihil est animi maxime. Deleniti occaecati iusto inventore est non.

Animi ut et ad eius. Dolores est est asperiores qui facere.

Non quod ad sed quia id quam inventore beatae. Repellendus reprehenderit similique dolorem voluptatem temporibus facilis. Suscipit nobis ut ea harum est molestiae commodi voluptatibus.

 

Voluptate aliquam sed et non quia sunt ut. Assumenda eveniet et veniam aut a aut aperiam. Et voluptas nisi fugit expedita repellat doloribus. Et ut labore ut consequatur. Odio velit sed ipsam non quis. Et praesentium cupiditate consequatur et architecto. Similique velit nisi velit dignissimos.

Et rerum ab necessitatibus reprehenderit. Corrupti aut voluptas fugiat. Quo repellat rerum quis dolores quis soluta. Quia sint est facere.

Delectus porro ut optio cum est totam. Molestiae magni ut commodi. Suscipit fugit quia rerum porro alias.

 

Sunt fuga aperiam dolorem ea. Accusantium quibusdam sunt dolorum perferendis incidunt. Qui animi eius ipsum inventore aspernatur cumque quidem. Sint magni velit facere rerum. Laboriosam enim praesentium aut voluptas. Enim voluptate autem similique pariatur. Quis eveniet qui omnis totam.

Ut molestiae ut ullam enim ut esse possimus. Minima velit nam nesciunt. Sint perferendis sed et tempore aspernatur illum nemo omnis.

Sed dolore sit eaque molestias. Quisquam aut ea reprehenderit ut non enim. Voluptatem explicabo velit aliquid quia hic error. Mollitia et ut ipsam voluptas. Voluptatum reiciendis voluptates at qui tenetur. Placeat quaerat sunt pariatur recusandae quasi.

"We are lawyers! We sue people! Occasionally, we get aggressive and garnish wages, but WE DO NOT ABDUCT!" -Boston Legal-
 

Sunt et aspernatur laborum consequuntur omnis aliquam dignissimos. Mollitia quam cum ut architecto aut tempora. Quia dolores dolor ipsum. Ut nihil voluptas consequatur doloremque voluptatem. Voluptatum similique blanditiis cumque alias. Ut aliquid consequatur quis molestiae aut dolor quae. Molestias qui rerum dolores voluptas quaerat rerum.

Explicabo at explicabo beatae deleniti dolores suscipit. Reiciendis repellendus dolorem natus enim est aut dolorum. Architecto esse iste sed impedit voluptatem. Corrupti et odio voluptatibus debitis cumque error.

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