Compensation and Severance Strategy Consulting

Compensation and Severance Strategy Consulting

Helping you get what you're worth. And feel good about how you got there.

Helping you get what you're worth. And feel good about how you got there.

Helping you get what you're worth. And feel good about how you got there.

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How it works

How it works

Client Results

Real Stories, Real Impacts

Real Stories, Real Impacts


  • Hellos

    Job Offer Negotiation


    Executive, 25 Years Experience


    Negotiated +$40K salary (22% increase), 20 days PTO (vs. 10), remote work option, and defined severance terms

    Stonger comp and protection—starting on day one


  • Goodbyes

    Severance Package Negotiation


    Senior Leader, 11 Years Tenure


    Secured +6 weeks severance and full bonus payout



    40% increase in total severance value


  • Hellos

    Starting Package Negotiation


    Senior Leader, Financial Services


    Secured 10% base salary increase and a signing bonus that raised total compensation by 7%


    Immediate financial lift



  • Goodbyes

    Severance Package Negotiation


    CMO, 500-Person Company


    Negotiated cash payout for unvested equity and reframed exit narrative to preserve eligibility for unemployment

    33% increase in total value



  • Hellos

    Job Package Negotiation


    Senior Media Executive


    Improved base and bonus, expanded childcare benefits, remote flexibility, and defined severance terms

    High-value, lifestyle-aligned offer


  • Goodbyes

    Severance Package Negotiation


    Senior Exec, Retail Sector


    Secured vesting of equity (20% of total compensation) and extended healthcare coverage


    Six-figure uplift


Services

Whether you’re holding an offer or facing an exit, we help you secure the strongest possible package—financially and strategically—and move forward with clarity and confidence.

Whether you’re holding an offer or facing an exit, we help you secure the strongest possible package—financially and strategically—and move forward with clarity and confidence.
Whether you’re holding an offer or facing an exit, we help you secure the strongest possible package—financially and strategically—and move forward with clarity and confidence.
Hellos: Job Offers and Internal Raises

You walk a tightrope in compensation negotiations: you want to be seen as collaborative, but you also want to be paid what you’re worth. I help you navigate that tension with strategy, clarity, and language that protects your reputation while increasing your total compensation.

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Goodbyes: Severance Negotiations

In severance negotiations: ask for too little, and you leave value on the table; ask for too much, and risk being seen as difficult. I help you navigate those dynamics with tact, strategic precision, and confidence—so you walk away with the compensation, clarity, and control you deserve.

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Our Process

How We Work Together:
Compensation Strategy & Negotiation Support

How We Work Together:
Compensation Strategy & Negotiation Support

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Clarify Negotiation Prioritization

We identify your priorities across what’s negotiable: Salary, bonus, equity, severance, PTO, flexibility, and more

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Clarify Negotiation Prioritization

We identify your priorities across what’s negotiable: Salary, bonus, equity, severance, PTO, flexibility, and more

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Assess Leverage & Strategy

We evaluate your offer or severance package with competitive benchmarks to identify where you have leverage and use that to inform our strategy

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Assess Leverage & Strategy

We evaluate your offer or severance package with competitive benchmarks to identify where you have leverage and use that to inform our strategy

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Craft Strategic Messaging

We develop scripts and framing that help you advocate for yourself while maintaining credibility and momentum

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Craft Strategic Messaging

We develop scripts and framing that help you advocate for yourself while maintaining credibility and momentum

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Live Coaching & Support

I help you prep for recruiter calls, hiring managers, and final negotiations—so you can secure what you’re worth and show your value from the start

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Live Coaching & Support

I help you prep for recruiter calls, hiring managers, and final negotiations—so you can secure what you’re worth and show your value from the start

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About me

Executive Negotiation Strategist. HR Insider. Your Advocate.

Compensation Strategist. HR Insider. Your Advocate.
Executive Negotiation Strategist. HR Insider. Your Advocate.

I’ve built compensation strategies, hired senior leaders, and negotiated executive offers at multiple Fortune 100 companies and a venture-backed startup. I know how hiring managers and HR think—and how to make your ask sound like a smart business decision, not a risk.

Additionally, I’ve led global RIFs and high-stakes terminations as a senior HR leader. I understand how companies think about severance—and how to shift those dynamics in your favor.

Whether it's saying a hello or goodbye. I've been there and am here to help.

I’ve built compensation strategies, hired senior leaders, and negotiated executive offers at multiple Fortune 100 companies and a venture-backed startup. I know how hiring managers and HR think—and how to make your ask sound like a smart business decision, not a risk.

Additionally, I’ve led global RIFs and high-stakes terminations as a senior HR leader. I understand how companies think about severance—and how to shift those dynamics in your favor.

Whether it's saying a hello or goodbye. I've been there and am here to help.

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Testimonials

Our clients trust us to deliver reliable and effective solutions

Our clients trust us to deliver reliable and effective solutions

Prior to working with Sara, I was apprehensive, uncertain and insecure. Working with Sara helped me to truly understand my worth. She gave me the confidence and clarity to be extremely successful in my negotiations!

I didn't know where to start, and our work gave me the confidence to advocate for myself.

She was instrumental in helping me craft an extremely effective and successful response to my previous employer, resulting in an additional 6 weeks of severance, and a hard-earned bonus!

Pricing & Engagement

Each engagement begins with a complimentary 30-minute discovery call to assess fit.

Each engagement begins with a complimentary 30-minute discovery call to assess fit.

Hellos: Pricing

Hellos: Pricing

Designed for Job offers, Contract Renewals, and Internal Raises.


We use a revenue sharing model where our fee is based on a percentage of the negotiated upside from the initial offer of total first year compensation.


Simply put, our success is directly aligned to yours!

Designed for Job offers, Contract Renewals, and Internal Raises.


We use a revenue sharing model where our fee is based on a percentage of the negotiated upside from the initial offer of total first year compensation.


Simply put, our success is directly aligned to yours!

Schedule a Discovery Call

Pricing is based on negotiation outcome

Typical +10-40% increases to total compensation from negotiated upside

Each negotiation is approached uniquely

Goodbyes: Pricing

Designed for Proactive and Reactive Separation Support.


We charge a flat fee for severance. It is based on whether we’re negotiating a proactive or reactive severance package and the degree of complexity.


Please contact us for any questions or further details!

Designed for Proactive and Reactive separation support.


We charge a flat fee for severance. It is based on whether we’re negotiating a proactive or reactive severance package and the degree of complexity.


Please contact us for any questions or further details!

Designed for Proactive and Reactive Separation Support.


We charge a flat fee for severance. It is based on whether we’re negotiating a proactive or reactive severance package and the degree of complexity.


Please contact us for any questions or further details!

Schedule a Discovery Call

Receive tailored quote at discovery call

Severance services are priced as a flat fee equivalent to one week's base pay

Provides holistic approach to goodbyes

Inquiries

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