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Make the case for a raise without fumbling it
One of the highest-stakes conversations in working life, and nobody gets a second attempt at it. Make your case to a manager who negotiates back, and find out where it holds.
See where you standOne full session, free. No credit card.
Who's across the table
Linda
The user's direct manager · Make the case, handle pushback, know when to close
Linda is your direct manager: fair, busy, and careful with her budget. She'll hear you out, and then she'll ask the questions that matter: what changed since your compensation was set, why now, and what happens if the answer is not yet. Fill in your real role, case, and number on the setup screen and she walks in pressing on your actual situation.
What this room trains
- Making the case with evidence, not adjectives
- Holding a number under pushback
- Probing questions answered without getting defensive
- Reading the moment to close
How a session runs
- Talk it out, live. This is a spoken conversation, not a form. Linda speaks in real turns and waits; the moment you speak, the room stops and listens, the way a person does.
- Coached the moment you finish. Your coach reads the whole transcript and tells you what worked, what to fix first, and what a stronger version sounds like, scored on the same dimensions every session.
- Watch your line rise. Every session is scored on the same dimensions, and on any paid plan your progress reports graph the trend for this exact scenario, so improvement is something you can see, not something you hope.
Questions people ask about this room
What if she says there's no budget?
She might; that exact pushback is the rep. The coach afterward shows you how you handled it, where you conceded too fast or pushed past a real signal, and what a steadier version sounds like. A few runs in, the sentence that used to end the conversation starts to feel like just another turn.
Does it know anything about my actual job?
If you want it to. Give Linda your real role, case, and number on the setup screen and the roleplay gets specific to your situation. A profile saved in My account feeds the interview and raise rooms too, once you tailor a session; social scenarios never see it.
How do I know I'm getting better?
Sessions in this room are scored on the same dimensions each time, and on any paid plan your progress reports graph the trend for this exact scenario. Improvement shows up as a line moving, not a feeling.