<prompt> Human: Im hoping someone on her can help me with my salary negotiation issue. I recently received a verbal job offer at a pretty reputable company in my area for 140,000 15 bonus, which I consider to be a decent offer about 5 above what I currently make in terms of total comp. Knowing that this is a negotiation I countered with 150,000 15 bonus. The HR rep said that she would check with the hiring manager and get back to me.Today I get an email from the HR rep apologizing for the confusion but that my original offer was supposed to be 135,000 15 bonus and that she erroneously told me 140,000 10 Bonus. I responded that she was mistaken and I reminded her that she actually told me 140,000 15 during our call. She didnt concede that I was correct but simply acknowledged there was confusion. Now she wants to know if I still want to counter with 150,000 15 which now seems a little ridiculous considering the initial offer.I feel like they are trying to pull a bait-and-switch on me, which is surprising because this is a pretty reputable, large, company. Any advice?  <response>: There is a fairly good chance this is just a mixup, so dont get too conspiracy theory on us just yet. I would stick with what you want. What you want, and what the job is worth have nothing to do with how far off it is from the initial offer. Either you are willing do a job for X or you arent. I think 5 is not NEARLY enough to take the risk of changing jobs. Bonus comp also makes me nervous because its generally not guranteed. 