Employment contract review service

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Short answer: An employment contract review service analyzes your offer letter and employment agreement to identify negotiable items, missing protections, restrictive covenant scope, and compensation benchmarks. Counteroffer delivers reviews in 24 hours for $199. The report covers compensation benchmarking, equity grant analysis, severance triggers, IP assignment, restrictive covenants, and recommended counter language ready to send to the recruiter.

What gets reviewed

A complete employment contract review includes:

Offer letter
Employment agreement (if separate)
Equity grant documents
Plan documents (equity plan, bonus plan)
IP assignment / invention disclosure
Restrictive covenants (non-compete, non-solicit, confidentiality)
Any side letters or special arrangements

The review covers the entire compensation and protection package, not just the headline base salary.

What you get

The delivered report includes:

Cover page and review summary
Compensation benchmarking against Pave, Levels.fyi, and Carta data for your role, level, location, and company stage
Equity grant analysis: size benchmark, vesting structure, refresh expectations
Termination protection: Cause and Good Reason definitions, severance benefits, acceleration provisions
Restrictive covenants: scope reasonableness, state-law enforceability, recommended narrowing
IP assignment: state-law carve-out review, Prior Inventions disclosure recommendations
Recommended counter email to recruiter with specific language for each negotiable item
Action plan: negotiation sequencing, fallback positions, walk-away thresholds

The report is structured to make your negotiation efficient and grounded in data.

Who uses employment contract reviews

Candidates evaluating offers from Series A through Fortune 500
Senior leaders comparing competing executive offers
First-time job seekers wanting to understand what's standard
Existing employees evaluating retention package or promotion offer
Candidates with non-compete exposure from prior employer

When a review service is the right fit

Best fit:

Offers with total comp at or above $100K
Offers with equity components
Mid-career through executive levels
Standard private and public company offers
Cross-border or unusual structures where benchmarking benefit is high

Not a fit (we refer to attorneys instead):

Section 16 officer roles at public companies
Pre-IPO offers with imminent liquidity event and 280G exposure
Offers requiring complex tax planning (RSUs and PSUs across multiple jurisdictions)
Multi-jurisdiction or international offers
Offers with active dispute or breach concerns from prior employer
Equity packages exceeding $1M expected value

Pricing

$199 for a complete employment contract review delivered in 24 hours
$498 for review + 30-minute prep call with reviewer
Full refund if we miss a material issue

What to do next

If you want a delivered review of your specific offer, see Offer Review.

For executive-level offers above $500K total comp or involving complex structures, we'll flag in the review and refer to specialized counsel where appropriate.

Get your contract reviewed

If you want a delivered review of your specific document with cited authority and counter language, see https://trycounteroffer.com/offer.

Last updated: Sun May 31 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Counteroffer is a contract analysis service, not a law firm. This page is informational, not legal advice.