AI and Employment Contract Review: 5 Clauses to Negotiate at 18

First-job offer letters look take-it-or-leave-it but most have 5 negotiable clauses (start date, PTO, equity, signing bonus, severance). AI can flag each one and give you the script to ask for more without burning the offer.

Some examples

• Ask ChatGPT to read an offer letter and flag the 5 negotiable clauses.
• Ask Claude for the email script to ask for $5k more without sounding entitled.
• Ask Gemini what 'at-will employment' means and what it doesn't mean.
• Ask Perplexity for typical PTO and equity ranges for entry-level roles in your industry.

Try it!

When you get your first offer, ask AI for the negotiation script before you respond.

Practice this safely

Try this with a school, hobby, or family example where the stakes are low. Use the AI output as a draft you can question, not as the final answer.

1. 1Ask AI to explain employment contract in plain language, then underline anything that sounds uncertain or too broad.
2. 2Give it one detail from "AI and Employment Contract Review: 5 Clauses to Negotiate at 18" and ask for two possible next steps plus one reason each step might be wrong.
3. 3Check offer letter against a trusted source, teacher, adult, expert, or original document before you use it.