Asked for remote as a hard condition instead of negotiating salary this time and it actually landed
Previous searches I always led with a number. This time the number they offered was fine, so I asked for fully remote instead of the hybrid three-days they'd posted, framed it as the one thing that actually mattered to me. They came back within a day, approved, no pushback and no reduction anywhere else to compensate. Wish someone had told me earlier that the ask doesn't have to be cash to be a real negotiation.