Pricing
Priced per engagement. No retainers.
Flat fees are paid before work begins. Hourly support is billed in set increments. Negotiation packages include every round of the negotiation — not a single exchange — which is why they carry a success fee on the increase in gross base cash severance: the up-front price stays lower and the rest of what we earn is tied to a defined, verifiable outcome instead of how many rounds it takes.
| Service | Price | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-employment You have an offer, a contract or an equity grant in hand and you have not signed yet. | ||||
Job Offer & Agreement Advisory Know what you are signing before you sign it. | $99 | Details | ||
Executive Offer & Equity Advisory Leverage at the senior table. | $499 – $999 | Details | ||
While you're employed You are still on payroll and something has changed — a plan, a pay dispute, a manager, a reorg. | ||||
PIP & Performance Response Advisory A written plan for responding to a PIP or warning. | $149 | Details | ||
After the exit A separation or severance package is on the table and the terms are still open. | ||||
Severance Agreement Review & Advisory Understand the exit terms before you sign the release. | $199 | Details | ||
Severance Negotiation & Coaching Package Full review plus the words to use, every round. | $399 | Details | ||
Any stage Support that fits wherever you are, whether or not you start a packaged engagement. | ||||
Strategy Consultation A focused call with a senior advisor. | $99/hr | Details | ||
How we compare
What the alternatives cost
Most people weighing an offer or a severance package are choosing between a career-coaching agency, an employment lawyer on a retainer or contingency, and doing nothing. Here is where Fulcrum sits.
Pre-employment
Job offer & agreement advisory
Written playbook, risk highlights and suggested wording for the terms worth raising before you sign.
Fulcrum
$99
flat fee, paid before work begins
- Coaching agencies
- $500–$800
- Employment lawyers
- $500–$800 flat
Executive offer & equity advisory
Deep read on vesting, change-in-control and deferred comp, plus custom scripts for the conversation.
Fulcrum
$499 – $999
flat fee, paid before work begins
- Coaching agencies
- $1,200+
- Employment lawyers
- $2,000–$3,500+
After the exit
Severance agreement review & advisory
Full release-scope read, clawback and restriction flags, and the asks ranked in the order to make them.
Fulcrum
$199
flat fee, paid before work begins
- Coaching agencies
- $800–$1,000
- Employment lawyers
- $750+ flat
Severance negotiation & coaching
Low up-front cost, a single-digit success fee, and coaching through every round and every message you send — all rounds included.
Fulcrum
$399 + 7%
of any increase in gross base cash severance
- Coaching agencies
- $800 + 15% of the increase
- Employment lawyers
- $2,500+ retainer, or 25%–40% contingency
Any stage
Free risk check
Structured questions, an instant 0–100 read on your situation, and no documents to upload.
Fulcrum
$0
always free
- Coaching agencies
- $175 intake consultation
- Employment lawyers
- $350–$500 consultation
Live advisor call
Book a focused strategy session on its own — no package, no retainer, no minimum.
Fulcrum
$99/hr
paid up front, billed in 15-minute increments
- Coaching agencies
- Bundled into a four-figure package
- Employment lawyers
- $350–$600 per hour
Fulcrum prices are current and live. Agency and attorney figures are typical published ranges for comparable engagements, not quotes, and will vary by provider and location. Fulcrum provides employment advisory and negotiation coaching, not legal services — if you need legal claims assessed or representation in a proceeding, a licensed attorney in your state is the right choice, and these figures are not a substitute for one.
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Add-on
- +$99
Custom Communication Script
A ready-to-send message written for your situation — the asks in the right order, the wording, and the close. Covers every round of the negotiation, not just the first: each time the employer responds, your advisor writes you a fresh script at no extra cost. You must read the script in full and confirm every detail before you send it.
Add it at checkout or any time during your engagement. One purchase covers every round of the negotiation — each new employer response gets a fresh script. You send it yourself, in your own name, after reading it in full.
How the success fee is calculated
The success fee applies strictly to the increase in Gross Base Cash Severance (lump sum or salary continuation). Excluded: equity or option value or acceleration, health/COBRA premiums, accrued PTO, bonuses, outplacement, and any non-cash benefit. Inclusion of any excluded component requires a signed addendum.
- It covers all rounds of the negotiation — every counteroffer reviewed, re-sequenced and coached — with no per-round fee.
- You report the final package; an advisor verifies it against the signed documents.
- We issue an invoice showing the full delta math, then charge the card on file 48 hours later.
- You can contest the calculation in your portal inside that window and the charge is paused.
Delivery, refunds and scope changes
- Delivery
- Rapid and fully async. Work begins once payment clears and your intake is complete, and your playbook lands in the portal without waiting on a meeting. Executive offer and equity work takes longer. Tell us the deadline you are working against and we sequence your case against it.
- Refunds
- Flat fees are paid before work begins. Contact us before an advisor has started and we refund you in full. Once document analysis or advisor intake review has begun, fees are non-refundable, as stated in the engagement agreement. No retainers, no auto-renewals, and no success fee on an outcome an advisor has not verified with you.
- Scope changes
- Further rounds of the same negotiation are never a scope change — they are included in the package. Genuinely new work is issued as a written fee addendum showing exactly what it covers and what it costs. Nothing is charged and no work proceeds until you read and sign it. Fulcrum may adjust published pricing at any time; the price shown when you start an engagement is locked to that engagement.