Competing Offer Leverage Script

You have two offers, you want the lower-paying one, and the gap is real money. This writes the exact words for the awkward bits: disclosing the rival offer without sounding like a threat, and answering when they ask if you'd actually walk. For anyone mid-negotiation who knows what they want to say but not how to say it.

I have a competing job offer from {COMPETING_COMPANY} for {COMPETING_OFFER_AMOUNT}. My preferred employer, {PREFERRED_COMPANY}, has offered me {PREFERRED_OFFER_AMOUNT}. I genuinely want to join {PREFERRED_COMPANY} but the gap is meaningful.

Write scripts for the following moments:
1. Disclosing the competing offer in a way that feels honest rather than threatening
2. Responding if they ask whether I'd really leave for the other role
3. Handling it if they say they don't negotiate against competing offers as a policy
4. Accepting gracefully if they meet my number, without making them feel manipulated

For each script, flag what I should never say and why.