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 I saw Mark mention vacation time as something you could potentially negotiate.

I have only done this once.  I asked the hiring VP if he would match my current vacation after I had completed a year with them.  I told him I would have to work extra hours to get up to learn their company and products starting out, and since I didn't have a track record with him I wouldn't expect him to do this starting my first day.

The hiring VP thought about for a minute and said "HR is going to hate me for this... but that would be fine".

How has everyone else approached this?  Is there a better way?