Anyone successfully negotiate for more pto? If so, howd you doit?

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Yes but only because they wouldn't budget on my salary negotiation when I first got the job offer. They said they couldn't go higher than their original offer, so I asked for 5 more days of PTO and they gave it to me. Never negotiated PTO while in a role though. That might be more challenging

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