I extended an offer, and the candidate tried to renegotiate—twice—after signing. I want to be flexible, but at what point is it crossing the line? Any tips on protecting boundaries in this case...this is a new one for me

I might be being a little too harsh here but I feel like this candidate has already crossed the line and it's time to cut your losses and revoke the offer. But I have a low tolerance for candidates pulling this kind of crap

Post signing negotiation rounds, yikes. Your last offer = final offer.

After signing, I no longer have the ability to negotiate; it follows the employee manual vs a contract outside of those rules.

Wow lol that’s a lot bit bold… I’d strongly consider rescinding the offer bc that’s a big red flag to me that this person is going to be a problem child that isn’t equipped with the skills needed to navigate basic professional situations and lacks basic professional etiquette knowledge and skills.

Thiss post is omitting key details... You made an offer and they’re negotiating? What’s wrong with that? Was it a verbal or written offer?

Or are you saying you made an offer and they accepted it and are now trying to renegotiate?

Signing the offer is agreeing to the contract terms. You can’t buy a car then negotiate for paint protection and floor mats!

I've had this happen to me once before. We made it super clear that we were unable to further negotiate after the contract had been signed and any further asks were inappropriate.

I want to take a different view of the offer and with the limited information available. 1st candidate verbally and or accepts written offer. Their current employer receives notice that they want to grow career at xyX Corp and they have offered me xyz based on my experience and education and value I can bring. They now give him/her a counter offer to stay, your candidate is not communicating this to you for a couple reasons and is asking for you to possible up your offer now that the current employer and or a competitor is offering more. I would feel good as the new hiring company because they are asking you to pay what others would be paying in the original offer. As a hiring manager I’ve always talked openly about and honesty to my HRBP to plan for these actions. Now if you are offering what you’re offering don’t shame the candidate that you want and others want, simply sell him the new roll. Try earning trust between the candidate and the HM and HR. Talent is limited and trust me depending on to your location and what position is in the company you may not be in control of the candidates. If you want to start over and try again with posting and interviews and the time and expense associated and the possibility of loosing the candidate after they start by not listening to the candidate, it’s a takes a little empathy and maybe a relationship builder in HR to find out the real reason behind it. They won’t tell you if they don’t trust you. In my experience this has been key trust and empathy will get you a better employee. Now if this is not a professional position and they are just trying to get more $$ start over or go to your #2 and proceed after disposition has taken place.

I’d need some key details to determining intents etc but These things happen more often than people think. Maybe less so for lower positions and in certain industries.
Sometimes a candidate gets a better offer but they really want to go with your company so they’re trying to see if it’ll work out or not.. anyways regardless of intent here. You can just be firm and say sorry that is the offer that we can provide at this time. Whether you want to word it as: this is the highest we can go, best we can offer [at this time]. Etc.

I do see some people judge a person’s character right away and view this as a negative thing but it’s not necessarily that, also keep in mind of the job they’re going for. If you’re hiring a sales kind of person, this is probably the kind of person you’d want who’s not afraid to ask.

That’s a big red flag for me as well. I’d recommend reaching out to your second-best candidate already.

Missing context:

What are their stated reason for renegotiating?
- Did they receive a counteroffer?
- Are their formal duties different from what was described during the hiring process?
- Something else?

We simply don’t have enough information to give you a recommendation.