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How to negotiate a task

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If the hours or the deadline do not work, do not decline. Negotiate: you tell the assigner what you can do, and they decide.

Open the proposal and tap Negotiate. The Request a change panel slides in.
The Request a change panel
On this screen
- Deadline – the date you can deliver by.
- Effort – hours, with − and + to change them.
- Reason – quick choices: Existing work, Dependency, Leave / holiday, Complexity, Waiting on customer.
- Add more detail – optional note.
- Work breakdown – optional: Add activity lists the pieces of work behind your estimate.
- Supporting files – optional. Add file accepts PDF, DOCX, TXT, XLSX, JPG, PNG and MP4, up to 50 MB in total.
- Comparison – Current against Yours, so you can see what you are changing.
- Send request – pale until you change the effort or the deadline.
Change the effort or the deadline, pick a reason, then tap Send request.
A request ready to send
On this screen
- Effort – here raised to 3h.
- Reason – Dependency is highlighted.
- Send request – now blue.
The task becomes Negotiating, and you wait for the assigner.
The negotiation as the assigner sees it
On this screen
- Negotiating · Your move – this is the assigner's view of your request.
- Change requested – Effort & timeline, with the effort shown as 2h → 3h +1h and your deadline.
- Your reason – shown under the change.
- Accept counter, Counter again, Withdraw – the assigner's choices.

On your own screen the same item reads Negotiating · Awaiting their reply, with Waiting for the assigner to respond to your counter-proposal.

Good to know

You can negotiate more than once. Each round is kept in the thread as a record.
Nothing is binding while it is being negotiated. The task is only agreed when you accept it.

Last updated 2026-10-23