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Re: asking for a raise
By: Victoria Date: March 2, 2019, 9:08 am
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[quote author=Contrarian link=topic=1024.msg27050#msg27050
date=1551535480]
Why wouldn’t you ask for a salary comparable to associates in
your area?
From the outside, the fact that you don’t seek a competitive
salary and are ok with working less than average hours speaks to
someone without ambition.
However, my sister is a lawyer and the first job she worked had
her working 7am to 11pm 6 days a week with an occasional 7th day
thrown in. It did pay well but she had no life.
So she took a job as a lawyer at a bank instead of a firm, took
a pay cut and had some time for herself. So the less hours,
less money isn’t necessarily low ambition. I just think it may
look like that to your employer.
My sister now, still working for the same company, has 13
lawyers under her supervision, makes a crazy amount of money and
travels the world. That took about 15 years.
Anyway, I think you should really do some research about what a
competitive salary would be, what other law firms in your
particular field expect and pay and start there, with hard
facts, with your supervisor when you ask for a raise.
But when you’re doing your research you may find another firm
that pays their employees a fair salary for the work they put in
and consider submitting your CV.
I’m not suggesting quitting and getting a new job. I’m very much
saying to know what’s out there and be able to speak confidently
with your supervisor about it when asking for a raise. But if
you see an opportunity worth looking into, look into it.
[/quote]
I don't work as an associate a law firm, I work inside of a
company like your sister does now.
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Re: asking for a raise
By: Hanna Date: March 2, 2019, 9:29 am
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Are you in the US? Salaried?
How do they track your time?
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Re: asking for a raise
By: Contrarian Date: March 2, 2019, 10:17 pm
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[/quote]
I don't work as an associate a law firm, I work inside of a
company like your sister does now.
[/quote]
That doesn’t really change the fact that I think you should ask
for a competitive salary, research what that would be and what
others are companies offer.
But again, why do you not want to ask for the same salary that
someone with the same experience would get?
I think I may have misunderstood something.
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Re: asking for a raise
By: Sycorax Date: March 3, 2019, 7:35 am
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This would be a good question to ask over at Ask A Manager (or
you can peruse the archives, I know there have been similar
questions asked)
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Re: asking for a raise
By: bopper Date: March 4, 2019, 3:27 pm
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I wonder if the "head of the legal department" started in a
partnered law firm and that what was expected there.
"Boss, I wanted to talk to you about the hours you were asking
me to work. I took on this job at this salary assuming I would
be working 40-50 hours per week. My salary is less than
comparable in-house lawyers and significantly less than firm
associates but I was okay with that because I worked less hours
and that was what I was looking for. Firm associates work more,
but they are also trying to achieve partner. We don't have this
kind of structure in house. If you look at <site that shows
salaries> it shows that in-house lawyers get $XX,000 per year.
So if you are expecting the hours of a typical in-house lawyer,
I would need to be paid at that level.
HTML https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=In-House_Counsel/Salary
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