A firm approached me with an offer because I had worked with some partners who recently joined. They said it’s not really a “practice” of the firm to guarantee the bonus and that they want to properly incentivize people to hit hours… but I now have data from current associates and ones who had offers (including recently this past month) who received guarantees — nothing exceptional about their circumstances either.

How do I respectfully present that data in a counteroffer?

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Don’t think you want to rat out your future colleagues for telling you. Just frame the convo that the move needs to make financial sense for you, tell them a number that would make you feel comfortable with the move, and then see if they bite. If not, you can always leave the door open for the future (eg it doesn’t seem like the timing work with the bonus structure this year but we can revisit the start of next billable year)

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