Accepted a lateral offer, current firm/group is busy and bleeding associates and talking about retention bonuses. I had a convo a few months ago with a partner where he floated the idea of a retention bonus as well, so I think the chance of receiving one is good. If I do get one once I give notice, what are the odds I can get the new firm to match? 0% chance I stay at the current firm regardless.

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Pretty good bargaining chip.

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Yeah, I’d probably ask. All they can do is say no.

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If you’ve already accepted then I think it would be a bad look. Could come across as greedy since you already said the current offer was acceptable. I personally wouldn’t do it because of the “who does this person think they are” perception risk.

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which group r u in that u have this much leverage? am assuming its a specialist area, but just curious

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Not a specialist but am the only associate left in our group that does work in a niche type of transaction.

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