Anybody know anything about Lerner David for patent pros? Culture, pay, hours etc? Mid level looking to lateral

Hi Folks! Anyone has an idea of how is first year senior offered in VHCOL/NYC/SF Bay Area? Thanks!

How is Harman Connected Services , Pune? I will have HR discussion on Monday. How much CTC should I ask for? I have 4.6 yoe and have offer of 17 already. Is it good to join?

Does anybody work for Banner Health in Phoenix area? Would you consider the system to be PA friendly any other insider insights welcome!

What are good margins for PI associate attorneys; i.e., what should they make for the firm compared to what the firm would/ should pay them?

For those in PE why would you abandon a $250K/ year job for Bschool

Does anyone can inform about IT infra advisor role in Dell? What level it has?

Hi fishes i have got offer in intelsat with offer of 12lpa fixed .can anyone tell me about the organisation.

What is the highest paid technology in IT in 2022

Is the SAP practice in India at PWC any good?

Hey All,
Exp : 8.6
Exp On Mulesoft : 4.8
CTC : 20 LPA
Offer holding :
31 Fixed Infinite Computer Solutions
32 fixed from @Nahil (Saudi based gave 32 fixed (no TDS))

Current company: Infosys
I am waiting for the offer letters from
EPAM Systems asked 35, but selected for D3 role so 31/32 LPA.
Genpact (Enquero global) asked 35, not sure they can give or Match?

Which one to join, I am planning for long term commitment. Please provide your thoughts.

Hi folks, Can someone tell if below salary is sufficient for one person (6 YOE) to live in Melbourne, Australia


C&B fixed (gross): AUD 6500/ month Monthly overseas allowance: AUD 5800/month

Interviewing for a Senior Brand Manager (SBM) role @KraftHeinz in Chicago. Looking for insight on realistic salary range and variable compensation. Currently an SBM with 6 years experience in brand management and 6 years sales experience. TIA!

Hi,

Does anyone have any experience with tietoevry? How's the company/work culture? The person taking my technical round was quite rude to me but they still went ahead with the managerial round and now asking for documents. I offers from Capgemini and Globallogic.

What’s the best group to work on at FCB Health?

What is the corporate rate for BCG at the equinox Hudson yards

Is citicorp different from citi bank. Got offer from citicorp. Provide insights please

Female 🐠ers! What type of tights to y'all wear that are indestructible. Bought new ones and it already has a hole!

What are agencies/production like in Dublin/Ireland?

I'm redesigning my site and I'm sick of Squarepace. What are your favorite web designing platforms?

Creative Directors in London: what’re you earning? Please add years of experience and or awards. 👀✊

If you take vacation, is the onus on you to make up that billable time? If so, how do you enjoy long vacations?

What monetary goal/target are you telling yourself to hit before quitting big law?

Ideas for gifts that can be bought in bulk for a team of 35? Don’t want to get them junk, but also don’t want to break the bank.

Hi! Are there any creatives that would like to chat? I’m a recent graduate and really hoping to ask some questions. Much appreciate it!!

Does anyone here have a Peloton? I really want one but it's almost $3k all in so want to make sure I would use it!

Anybody go from agency-side to working at an ad tech company? What’s it like?

What are the Top MBAs outside of M7 to land an MBB role?

Made the pivot from Big 4 to Bain and frankly underwhelmed. Seems like Bains Ops capabilities / general knowledge resources / white papers are lagging the industry quite a bit. Miles behind BCG / McKinsey as well. Literally only good for PE and nothing else.

I am so conflicted and not sure what to do. A company I wanted to work for was not ready for hire when I first reached out in Sept. Since then I have accepted a job at a outpatient oncology clinic, starting in Jan at a renowned hosp. Having said that the other company does more of what I was hoping to do when I left my previous job. The company is a vessel for new ideas in healthcare helping their community specifically with seed funding, & launching their own programs. I have no idea what to do

Did anyone on here quit their consulting job before searching for their next job? Would love to hear others’ perspectives.

I am about to accept an offer with Deloitte Digital. Curious to see what the timeline for H1B transfer looks like. Has anyone been thru it recently and can give me an estimate.

Anyone know the typical salary for a senior associate in risk management at RSM?

I’ve been with KPMG for a few years and moved once internally so I need to ‘start from scratch’ to get promoted to senior associate so I’m exploring external opportunities.

What month is promotion month at different firms?

How to ask a company for counter offer (means how to sentence it correctly)?

I do have multiple offers and want to match the maximum amount with the company that I want to join.

Please share your valuable inputs.

Could use some help designing a commission scheme, what would you sharks do in my situation??? I’d like to do some sort of group scheme, not an individual contributor scheme.

Situation:
just replaced a 35yr lifer and now boss tells me to create a business plan and comp scheme. Now there’s me and my trainee who’s rather green. It would be my responsibility to train him up. With 2 effective sales people last year we did ~7M @ 50% margin avg contract value of $25k (record setting year).

AsSalaamuAlaikum Wr. Wrb.


People any of you think we might take opportunity of this tax filing season and help out the less privileged to fill our their tax returns??

Any recommendations for patent prosecution practice management software for a small firm? Currently not using anything and want to be able to better manage and monitor associates.

I’m a patent pros. paralegal working in bio/chem at my firm, 26 yo with an MS in Chem at 100k and a 115 hr billable req.
After the mental beat down that was grad school, I’m happy to have straightforward tasks and mentally coast, but my attys want me to start studying for the patent bar asap.
I like where I’m at and I know that once I start down the tech spec/agent/attorney path, it’s going to be full speed. How long do you think I can/should stay in this position before starting to study?

What would you say the going rates are for (i) non provisional application drafting and (ii) office action responses?

What do folks find most frustrating about patent prosecution? Drafting, OAs, client relations, other?

For me, I dislike drafting the spec to explicitly recite the basic things it does, eg, server talks to client to do <basic action>.

First year associate thinking about making the just from medium sized reputable IP firm to In House. Started at said firm summer of 1L year as a law clerk/patent agent in May 2019, have worked through school and full time as associate since Sept 2021. Feeling very “stuck” in day to day work. Love the patent/IP space but drafting and pros w/minimal human interaction is getting very difficult. Thinking In House would be better, but not sure how much experience needed. Thoughts?

How many billable hours do people in prosecution tend to average each month? I’ve gone through waves of feeling like my billable hours requirement is reasonable to feeling like I’m drowning and can’t possibly do it for that long.

Anybody know anything about Nicholson de vos Webster Elliott for patent pros? Culture, pay, hours etc? Mid level looking to lateral

Has anyone regretted going in-house as patent counsel? If so, were you able to successfully transition back to a firm?

Patent prosecution or trademark prosecution? I have interest in both places but would love to hear the thoughts/experience of others.

In what order do you draft a patent application? I know the official answer is “it depends.” But what do you find yourself do most often? For me, it’s claims —> drawings —> spec.

What do hiring partners (or HR in in-house) generally think about a lateral that are in the middle of a part-time MS degree program (STEM MS program)?

In prosecution, if a patent attorney does not try to remove prior art cited by an examiner (eg a 130 affidavit to assert an exception under102(b)(1)(A)), but instead makes arguments to overcome the art, may the attorney made an admission that bars removing the art later in prosecution. Just received such a transfer case, looking for options.

Prosecution associates - what are your hours looking like this year?

Any tips on starting a solo patent law firm from working in Biglaw? Worth it?

I’m looking for a tool that allows me to search for text in Office Actions and responses. For example, is there a way to search for ‘written description’ or ‘improper Markush’ issued by Examiner John Smith? Does something like this exist?

Has anyone on here ever requested redaction of a filed application? I'm looking to redact a few paragraphs of a provisional application.

For those at small/medium patent pros boutiques, what is your compensation structure, billing requirements, and salary like?

What do y’all use to draw informal figures? I currently use powerpoint but am curious if there are more efficient ways. What have you found most efficient/convenient?

Having some severe Executive Dysfunction atm. I can't imagine that the patent attorney bowl here is short on the neurodivergent. Suggestions/tips/tricks/advice are all appreciated. I recently moved, bought my first home, got vaccinated, etc. - basically just a huge load of stressful events that are probably doing a number on my brain, but I also just can't seem to get on top of.

Please, if you're neurotypical, think thrice before posting - I'm not normal, and want help, not stress or dismiss