Big law laterals did you counter or negotiate salary?

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No, salary scale is set. I did negotiate a signing bonus though. And if you're lateraling now, make sure you get a full year end bonus as well.

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Only things to negotiate in terms of compensation are class year and bonus. You would honestly look dumb if you tried to throw out your own number in a lockstep comp system

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If you’re not on NY scale, yes. Always yes to bonus

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No

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Personally I don’t, but a coworker of mine always does it. When recruiters try to lowball them, they usually say “this change doesn’t make sense for me for less than X% raise.” Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.

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I’m a partner, so yes, heavily negotiate.

As an associate, assuming market comp, yes for signing bonus.

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If lockstep on Cravath, negotiate sign on bonus and class year.

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I don’t think this is an option if you’re on Cravath scale, unless you mean negotiating class year. You should negotiate signing bonus, year end bonus without proration, etc.

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