If you didn't use a recruiter for lateraling, is the firm more likely to give you a signing bonus since the firm technically saved money?

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FWIW, I used it as a negotiating tool and it worked

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Same

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Top firm where money is not an object, no. Outside v20, could use it to your advantage.

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