I’m a lawyer based in Europe. I’m lateraling to a firm in a new jurisdiction on Monday and negotiated a decent pay increase a few months ago (new jurisdiction has significantly higher income taxes so negotiated based on a comparable net pay). My old firm has just announced it is increasing salaries by around 15% which will almost negate what I negotiated at new firm. New firm doesn’t review salaries till September. What are my options here so that I’m not out of pocket?

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None, I’m afraid

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How are you out of pocket? You accepted an offer and it still stands. Go forth on a new adventure and job!

FYI, I moved from the US to another country at the firm’s request over 20 years ago and, shortly after arriving, received a mere 3% raise and no bonus after billing 3,000 hours my last year in the US. I was pissed at the time but it was a great move, didn’t look back and am still in the same city with another firm. And happy!

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You can always ask, but I don’t think you have any leverage at this point. It’s a risk you assumed when you made the move

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