Salary check. I am currently an in house attorney. 12 YOE. Large company with great coworkers doing regulatory work for the insurance industry. Good work life balance. I live in a high COL city. Out of curiosity and to test the market, I interviewed at a FAANG. Did not get the job, but found out TC was 350k, significantly higher than my TC 230k. I thought I was compensated fairly, but would love to see your thoughts.

likehelpful
Posting as :
works at
You are currently posting as works at

Your TC seems on the low end but not surprising if you went in-house several years back. I’m in the process of moving in house and I’ve been quoted TC packages for 3 YOE where the top end of the range is $220k to $240k. You likely need to do exactly what you’re trying to do - move to a new company - to get a raise.

like

That is market at some top tech companies in the Bay Area. My TC (not including equity) was higher than that as a 4th year, but was that as a third year in 2020. Non-FAANG SaaS, late-stage private.

Check the MLA reports. Comp has gone up 15-25% for non-exec legal in the Bay Area in the past 2 years.

like

A year ago I was an associate corporate counsel at a medical diagnostics company (decent sized company owned by a larger foreign company TC 116k (to keep me I was offered a title bump and TC of 143k. I’ve gotten wind that they are now paying senior roles around TC 200k when I was there it was 160k for a senior title). I switched to another company as Corporate Counsel , large also foreign owned, fully remote, TC 195k. (I had another offer at the time for 185k from a tech company, not FAANG but next tier if that’s helpful, they weren’t remote though so I went with the other offer) i live in the West, not west coast HCOL but it’s definitely not cheap here either. I just accepted a FAANG for a total comp of 345k and relocation to higher cost of living than I am now, but get to bank that higher pay where I currently live for about 6 months before moving. I say that to say it can be all over the place. But literally in a year I’ve also tripled my comp by keeping an open mind with recruiters🤷‍♀️. I wouldn’t normally leave somewhere this quickly but it is what it is ha! YOE 8.

like

My position’s in the health/medical field were general corporate work ie a TON of contracts. (Commercial, marketing, procurement, some R&D etc). Next role is product counsel with one of the tech teams.

16 YOE. Also insurance regulatory. Insurance tends to be a little lower from what I can tell. Just moved from a TC 235k job w/o equity to a job with equity and estimated TC 250k. MCOL.

like

Starting an Associate Counsel position at a Fortune 500 with 5 YOE. TC is 240k a year. MCOL area.

like

Sounds a little lower. I think with your YOE, TC should be at least 255+, high 200s wouldn’t be a stretch at all.

like

7 YOE, F200 tech, 210k TC, MCOL

like

9 YOE, F50 (non-FAANG), HCOL, 225k TC

like

I literally went through 10 hours of interviews, several writing samples, and at least 20+ hours of prep. No feedback given… oh well!

Tempted to answer this, but not sure my answer would be meaningful. Am I the only one with highly variable comp? This year, I'm likely to earn approx. 2.5x what I'll earn 3 years from now (not looking forward to that drop...).

like

Do others have variances that might be over say 50% from one year to the next? Or is it mostly stable?

2YOE, Big 4, MCOL (but bought home early so housing costs on the low end), 150 TC

like

I've seen many things, but is there a definitive answer about what's included in TC?

Great question… no equity for me. 175k base, rest is bonus which tends to be fairly predictable with a solid 401k, which I count too

12 YOE, private multinational company (HQ in Asia), HCOL (not as high as the Bay Area), TC 190k (no equity, no set bonus)

I know my TC was “low” a long time ago (started at first in house role at base 75k 6-7 years ago). I switched job twice in the pandemic and got the190k.

i think it's achievable in new york

like

16 YOE. F100 tech company remote in HCOL area. 250k all in. Compensation elsewhere for my experience can range way higher depending on the company and job however.

Related Posts

Can someone refer me to SAP Labs?
SAP Basis
2.5 YoE

And also what should be the expected CTC?
Current CTC - 5lpa

like

Is there any stable project in Brillio with less/no micro management and work life balance ?

currently tossing up between staying at a global company (who is in the process of some positive changes) with an amazing manager who supports my career and flexible working … however comes with the inherit issues that come with a long standing global company

compared with a role at a smaller mga, higher salary (around 30%) more , more visibility career wise and some great employee benefits , management seem to be supportive and low staff turnover

which would you choose here

like

Starting salary for a creative in Dallas?

helpful

CW salary at FB/Meta within the Creative X group? I keep seeing posts for copywriter positions that require 6 years of experience so I’m assuming even though they call it copywriter it’s more in line with senior / ACD agency salary.

like

Is $100K CAD a reasonable salary for a Senior Art Director in Pharma?

like

My sister wants to work in billing, is that sustainable career or is that stepping stone to other healthcare careers?

like

Hi fishes,

Please suggest what should I choose from following:


Mindtree -> 24 LPA (Following up every week if I am joining or not)

R Systems International -> 25 LPA (Current company, trying to retain, very good hold on project and good relations with manager)

CCTC->18 LPA

Tech Stack -> Angular Front end development.

Serving notice period (more than 2 months left)

Please suggest considering the global recession fears

Thank you.

like

Hi,
Only hdfc bank accounts can be given as salary account in Pwc AC ? Is it like that?
I have Axis Bank account.

like

Interviewing with a commodity trading firm that will match my consulting TC but with a much higher bonus component (30% vs 5-10% currently).
In B4, I have ended up with 0% bonus in the bad years. Can Industry bonuses be that variable too?

like

Hi Fishes, im currently in energy consulting domain. 6 yr YEO. Non IT background with PG. took up a course on advanced certifn. in DS and AI w Intellipaat in the hopes of a hike or a possible career transition. CTC is 7.9 .

Any advice on what should be my realistic expectation after the course and gaining knowledge on Python, SQL, MLops, Power BI, Tableau?

like

How is senior level engineer propsectus in CGI. I m planning to join cgi, , How does CGI manage mid senior and senior employees assuming I am a decent contributor. Is it good company to pursue my next 10 years? CGI

Please comment on WLB, growth and job security


YOE:12yrs
Role: Data Architect

like

What is a good salary for a non-tech client-facing director role at a Series B company?

like

Senior associate, 3.5 YOE, M&A tax in southeast US. What’s a reasonable salary expectation?

like

Pwc AC PwC Current CTC: 11.5LPA Experience: 4.5 Years . Designation:- Associate 2 How much hike and bonus I can expect in this appraisal. Working in PwC AC Bangalore.

like

I'm thinking about starting with a new company. I'm a commercial workers compensation underwriter with almost 3 years of experience. I currently make around 38k but I'm hearing that this is low for the market. Thinking about going to Travlers or Hartford. Anyone have experience there? What was your salary?

like

How much hike (%) does Accenture gives during promotion?
(If it differs based on management level then I want to know about promotion from level 10 to 9)

like

Does anyone in this group have ADHD? Are you finding that working in a law firm setting and billing hours is just not something they can do or is it possible with the proper medication and therapy?

I don’t cut my hours, I consistently reach 7 hours a day, but it’s not enough to meet my firm’s minimum requirement. I’m usually working 9 hours/day.

like

Hello everyone!

Currently looking to jump from Health Care to Pharma/Biotech. Does anyone work at Gilead and can serve as a reference? The current department I’m in, I do not fit the culture as it is a very archaic way of “managing” people. I have about a decade of a variety of work experience, majority in customer service/coordination/administration.

Would love any assistance if possible!

like

How much would an analyst can get in jp morgan?

YOE- 3.5
Tech- Python, SQL, Bigdata, Spark, AWS.

Offer in hand - 14ctc

like

More Posts

If we take the GMAT online, does it actually take a full 7 days to get the results? Or do you have unofficial results immediately after?

like

Any fish fam looking for a change? 2 open jobs for Oracle sales/consultants. DM me if you want more info

likehelpful

Hi Fishes, need some likes to enable DM. Please help.

like

I have a younger family member (almost 13) who is very interested in cybersecurity. How can this person learn and grow in a safe manner if he/she isn’t near a city with youth clubs and etc? Idea is to reinforce ethics, but this material is far too advanced for the parents.

like

Our bonus payout is next week. If i put in my two weeks notice now, will I get my bonus still?

like

Need advice on How do you structure your corp to corp benefits and salary that you pay yourself? And what are the items that can be written off when you work from home?

like

How is mphasis jpmc client

like

I thought my nights and points would merge. How do I make that happen?

Hey all. I and some coworkers are reservists. We are trying to get the reserve leave policy more in line with other NYC bank's and consulting firms, as the bank does almost the bare minimum for userra. Was hoping some of you all wouldn't mind sharing the highlights of your institutions reserve leave policy so I can present a benchmark.

like

What’s the best way to deal with a partner that prefers working solo? For context, this writer I work with conceptualizes by himself, emails the Account team, gives deep input, and makes decisions for us without consulting with me (his “partner”) most of the time. While I appreciate his proactiveness, I feel excluded, limited, and without much room to co-lead the work with him. I don’t know how to bring this up without sounding like I’m b*tching about it.

like

I'm an immigrant from Brazil and I'm evaluating my civil engineering degree and starting from scratch.
I did internship in civil engineering during the entire period of college and worked another year after graduating, which totaled 6 years of experience. I would like to know how the job market is like for immigrants in the field of civil engineering in the US and what advice would you give to someone who is starting over and improving in this area?

like

Hi Sharks,
Please give some like, need it for DM.

like

Interviewing for an SE position and have my final demo in a few weeks. Any trailhead modules I should check out to get more prepared/confident? Thank you in advance!

Hi Everyone!

I am looking at hiring a Sr. Salesforce (Sales and Service Cloud) and Sr. Salesforce (Marketing Cloud) Consultants. They can be based anywhere in North America. If anyone is interested or knows someone who might be. Please shoot me a message or comment below.

PS - Open to Full Time Permanent opportunities or someone looking for contract work is also okay.

likeupliftinghelpful

Hi Guys, thanks on suggestions on previous post.
I have aced Google's RRK interview.
Next up GCA!, Any experiences/resource let them come in...
Wooo!

like

I am working in a service based company and got selected to work for Amazon india project (which is our client) after 2 rigorous rounds of interview. How is the work there and wlb. Is it worthy. Tech stack Java, Springboot, Aws.

For buy side analysts, are there logical career moves one can make after having a couple of years of working experience?

like

How much does A&C 3rd year SC make in India? Planning to make a switch to USI.

like

I am in need of some advice I have a bachelors in healthcare administration. My long term goal would be a CEO of a hospital. I am looking at masters programs and need some advice as what to get my masters in. I could get my masters in healthcare administration but would like to look at something a little different maybe healthcare leadership or something. Anyone have some advice?

like

Additional Posts in In-House Counsel

Has anyone successfully managed to move from a niche in-house practice to a more generalist role? If so, can you provide any helpful tips to transition? I have started down a specialty that I fear will limit my mobility in the future and am looking for tips on how to not be pigeon-holed.

like

When negotiating salary, what is a reasonable ask in terms of increase? I am really hoping to be about 14% higher.

like

Anybody work in-house in adult entertainment? Not interested professionally, but genuinely curious what that work experience is like, or how you transition between roles and companies.

like

Any product counsel for AI-related companies here?

like

How does it work when you live in one state but represent & work in house for a company with operations in another. For example, if I live in California but I’m licensed in NY & working for a company with NY operations. Is this ok?

like

TC check for NYC in-house lawyers. I'm 9 YOE in financial services with 300 TC. 230 salary with 70k bonus.

like

NFW- I just had a good laugh. Earlier today I was on a video conference call reviewing a Private Label Agreement template with a larger company who wishes to brand label products we develop and manufacture. We came to a very one-sided provision and my sales VP stated “for this one, how can we just say ‘hell no’ ...nicely?” The other person on the call said we can replace the wording with just NFW (no f@$* way) and I said “I will have to add that to the defined terms section so it’s clear”

likefunny

Does anyone know of a good resource for in-house counsel salary? If it is broken down by practice matter that would be a plus.

like

Anyone here with insight on Adobe? Base pay, culture, hours, etc.

like

Any insights on working for Enbridge? How does it compare to others in their sector? Differences across offices? (Comp / Benefits, time demand, interesting work?)

like

Anyone going to the security/privacy conference in DC this week?

Anyone have any leads on a Trademark Counsel position? I'm just starting my 7th year of practice and want out of private practice. I'm in Colorado and would prefer to stay here but am open to full remote opportunities as well. Feel free to message me if you know of anything. Thank you!

like

Database for M&A precedents? Trying to look for a share purchase agreement from a 2021 acquisition. Didn’t find it on EDGAR. Is there anyway to make sure the document is not publicly available? How can I get access to this agreement?

Would taking a director of legal operations position (jd preferred or a plus) make it hard to get back to practicing in a firm or another company?

like

I’m a new contracts lawyer and am trying to learn how to harmonize indemnification with LOL. Any tips or resources? I know this is a broad question, but would appreciate any direction on what questions to ask when reviewing a K to do this.

like

Any downsides to leaving a “Counsel” role and moving into a “Legal Affairs” role? Still practicing and representing the company, just a difference of titles, so core work remains the same - what do you think?

like

Very interested in applying for some open positions at Meta - specifically with Reality Labs. Is anyone here familiar with the legal team there and would be willing to talk to me? Thanks in advance!

like

Any Amazon counsel or other FAANG attorneys willing to share how their comp review has worked? I’m really happy with my offer(lower base, really high signing bonus and decent RSUs) and was told their would be yearly comp reviews but wondering how that plays out the first few years...

like

Bloomberg Law or Practical Law if you had a choice?

like

I’m in-house at a small company (60 people), started right out of law school about 5 years ago. We had a legal team of 5 then. Everyone has left and we just hired a new GC. I went from $70k to $100k a little over a year ago. I am expecting an offer from a firm doing business law work but think this might be an opportunity to go to my current employer and ask for a significant raise, with new offer in hand. Any thoughts or advice going into this?

like

New to Fishbowl?

Download the Fishbowl app to
unlock all discussions on Fishbowl.
That was just a preview…
Sign Up to see all discussions
  • Discover what it’s like to work at companies from real professionals
  • Get candid advice from people in your field in a safe space
  • Chat and network with other professionals in your field
Sign up in seconds to unlock all discussions on Fishbowl.

Already a user?
Login here

Share

Embed this post

Copy and paste embed code on your site

Preview

Download the
Fishbowl app

See what’s happening in your industry
from the palm of your hand.

A phone with Fishbowl app

Scan your QR code to download
Fishbowl app on your mobile

Download app

Sign up for free to view this conversation on Fishbowl

By continuing you agree to Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Already have an account? Log in

Sign up for free to continue using Fishbowl

By continuing you agree to Terms of Use(New) and Privacy Policy(New)
Messaging rates may apply

Already have an account? Log in

For account settings, visit Fishbowl on Desktop Browser or

General

Legal