Some good news after almost 11 months of applying and interviews and lots of rejections finally got an offer! In NYC small firm, ex big law folks, no billable hours, niche practice area, appearance of forwarded thinking firm, remote till who knows when, emphasis on pro bono initiatives and building book of business. The catch salary. Was making around 140k at last firm with 1800 billable. Offer is 85k and revist to bump to around 100k in several months after review (plus discretionary bonus)

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Pay seems low but life’s too short to be miserable. Give it a shot.

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Give it a shot. Making any money is better than making no money at all.

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Yup, soak it all up and learn! Try and get a small signing bonus and get the “do x, get y in z months” as part of the offer letter.

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It seems very low for NYC but if you’ve been looking for 11 months then take it for sure.

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Yeah my thought too but apparently for small firms that is the norm saw a post on a fb lawyer group and was pretty suprised. Such a huge discrepancy between large, midsize and small firm payscales.

Damn, my assistant makes $150K. That’s rough.

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She’s tolerated me longer than both my ex wives ...

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Cont. Seems like a place I could learn at ( practicing for close to 4 years in similar area). Am I fool for taking such a steep cut, given covid?

No. Go for it! If the work culture is great and you enjoy your job, than it was worth it. Plus, as you said, you are not married to the job, you can always find something else should it not be the perfect fit. Good luck!

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With no billable hours I'd be happy - what practice area?

Mix of litigation and restructuring

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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.

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Hi fishes,

As per my Offer letter there is component is Engagement PB.
Will this i get monthly ?

Anyone else already dreading to go back to work?😩 just imagining losing more sleep by having to drive in on some days and then deal with pumping at work is giving me anxiety. Wish I could just work from home forever or figure out another way to make money..

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hi fishes,

any idea on senior anslyst enterprise procurement level 3 package? i have 2nd round tomorrow any advise? Thanks in advance 😊

Hey all! I am currently a student in my final year of complete a Computer Science undergrad degree and am currently looking applying to remote college graduate positions in software engineering/development. Does anyone have any advice for landing a position (or a position they could help me land <3)?

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