Thoughts on negotiating a salary? Recieved an offer from a great firm $145K, should I counter with $5,000 to bump it to 150? Silly? Do employers anticipate a negotiation when extending offers?

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Ask for $160! You are a lawyer, definitely negotiate (assuming it’s not a lockstep firm). They are not going to rescind your offer or think less of you for advocating for yourself. Ask for $160, land between $150-$155. Why leave money on the table?

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That is why I thought that maybe $5k is too SMALL of an ask, it looks bad bc it’s not actually a significant amount of money so it looks like asking just for the sake of it. I think if OP thinks they have skills enough to justify higher, the ask needs to be $10-15k higher with justification (ie its market, etc.) Now if this is OP’s first job out of law school...then they should not ask for more.

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If someone rescinds an offer because I negotiated my salary, that looks bad on them. It’s completely normal to negotiate salary and if they don’t want to negotiate they can just respond with “sorry $145k (or whatever) is as high as we can go”
If a hiring partner responds with “never mind!!” I think I dodged a bullet 😂😂😂

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That’s also true.

Do you like the firm? Is asking for more worth the possibility of losing the opportunity?

$5000 is a take home of a couple hundred, I’m not rich or anything, but $200 isn’t enough for me to risk missing out on something great. Unless it is something that’ll help you out, idk your life circumstances.

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My thoughts too!

I would ask for 20-25 more. They will probably meet you halfway. Better to get as much as you can but also to show you are a tough negotiator. Will help with future negotiations when you are asking for a raise. My old firm was the worst about raises and always acted like they were doing me a favor and that I was being an a$&hole for asking for more money.if you don’t set a precedent now, they make take it as a sign they can screw you in the future. Just a thought.

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Good thoughts to consider for sure!

Absolutely do not ask for $5K. They will think you’re nickel and diming them. Ask for $165K and in your counter, succinctly set forth why you are worth the extra $20K. You’ll probably get a $155K offer.

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Also what year are you?

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Solid answer, thanks!!

One of my buds recently got an offer for $160. They tried to sell it as in there is a lot of room to grow and they took him out to lunch/beers. He was at $130 at the time. And he countered at $180. They said they’ll be going in a different direction. I’m also not sure how tactfully he countered. Could’ve been a dick about it lol

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I think they expect or aren’t offended if you to negotiate but aren’t like put off if you don’t

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