What are the chances of getting a lower offer because you're POC applying at a fairly large law firm? Not big law or anything but still. Friend and I both got offers, came out of the same school and have very similar internship experience. He's white and I'm not, his offer is significantly higher. How low is low enough to walk away?

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Hmm I would hate to jump to that conclusion. I think I would need more info. Are your resumes identical in terms of GPA and past experience? Also like someone asked above did you negotiate and did they?

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This has happened to me! Glad your friend was transparent enough to tell you their salary

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Same here! Salary transparency is so necessary between colleagues.

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Definitely happened to me and someone else I know at my large firm. We talked and found out others were getting offered much more. When I attempted to negotiate higher pay before accepting their offer, they told me take it or leave it. Nearly $100k difference.

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They’ll get a nice Glassdoor review when I leave. I’ll tell you one thing… I see others working at midnight and 3 am at the firm. I am not doing that unless there’s something major sue the next day that could cost me my license. Computer gets shut by 10 pm each day.I’m not doing that for this salary. This isn’t BigLaw, and I’m not getting BigLaw pay 😂 recruiters target my firm for recruiting because it’s well known they have BigLaw hours without anywhere near BigLaw pay (and no I’m not in ID, though that’s common in ID.)

I worked at a large regional firm in NYC a few years ago. 2 other white girls I was friendly with. White girl A, one year ahead of me — her salary was 5K more. White girl B, one year behind me — her salary was 45K less than mine. I’m happy we had that discussion and disclosed salaries. She started looking for a new job.

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HR with play with your salary. End/beginning of the year is the best time for starting salaries.

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If you look at in-house salary guides, POC make less on average so this is not surprising even in a law firm context. I feel like we need to be very aggressive in salary negotiations just to get a fair deal.

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Cherish that friend!

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Gpa? Clerkship? Law review? Diff practice areas? If literally everything is the same they have some explaining to do…

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Not at a law firm, but this happened to my friend’s friend. She had 3 years of experience and was offered $X. White bro was a new grad and was offered $X+$5k.

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I am Caucasian, but anything less than what he got, I would counter the offer.

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Are you both applying right out of law school? Are the offers for the same city?

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i suspect this happened to me too

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How diverse is the firm you got an offer from currently? That may be able to help us tell.

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I'd be shocked if most firms, even not big law, don't have some form of lock step

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A2 lmao we all thought that then graduated law school

What are the respective gpas?

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I need SATs too. How'd you do in that 4th grade spelling quiz???

Did he just negotiate higher?

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I'm here for the tea because this is wild.

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Caveat: I don't practice employment law -BUT if your credentials are genuinely the same, you both had offers in similarly well-funded practice groups, and you have a good offer elsewhere, I’d file an EEOC complaint.

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Can you be more specific with what your offer is and what your friends offer is?

If it’s a non lockstep firm, practice group is huge.

I’d come back with a counter. Are you still in time for that?

Otherwise, if you turned it down, file a charge of discrimination under Title VII and settle with them. Use your friend as comparative evidence—an applicant of a different race who was hired into the same role, with similar qualifications, and yet offered higher pay. Argue that the employer has no legitimate reason for the difference.

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