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HI.. I am Naga Srinu ..I have experience of 11 yrs in Accounting & Finance..Still my CTC is 6.70 lacs as Sr.Execuitve (Branch Reviewer)
My query ..I want to Increase my salary package and shift to software MNC companies. What are the channels to get into big 4.
I am feed up with salary increments frm past 11yrs.
Kindly any one advice n share ur experience.so i can get awareness.
Note: Software i worked on GAC Dolphin ,SAP ,Oracle ERP, Tally ERP.
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1-2 out of 40-50 litigation associates in my Big Law class year made it to partner. Under 5 percent.
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Another way to put this is that only 1-2 litigation partners are elected every year. So no matter the starting number of candidates, voluntary departures, or other candidate pool factors, only 1-2 spots are available.
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There’s obviously a lot of self-selection in stats like this - more useful would probably be the % of associates who make partner who actually wanted to make partner and if they did not, left for that reason and not because they only ever intended to stay in big law for a few years. Not sure how to count and that and doesn’t change the underlying point that it’s rare, but maybe not as rare as raw numbers like these might make it seem
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Totally agree. Anecdotally, in my class year, maybe 10% of folks went in with a loose goal of becoming partner, and an even smaller percentage of those folks were actually gunning for partner. The vast majority of people were planning to stay no more than five years before either heading in house or doing something else entirely.
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There usually aren’t 30th year associates so it’s safe to say nearly all associates will become in-house, counsel or partners, or drop of out the work force. My wager is that at least 80% of biglaw associates who actually want to be a partner eventually have that title
At most non top 20 firms, anyone can make partner and it’s super important for them to do so. Think about it. If you make partner and build a book of business, there are more associates and the firm grows naturally, which is their goal. The problem is they need the right people to make partner or you have a bunch of partners with no work and poor legal skills. You need to show the firm that you have the drive and skill to continue being valuable into the future. Most people we hire have so many issues that it’s hard to see them making partner but the ones that don’t, easily make partner. If you can consistently exceed hours, have high realization, and do good legal work, you should make partner at most firms. I am AmLaw 100 but have also been AmLaw 200 in the past. They aren’t trying to hide the ball.
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You’d need to look at longer term results for a more accurate view here. But the percentage that make partner at the firm they start at or at which they work while a midlevel is going to be very low. That percentage probably goes up if you look in the aggregate. Some people leave to make partner at another firm, some move down the rankings to do so. Also income partner tiers (aka fake partners) are more prevalent so that skews things nowadays too.
I’d say maybe 10%-20% of first years who are true gunners (which is a small percentage of the class) will make it. Alittle more in certain practices, less in others.
It’s a bit of a last man/woman standing situation. It’s also gotten a lot easier to make it now that almost all firms have the non-equity tier.