What’s the value of a job title? I’m weighing two in-house opportunities at companies in the same industry. Similar roles at each, but better pay at one. However, the company offering the lower salary is emphasizing a short path to AGC (assuming all goes well). There’s no telling if I’d ever make AGC at the company that has the better compensation package. Trying to figure out how to factor this into my decision.

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There is no value unless it comes with a big raise

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Corporations can have wonky and not always easy to compare job title tracks. Focus on duties, tasks, and responsibilities not titles. I would always prioritize opportunities over short term salary. The way to make more money in corporate environments is moving up the band structure….if you are stuck in a band, your comp will inherently have a lower ceiling.

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I would be very wary of a “shorter path” to a title being used as a way of getting you in the door. Once you’re in the door, all kinds of things can arise and excuses can come up to prevent your promotion on the timeline they are advertising. Either they give you the higher title now, or not, and if not, it’s a possibility rather than a certainty. In this situation I’d go with the higher comp, all else equal. More important question as others have alluded to - which opportunity is more interesting to you and has the responsibilities that are going to lead to the most development and look the best on a resume down the line?

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Titles don’t matter unless they are very clearly the top title - ie GC etc. AGCs in some places will be doing same work as DGCs in others and Senior Counsel in third - and that’s before we get area-wide and group-wide HOLs involved. Focus on the duties and the package and - if it’s important to you - how you get to GC.

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I agree with the lengthier responses that say the only title that’s clearly senior is general counsel

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How much money will you trade for a paper title? That is something you need to determine. Titles are free from the company’s perspective. If you are willing to pay for it, the company beat you.

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Titles in house are all over the place. It won’t be a resume builder unless it’s GC or DGC. The responsibilities of the job are the resume booster

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A more senior title may be treated better (faster response times, opinions taken more seriously, etc.). But in the example that you gave, it’s just an offer, not guaranteed, so it shouldn’t have much weight.

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Curious: how long did you have to interview before you had two offers?

For the larger company, about two months. For the smaller company, about two weeks.

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