Would love to hear your negotiation wins and fails, and lessons learned. One of my learnings is simply to ask. If you don't ask the answer is definitely no. My example was asking for additional equity. I got back a no, but was offered a signing bonus.

TC check for NYC in-house lawyers. I'm 9 YOE in financial services with 300 TC. 230 salary with 70k bonus.

What will be an approximate I hand for 12.93L Package. Where 1.1L is bonus

I had just 3 rounds completed and my last round was with all the team members. Can we expect more rounds moving forward? Or this was the final?
How much we can expect for Manager with 11.6 YOE

Our bonus payout is next week. If i put in my two weeks notice now, will I get my bonus still?

Qualified Dividends: I’m expecting $650-$750 qualified dividend in 2021. Salary and base about $250 total. Questions: what tax rate will the qualified dividend be taxed at? The 15% or 20%? Also, since it’s technically a long term gain, do I have to pay an state and local on the income? Been reading for a bit and I can’t seem to find a clear answer. Thanks fishies!

Hello fishes,

Sap basis is better for future or should I move to web development??

Pls share your views.

I have total experience of 3 years in sap Basis and I'm currently at 10.5 LPA.

Switching to web development is good decision???

Senior producer - 140k / New York

3.5 years out of school, 2400 billable hours last year in TRS and just got promoted. what kind of year end compensation should I be expecting? Bonus and new salary

Job offers. Got an offer from Parker hannifin within 2 weeks of application. Still going through interview process with Rockwell automation, 3 interviews and over a month. Operation manager said I will be hearing from Hr soon on next steps. Leverage offer with Parker or take the job?

Hello Fishes,

Require an immediate help in deciding whether should I join KGS as I am only having 1.6 years of experience. Currently I am working in EY GDS under a tech risk team. The hike that I am getting is of 53% of current fixed Compensation.

Does anyone work for Children’s medical center of Dallas on this form ? I know we recently had a “employee appreciation” bonus last month before Thanksgiving but not sure if that counts as one whole holiday bonus including Christmas , or it it’s safe to expect another in mid December ? What seems to be the latter in the past ? Any thoughts are appreciated !

Hey Fishes I have completed close to 4.5 years in EY under the Tax Operation team specialized in resource management. I am getting only 7.5lpa inspite of getting "Strategic Impact" which is the highest reward category. I was supposed to get a skip level promotion which the HR had rejected for some reason. I feel I am really underpaid and EY is not valuing me as an employee. Based on ur experience can you let me know the actual market rate for my profile?

I have an offer from Citi.. and my joining is in Nov first week,in that case can I be eligible for year end review and bonus pay?

What was the signing bonus for MBA hires that just received offers this fall?

Any cyber security folks here? or those interested in systems engineering? Potential role with TC 120-180, awesome team and wlb, at least compared to consulting.

Hi! I’m an LVN working as a Case Manager in California. I’m making $27hr. Is that good or should I be looking elsewhere?

How much does a manager at A&M make compared to PWC CMAAS manager ?

Buying a house for ~900K in one of the Boston suburbs - my household income is ~230K. Am I stretching too far?

Anyone know what L3 means at J&J?

How to get release from project in lti?

Best elder law treatise or practice guide for Florida?

What do you love about QPT?

Hey all I am in the process of quitting Deloitte to move to salesforce in a month. Anything I must keep in mind while leaving ? Like using up subsidies and benefits before the year ends?

Can you put spec work in your book?

Hi everyone! The bowl name has changed to reflect the fact that it is no longer restricted to just Consulting professionals on Fishbowl. Feel free to invite others from different industries!

PwC India and PwC US

Which is better?
What are the advantages of joining PwC US.

Please help me to understand it

Is lateraling into big law from a mid-size boutique something that is obtainable? 3.2 GPA from T2-T3 law school

Has anyone at a mega fund like KKR or Apollo experienced coinvesting and actually being able to put money into a deal?

Any CAIA holders out there? How have you generally been viewed?

NY, DC, and CO bar exams for CA licensed attorney. What’s the best way to study for these? Buy used 2019 materials, or pay Barbri a fortune for their services?

Does anybody enjoy taking depositions?

How early in advance do you start preparing for a deposition that you are conducting? One month? One week? The night before?

Hey Fishes I have completed close to 4.5 years in EY under the Tax Operation team specialized in resource management. I am getting only 7.5lpa inspite of getting "Strategic Impact" which is the highest reward category. I was supposed to get a skip level promotion which the HR had rejected for some reason. I feel I am really underpaid and EY is not valuing me as an employee. Based on ur experience can you let me know the actual market rate for my profile?

Hi Fellow Fishes! I need some urgent advice. I had accepted a job offer at a really good company with a good role and team. I am due to start that new job on Monday 30th Aug. Now the thing is I have a better job offer from one of my dream companies-i would be really stupid not to take that offer. So I would be declining the job at the first company just 2 days before i am supposed to start! I know its a good problem to have but a very unpleasant conversation with them. How do i soften the blow?

What's the best way to ask for a pay raise?

When I was headhunted for the job, ESG was a relatively new concept and too few companies hire for related positions. I didn't find any salary range from Glassdoor or anywhere so I had no idea. My fault was I did not ask the HR and just gave my asking salary. When I saw a similar post from my company (I was already hired that time), they were already including the pay range and I realized mine was way below. I'm already 2.8 yrs in the role.

Hi! I have an offer internally within my current org for a level above my current paygrade and they are pushing me to sign the offer. I’m actually waiting to hear back from FAANG(might take 2 weeks from here on). I’m really confused on how I could keep my current internal offer in the loop while I wait for my faang interview results? I don’t want to sign up internally and then later if faang works out I would have to say no to these internal folks..

How do you deal with counter offers? I have an offer to join a larger tech company in a more senior role, with bonus and RSUs that my current start up can’t match. But my current company want me to stay. They offered an increased base salary which is still below the new offer and I went back and said no, so they might increase. This only came about by me exploring a headhunt approach after being underpaid by my current company for the time I’ve been here . Would you hear them out or just leave?

I have read that many companies may provides candidates with a “golden hello” (sign on bonus) when joining the company. I’m not sure whether this is something that depends on the company, the seniority of the role or the industry of the role itself before I could attempt to negotiate this?

Whether it’s via email or phone, HOW do you negotiate pay with a job offer?

Has anyone successfully negotiated a title? I was looking for Senior Manager positions but applied for some Mgr positions too. I’m up for promo next year at my current job as well. The current industry offer meets my comp expectation but planning to see if they would bring me in as a senior manager. There isn’t a set hierarchy for the team as of right now as they are building the team and I’d be reporting to a senior executive. Any talking points/tips that might help me negotiate?

Job offer - Marketing Program Manager $85k…national avg per Glassdoor and LinkedIn is $95-$102k…recruiter says offer is close to top of range and cant offer more to meet my researched info. Not sure what else to go back with or just accept.

Weighing/negotiating offer to stay in current role or jump - wwyd?

Current base $150k
Unvested equity $800k


Offer $190k
Sign-on $75k
Equity $40k

Pros - wlb, career growth potential
Cons - offer seems a bit low given unvested at current company

I had a recruiter screening call that went well last Wednesday. He said I would hear something back in 24 - 48 hours. I sent a thank you email on Thursday morning and he said he enjoyed our conversation and my profile was submitted for review.

Should I be more patient or send a follow up? If so, what should I say?

Is it generally common for Big 4 to try to get you to join a level lower?