They matched STB within a few daysWhirledWorld wrote:Has Cravath even announced yet?
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what about wlrk, thoughTiago Splitter wrote:They matched STB within a few daysWhirledWorld wrote:Has Cravath even announced yet?
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Shit just got (slightly) real.
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Base salary is going up before the end of 2015. A firm that announces an above-160k salary before fall 2015 will have a big advantage in recruiting the best applicants, and since the money is being paid out in bonuses anyway why not take the plunge?
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...for 3rd years.
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What are the chances that STB does not match the bonuses but instead just announces a modest base salary increase that eclipses or matches the difference in bonus? That'd let them be a leader again for the good press. Dunno. I guess shit got slightly more interesting.
But this does put the firms that decided to go on the STB scale instead of the DPW scale in the last week or so look pretty cheap if market moves to DPW scale.
But this does put the firms that decided to go on the STB scale instead of the DPW scale in the last week or so look pretty cheap if market moves to DPW scale.
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(a) No one cares about attracting 2L recruits if you're one of these firms because so many are pawing over each other to get jobs there. There's also no net recruiting benefit once all other firms match. Highly doubt a 2L is going into bidding at OCI (or is deciding between offers) and seriously weighs that Simpson, for example, was a first mover way back when so that counts for something.Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:Base salary is going up before the end of 2015. A firm that announces an above-160k salary before fall 2015 will have a big advantage in recruiting the best applicants, and since the money is being paid out in bonuses anyway why not take the plunge?
(b) I can see salaries going up for midlevels, but again I don't think this nets into a recruiting advantage vs. other big law firms. More of a recruiting advantage between law and non-biglaw to stop attrition to in-house, banks, start-ups, funds, etc.
If it wasn't for strength in those latter sectors, biglaw salaries would still be stuck in the $90k range...
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Close to 0%.What are the chances that STB does not match the bonuses but instead just announces a modest base salary increase that eclipses or matches the difference in bonus? That'd let them be a leader again for the good press. Dunno. I guess shit got slightly more interesting.
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What happened in 2000-2007 that lead to the run up in big law base salary that won't happen now? There are fewer law school graduates in 2015, 2016, 2017 than there were then (correct me if this is wrong), right?zweitbester wrote:Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:B.B. Homemaker wrote:
(a) No one cares about attracting 2L recruits if you're one of these firms because so many are pawing over each other to get jobs there. There's also no net recruiting benefit once all other firms match. Highly doubt a 2L is going into bidding at OCI (or is deciding between offers) and seriously weighs that Simpson, for example, was a first mover way back when so that counts for something.
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Way, way more entry level jobs, especially in non-biglaw, for entry levels.Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:What happened in 2000-2007 that lead to the run up in big law base salary that won't happen now? There are fewer law school graduates in 2015, 2016, 2017 than there were then (correct me if this is wrong), right?zweitbester wrote:Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:B.B. Homemaker wrote:
(a) No one cares about attracting 2L recruits if you're one of these firms because so many are pawing over each other to get jobs there. There's also no net recruiting benefit once all other firms match. Highly doubt a 2L is going into bidding at OCI (or is deciding between offers) and seriously weighs that Simpson, for example, was a first mover way back when so that counts for something.
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You can't just look at the supply number. Have to look at demand.
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Are Simpson/Skadden most likely to try and match now, add a spring bonus, or just sit tight?
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Ok, so you're saying that there used to be some truth to the "you can do anything with a law degree!" mindset because law school graduates could get jobs in finance/banking/other sectors. If that's true then that makes sense.zweitbester wrote:You can't just look at the supply number. Have to look at demand.
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Probably just do what Cleary did and match now. It would be awkward to have a spring bonus that doesn't go to every class.Anonymous User wrote:Are Simpson/Skadden most likely to try and match now, add a spring bonus, or just sit tight?
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But if the fear was losing people to other sectors I don't see hwo that precludes raising entry pay as well. Applications are down and the people they are recruiting now are undeniably "less qualified" going into law school than the people in 2007 were. If losing mid levels to other sectors is a concern I don't see how they would be short sighted enough to not see the further implications going forward. I'm sure its less of an immediate concern as losing mid levels, but every law firm has to know if the applications continue to decline year over year as they have recently, they will have a serious problem on their hands in the not so distant future.zweitbester wrote: (b) I can see salaries going up for midlevels, but again I don't think this nets into a recruiting advantage vs. other big law firms. More of a recruiting advantage between law and non-biglaw to stop attrition to in-house, banks, start-ups, funds, etc.
If it wasn't for strength in those latter sectors, biglaw salaries would still be stuck in the $90k range...
If you want to argue that biglaw associates are just warm bodies and the firms don't care if people entering law school are not as high scoring or whatever, I think everything I've seen shows that law firms are arguably bigger prestige whores than even your standard T14 1L, and they clearly do care about attracting the "best and brightest".
I think the best argument that they would only increase mid level pay is because clients would be less opposed to it because they know that is where they are getting their value in the first place, but it looks like they increased first year bonuses already despite this so that might not be such a concern.
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What about Cravath? Is the thinking that they will match and everyone else will join in too?
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So does TLS think that you get pushed out of Biglaw after a few years, or that Biglaw is in a salary war to keep mid levels from leaving?
(Slight room for: most get pushed out, the valuable ones that remain are highly sought after. But that leaves the question of why not just keep more mid levels for less?)
(Slight room for: most get pushed out, the valuable ones that remain are highly sought after. But that leaves the question of why not just keep more mid levels for less?)
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define "pushed out"
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What? I don't think anyone suggests that real up-or-out starts during the early years. The nature of Biglaw still obviously causes a lot of attrition, but I don't think many/most of the losses are desired during the early years.Br3v wrote:So does TLS think that you get pushed out of Biglaw after a few years, or that Biglaw is in a salary war to keep mid levels from leaving?
(Slight room for: most get pushed out, the valuable ones that remain are highly sought after. But that leaves the question of why not just keep more mid levels for less?)
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By the time you are a midlevel you are fairly set in a practice group. My firm shitcanned a guy in Antitrust but is desperate to find corp midlevels.Br3v wrote:So does TLS think that you get pushed out of Biglaw after a few years, or that Biglaw is in a salary war to keep mid levels from leaving?
(Slight room for: most get pushed out, the valuable ones that remain are highly sought after. But that leaves the question of why not just keep more mid levels for less?)
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So the answer is "both" and luck is dispositive? I thought practice was not like law school?
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Thanksgiving is the traditional time to announce bonuses. Pre-recession, when did firms traditionally announce base pay raises?
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January was the last onelonerider wrote:Thanksgiving is the traditional time to announce bonuses. Pre-recession, when did firms traditionally announce base pay raises?
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