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Re: Biglaw Salaries going up?

Post by Big Shrimpin » Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:33 pm

anonnymouse wrote:
KM2016 wrote:
rpupkin wrote:
mvp99 wrote:New scale from a legitimate source:

190
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Confirmed.
This is too good to be true, right?
Good lord the millennials have turned this bort to SPS.

NYC to 190, Texas to 4000 sq ft wife and a new (not CPO) lexis.

havent seen teh 4000 sqft wife meme in a while

fuk yeh

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Post by utahraptor » Mon Jan 26, 2015 12:55 am

you all ready for the 190 announcement this week?

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Post by 84651846190 » Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:19 am

utahraptor wrote:you all ready for the 190 announcement this week?
No, but I'm ready for everyone ITT to stfu.

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Post by utahraptor » Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:20 am

Biglaw_Associate_V20 wrote:
utahraptor wrote:you all ready for the 190 announcement this week?
No, but I'm ready for everyone ITT to stfu.
what do you mean? you're ready to say "I told you so" because you knew about NY to 190 first?

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Post by cookiejar1 » Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:41 am

Biglaw_Associate_V20 wrote:
utahraptor wrote:you all ready for the 190 announcement this week?
No, but I'm ready for everyone ITT to stfu.
I heard from a reputable source (V19) that biglaw salaries won't be going up until a certain thread on TLS hits 100 pages.

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Post by cookiejar1 » Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:41 am

We got work to do, boys.

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Post by Big Shrimpin » Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:04 pm

utahraptor wrote:you all ready for the 190 announcement this week?
hoaping for NY to 190 (inches of snow)

but will still prob have to go in tmrw fml

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Post by Anonymous User » Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:25 pm

Sorry to break the baseless speculation and for necro-ing this thread. But any views on whether the recent article in the FT about junior IB associates salaries going up by up to 20% is a possible indicator that big law should follow? I feel like that is the best indicator out there yet. Thoughts.

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fats provolone wrote:just asking questions

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Post by rpupkin » Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:29 pm

Anonymous User wrote:Sorry to break the baseless speculation and for necro-ing this thread. But any views on whether the recent article in the FT about junior IB associates salaries going up by up to 20% is a possible indicator that big law should follow? I feel like that is the best indicator out there yet. Thoughts.
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Post by dixiecupdrinking » Wed Feb 18, 2015 11:47 pm

Why does anyone think banking salaries have anything to do with lawyer salaries?

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Post by 84651846190 » Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:02 am

dixiecupdrinking wrote:Why does anyone think banking salaries have anything to do with lawyer salaries?
because hoap

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Post by Big Shrimpin » Sat Feb 21, 2015 3:05 pm

Biglaw_Associate_V20 wrote:
dixiecupdrinking wrote:Why does anyone think banking salaries have anything to do with lawyer salaries?
because hoap
yeh, and then they learn

it hurts, but that hoap fades

what remains is a void of dispair

when u realize that u only make like $35/hr after taxes

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Post by Anonymous User » Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:09 pm

Wonder how this would effect a satellite of one of the big three philly firms?

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Wonder how this would effect a satellite of one of the big three philly firms?
Isn't it obvious? A satellite hoping to compete with the big three (who can attract associates by virtue of Philly prestige) would have to bump up associate salaries even higher. And then the big three will feel compelled to respond in kind. The only question is who will flinch first in this game of associate-recruiting chicken.

The winners of this bidding war will be the associates. And the losers, of course, will be the partners who work for firms with significant Philly presences--their precious PPPs are about to take a major hit. Stay tuned.

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Post by Monochromatic Oeuvre » Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:36 pm

rpupkin wrote: Isn't it obvious? A satellite hoping to compete with the big three (who can attract associates by virtue of Philly prestige) would have to bump up associate salaries even higher. And then the big three will feel compelled to respond in kind. The only question is who will flinch first in this game of associate-recruiting chicken.

The winners of this bidding war will be the associates. And the losers, of course, will be the partners who work for firms with significant Philly presences--their precious PPPs are about to take a major hit. Stay tuned.
I mean, we could debate whether somewhere in the neighborhood of 2-4% is a "major hit" at a firm with $2M PPP. But point stands that the partners will no doubt be screaming about how atrium renovations in Fort Lauderdale don't pay for themselves.

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Post by chuckbass » Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:45 pm

rpupkin wrote:
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Wonder how this would effect a satellite of one of the big three philly firms?
Isn't it obvious? A satellite hoping to compete with the big three (who can attract associates by virtue of Philly prestige) would have to bump up associate salaries even higher. And then the big three will feel compelled to respond in kind. The only question is who will flinch first in this game of associate-recruiting chicken.

The winners of this bidding war will be the associates. And the losers, of course, will be the partners who work for firms with significant Philly presences--their precious PPPs are about to take a major hit. Stay tuned.
Honestly, making less than market in Philly is still "winning" though

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Post by nealric » Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:06 am

W&C traditionally does not have true first years (everyone clerks) or pay bonuses. They are also more of a boutique, so I don't really see them as much of a market indicator.

In any event, I predict this round of raises will see the V20 (ish) firms start to depart from the rest of the v100 (ish) firms in comp. We shall see.

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going up? not likely. but going down when the bubble in the stock market collapses? very likely.

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Post by JasonSehorn » Fri Apr 17, 2015 3:12 pm

Anonymous User wrote:going up? not likely. but going down when the bubble in the stock market collapses? very likely.
Going down from what? 160k? That mark was set in 2007 prior to crash. Why would they go down?

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Post by exitoptions » Fri Apr 17, 2015 3:18 pm

JasonSehorn wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:going up? not likely. but going down when the bubble in the stock market collapses? very likely.
Going down from what? 160k? That mark was set in 2007 prior to crash. Why would they go down?
Inflation.

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Credited.

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exitoptions wrote:
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Anonymous User wrote:going up? not likely. but going down when the bubble in the stock market collapses? very likely.
Going down from what? 160k? That mark was set in 2007 prior to crash. Why would they go down?
Inflation.
They've already gone down from inflation and will continue to do so. 160k today is about 180k or so on 2007.

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