Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:09 pm
It's already happened at one firm
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Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:15 pm
RLF
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:19 pm
they should be paying more to persuade people to live in the hell hole that is wilmington
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:22 pm
Not RLF
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:26 pm
Anonymous User wrote:It's already happened at one firm
Assuming flame or reference to Skadden, but had to make sure because #to160krumorsAnonymous User wrote:RLF
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:27 pm
Holy crap
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:44 pm
NYC is going to be forced to 190 by firms in places like Wilmington paying 160
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:53 pm
yeah the buying power difference between wilmington and nyc is crazy
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:55 pm
How much would it make u to flock to Wilmington tho?Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:NYC is going to be forced to 190 by firms in places like Wilmington paying 160
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:04 pm
As a soon-to-be summer at a wilmington firm, I was hoping the potential increase in NY would increase wilmington firm salaries. Didn't expect it to just happen in wilmington first.
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:07 pm
$225k starting I would consider itbarkschool wrote:How much would it make u to flock to Wilmington tho?Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:NYC is going to be forced to 190 by firms in places like Wilmington paying 160
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:08 pm
Kind of absolutely regretting cancelling my callback at Morris Nichols to accept my NY firm offer.
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:09 pm
What are the odds this will influence the other "big 4" firms, I wonder...
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:11 pm
I'm not sure about RLF, but Potter and Young might actually have financial qualms about matching this. That's a not-insignificant bump.geraffe wrote:What are the odds this will influence the other "big 4" firms, I wonder...
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:19 pm
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:20 pm
True. Honestly I still think $145k is quite generous considering COL in DE is far less than in NY.Anonymous User wrote:I'm not sure about RLF, but Potter and Young might actually have financial qualms about matching this. That's a not-insignificant bump.geraffe wrote:What are the odds this will influence the other "big 4" firms, I wonder...
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:25 pm
is this for the fall 2016 starts?
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:27 pm
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:42 pm
Kind of related, I've been hearing that NY biglaw gets the best deals in the country because that's where the major deals happen. This makes sense. But in a world where e-mail and the internet exist, is this still true? Is the "best" transactional work still being done in NY? With offices in Dallas, Houston, Chicago, and Philadelphia paying $160k, what's the real benefit of NY biglaw other than the "headline" cases?
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 12:01 am
Do they actually have lower PPP than RLF and MNATAnonymous User wrote:I'm not sure about RLF, but Potter and Young might actually have financial qualms about matching this. That's a not-insignificant bump.geraffe wrote:What are the odds this will influence the other "big 4" firms, I wonder...
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 12:09 am
No it won't. Unless and until top candidates start turning down NY in favor of Wilmington, the bump in DE will have no effect on NYHutz_and_Goodman wrote:NYC is going to be forced to 190 by firms in places like Wilmington paying 160
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 12:56 am
Oh shit maybe I shouldn't have turned down my DE offer. Granted it was Young Conaway. NYC needs to go up to 190k asap.
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 1:23 am
I'm legit hitting Philly and DE hard as a 3L. I'd prefer to live in nyc but I've got loans to pay and both of those cities are cheap and more tax favourable.
Re: Delaware to $160k
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 1:33 am
I got hired as a 3L by one of the big four without SA there (or anywhere). Extremely excited with this new development.