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Originally posted by pony_trekker
Make sure this isn't bullshit. If he says A but you get there and B is the actuality, then what recourse do you have?
Well to answer a few folks all in one post----
Viet-mom – I took a 40%+ paycut to come to current job so I understand that issue completely. But if he offers me as a base salary what I am making (slightly padded of course when he asked how much I was making here
for a 4 day workweek – that’s not a bad deal. Lately, I haven’t actually been getting here at 7:30, but closer to 8:30 and just working while eating but I get to see the kids in the morning and the evening and I like that and so do they. I do think it would be wise to look at this more as flex time rather than part time.
Thanks ‘credit this’ – this was what I needed. They do both plaintiff and defense litigation, with most of the defense work being hourly (won’t give too many names but they have defended Microsoft and Johnson and Johnson) and the plaintiffs work being contingent – so I needed to see what the formula for compensation would look like – I am pretty sure he is contemplating a revenue sharing formula but I wanted to know where to begin the negotiation. I get the impression that ‘em is looking for a mentee so the part time partner track idea is probably where to start. I didn’t know this until the interview but ‘em saw me on our trial team when I was in law school and has been keeping track of me - he knew my resume as well as I did. As I posted, this was the 3rd or 4rth time em has suggested I have a sit down with em. Because firm is small, I also need to think about benefits…not planning on anymore little people, but I provide the household health benefits and need to either add to $ to pay for that or see what theirs looks like. Also not sure what is available for retirement savings etc… but need to factor that into my equation as well…. But you have given me a good start – much obliged…..
Pony – I HEAR you!!! And that is my slight apprehension. I do know that there have been at least 2 other women who have successfully worked part time at this firm – came in part-time and stayed that way – in the past. They both left for other reasons…but not related because of work-load issues….and the 3 year old already says can you get me this on the ‘puter??????
Thanks again… lots to think about….
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