Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Allright folks. Here's to going for broke.
Today is the day that The Boss and I sit down to "negotiate." I am clearly in an inferior bargaining position. After having lost the bar, I must now convince him that it is in his best interest to give me a Fail Bonus.
Basically, I want The Boss to
1) Pay for a BarBri course.
2) Give me time off to attend said BarBri course.
3) Pay my re-filing fees.
4) Pay for me to move.
So, the whole thing boils down to: "Hey The Boss, I failed the bar. I need a six-week vacation and a 20% raise. Up front. Whatda ya say?"
I'm laughing at myself just typing this shit. It's absurd. Absolutely absurd.
Wish me luck folks, this oughta be interesting.
Today is the day that The Boss and I sit down to "negotiate." I am clearly in an inferior bargaining position. After having lost the bar, I must now convince him that it is in his best interest to give me a Fail Bonus.
Basically, I want The Boss to
1) Pay for a BarBri course.
2) Give me time off to attend said BarBri course.
3) Pay my re-filing fees.
4) Pay for me to move.
So, the whole thing boils down to: "Hey The Boss, I failed the bar. I need a six-week vacation and a 20% raise. Up front. Whatda ya say?"
I'm laughing at myself just typing this shit. It's absurd. Absolutely absurd.
Wish me luck folks, this oughta be interesting.
posted by Lex Fori at
9:24 AM
3 Comments:
Good luck. I'm just thinking - you've been there a while, like 6 months or something right? And your predecessors, not so much, right? Didn't he go through like 6 associates in 2 years? If you like working for him, it might not hurt to mention that you're committed to working for him and that consistency and an hard-working associate with something to prove could be an asset to his firm.
Or not. I have no idea how you legal types negotiate.
By
-Ann, at 11:32 AM
Wow, what a way to negotiate! Even is you only get half of what you are asking for, you still get a 12.5% raise, and perhaps moving fees! Nice! Good Luck!
If I am your boss, I want to know what are you going to do extra around there to earn your keep? Somewhere in there, I think you two will come to some type of agreement! For your sake, you have to come to some agreement with him!
Interesting bargaining position! I would prefer to be on the Titanic!
I will say some prayers for you! :)
I just can't wait to hear how this comes out!
By
Crazy East Coast Uncle, at 11:57 AM
Go get 'em Lex! Just think, while you're negotiating money, I'm dealing with finals. Do you miss those?
By
Arbusto, at 1:31 PM
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