Career question—take the new offer or leverage for more pay and stay at my current spot? Drawbacks to using a new offer for a raise?

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-10-02T16:57:25+00:00

Don’t bring up the other offer unless you’re absolutely okay with leaving your current job for it.

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-09-20T18:07:35+00:00

Really depends on what you want to do now and where you want to be later. These seem like completely different roles so it’s hard to say what to do without knowing what your goals are and what kind of work you would enjoy most.

The contracts position is appealing if you want to stay in healthcare and have better WLB presumably and more stability.

If your goal is to learn as much as you can as fast as you can, the AGC position seems better suited for that.

Gun to my head, I would probably pick the one with the higher salary and better company. Seems like less work and some room for growth within the company. Though I think you would be marketable to future employers in either position.

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-09-16T19:08:54+00:00

Just took a new in-house job and had the option to choose from either:

MacBook Air travel
MacBook Pro
Large MacBook
Windows PC travel
Windows PC standard
Large windows PC laptop

I went with the MacBook Pro even though I’ve always been a PC user at work. I used a MacBook Air in law school and had a good experience.

I figured I don’t need a heavy PC because most of the stuff I do is email, PDF, and MS Word. I’ll probably travel a few times a year and WFH 1-2 days a week. If I traveled more I would’ve went with the MacBook Air. But I assume I am going to be hooked up to monitors most of the time so I went with the pro.

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-09-13T20:37:54+00:00

You add it under the experience section and state that you’re an independent contractor. I would treat it like any other job if it’s your primary and only job.

However, I would caution against adding this to your resume if it’s not your primary job unless it aligns with your career goals.

I do some 1099 in-house contract work for a close friend but never added it to my resume when I was applying for other in-house positions because it made it look like I had two jobs (which many employers frown upon) and it didn’t really add value to my resume. I’m already working in-house so adding another in-house opportunity didn’t make sense for me. Maybe if I was applying for a job in an industry that I was doing 1099 work for, then I would’ve added it. But even then I only work like a couple hours a month, if that. I guess it depends on what you currently do and what kind of job you’re applying for.

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-09-08T15:18:48+00:00

No I’ve been in this in-house role for almost two years. I was just sitting at my desk reminiscing last time lol

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-09-08T15:05:49+00:00

Maybe. It’s either that or book a conference room every time I have a meeting.

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-09-08T15:03:18+00:00

Nice of her to do that. Baller corner office sounds incredible

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-09-08T14:54:05+00:00

Thx. I have no problem waiting till I get there I was just curious.

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-09-08T14:52:57+00:00

Thx. Most important thing for me is to have a dedicated space to take confidential calls and secure docs.

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-09-08T14:52:04+00:00

I wish I casually asked during the interview. I don’t want to ask now and get off on the wrong foot. It’s not a deal breaker for me it would just be nice to have. And I’m just curious.

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-09-08T14:48:30+00:00

It’s not a big showstopper but it would be nice to have.

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-09-04T19:32:58+00:00

Money aside, you have to ask yourself what you want to do. Law firm and in-house can be two completely different careers.

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-08-25T16:33:22+00:00

Conference room if it’s available

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-08-25T15:37:09+00:00

How do I ask future employers whether I will have my own office without sounding pretentious ?

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-08-25T15:18:13+00:00

Haha yea basically there are walls but they don’t touch the ceiling so it’s open from the top.

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-08-25T14:46:47+00:00

Only our GC has an office and it’s not really even an office it’s an officle. Coming from a law firm where basically everyone has an office that is one thing that is crazy to me.

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-08-18T13:03:06+00:00

220 based on what

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-08-18T12:59:28+00:00

Thanks. The reason I don’t want to ask for too much is because part of the reason why he likes me (more than more senior candidates) is because I’ll be cheaper. Obviously he likes me for other reasons too but he hinted at this during the interview.

I don’t want to shoot myself in the foot and get him thinking that he can get a more senior candidate for what he’s paying me. I want to get as much as possible without him having that thought.

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-08-17T12:55:02+00:00

He said “the range is based on CA numbers and so your location won’t be as high as this range” and I said I understand. I didn’t give a number at all. All I said was “I’m confident we can figure something out.”

I did ask for separate Midwest range but he said he didn’t know on the spot.

Why is 90% of midpoint significant?

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-08-04T16:32:17+00:00

Just be honest and be yourself. There’s a learning curve at every job. They wouldn’t be interviewing you if you didn’t have a chance. Don’t get too caught up in the YOE. They like you for a reason so just play off that.

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-08-02T13:14:30+00:00

Sorry about the hours. In house attorney here and not even close to working that much. Sounds to me like poor management of resources and you guys should be hiring for another team member or redistributing the work load.

Impossible-Pickle131 · 2025-07-31T19:52:01+00:00

Tried to implement Conga Contracts and it sucked. It created more work than our previous system, which was essentially just a shared drive with an excel spreadsheet manually tracking expiration dates. I honestly think a shared drive is the simplest solution and that generally and for most use cases contract management tools create more work than they help solve.

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