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Old 18-09-2019, 04:03 PM
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Thanks everyone for your help this far! What are the specific challenges of working in house and is there a lot of politics ? Separately, in determining salaries, do in house employers generally look specifically to a candidate’s last drawn salary in private practice and establish a percentage cut from there ?
hmmm.

Regarding pay...

Unless you're equity partner level/international law firm scale, most MNCs will try to match or give you an increase. From two rounds of job hunting, the places that can't pay are generally quite upfront about it (the ceiling cap for this role is blahblah...). It's also why recruiters will usually ask what's your expected in the first 1-2 phone calls. Be honest with the recruiters ... and yourself.

Regarding challenges....

Politics defers from company to company but in the 2 European MNCs i worked for, it was an everyday affair.

You'll face outright opposition from the businesses. Many people won't like what you have to say. Many people will expect you to take decisions you simply cannot take. Many people will throw you under the bus for taking or not taking said decisions.

Surviving is easy, thriving is an art form.

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