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Early bonus predictions for YE 2015

Based on what we've seen so far this year (we're one-third t...
razzle-dazzle personal credit line
  04/26/15
bumpity bump
razzle-dazzle personal credit line
  04/28/15
bump in Nov breh
adulterous national security agency giraffe
  04/28/15
Bump again. It's August homies. Will last year's bonus sch...
razzle-dazzle personal credit line
  08/01/15
I think shit is slower than last year across the majority of...
Very Tactful Hunting Ground Cuckoldry
  04/28/15
...
disrespectful national
  04/28/15
*anxiously awaiting a Rudolph post ITT so we can know for su...
hairraiser meetinghouse
  04/28/15
PE deal indicators are shitty for the rest of the year
Vivacious Lemon School Cafeteria Pervert
  04/28/15
bump - any thoughts now that we're almost half way through a...
razzle-dazzle personal credit line
  06/06/15
Doesn't have that feel. Last year felt busier
brilliant juggernaut people who are hurt
  06/06/15
Yes, but still busy.
Cowardly Temple Foreskin
  06/06/15
This year is objectively bigger on the m&a tables.
flickering jap locus
  08/01/15
i'm predicting the same as last year; if it's different, it'...
bearded splenetic stock car wrinkle
  08/01/15
Summer has been pretty busy, but the firm leading the charge...
Cowardly Temple Foreskin
  08/01/15
DPW and others in that tier may also lead.
flickering jap locus
  08/01/15
lol at DPW being in STB's tier for M&A
Histrionic voyeur
  10/25/15
This year will be good. Next year will be trash
self-absorbed grizzly box office azn
  08/01/15
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apoplectic smoky native dopamine
  08/18/15
Predict the scale will be the same as last year
Charismatic Sinister Resort
  08/19/15
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Vivacious Lemon School Cafeteria Pervert
  08/19/15
...
Cowardly Temple Foreskin
  08/19/15
isn't M&A having a record year? I can't see bonuses dro...
bearded splenetic stock car wrinkle
  08/19/15
WHO CARES WE WORK ALL OF THE TIME LIFE IS TOO SHORT
Sable appetizing black woman
  08/19/15
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Drab range ceo
  08/31/15
totally depends on what the markets do the next 2-3 months.
lascivious pocket flask
  08/31/15
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apoplectic smoky native dopamine
  09/12/15
i happen to have solid information that *briefcase full of j...
apoplectic smoky native dopamine
  09/12/15
I'm getting 100k at least. DGAF about anything else.
provocative main people idea he suggested
  09/12/15
Guess we will see. Folks still think the bonus scale will l...
razzle-dazzle personal credit line
  09/23/15
Static. Last year was viewed as a material change in compen...
Pungent sepia kitty
  09/23/15
i love when you use the em-dash;)
Cream marketing idea station
  09/23/15
when was the last time there was certainty regarding global ...
apoplectic smoky native dopamine
  09/23/15
Degrees of difference pumo brother. Of course it's never ce...
Pungent sepia kitty
  10/20/15
Still predicting same scale as last year here
Charismatic Sinister Resort
  09/27/15
T10 will remain the same as last year. Other firms which tr...
brilliant juggernaut people who are hurt
  09/27/15
bump. still thinking same scale as last year? we should kn...
razzle-dazzle personal credit line
  10/11/15
Same scale with some movement on and off DPW scale on the fr...
Vivacious Lemon School Cafeteria Pervert
  10/11/15
no chance it will tank right? do you have a throwaway ema...
disrespectful national
  10/11/15
I don't have a working throwaway right now but poast yours a...
Vivacious Lemon School Cafeteria Pervert
  10/11/15
airspeakers at gmail dot com
disrespectful national
  10/11/15
Got it
Vivacious Lemon School Cafeteria Pervert
  10/11/15
Shlomo.goldstein@kasowitz.com
cyan karate
  10/11/15
...
Pungent sepia kitty
  10/20/15
...
Pungent sepia kitty
  10/20/15
5 weeks till we find out brothers. Now we may also get a sa...
razzle-dazzle personal credit line
  10/24/15
Kansas City to 125k!
flickering jap locus
  10/24/15
So if salaries go up 30K for first years, is it just a 30K b...
lascivious pocket flask
  10/25/15
2 weeks folks and then we get the good $$$$$$$ news
razzle-dazzle personal credit line
  11/11/15


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Date: April 26th, 2015 10:57 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle personal credit line

Based on what we've seen so far this year (we're one-third through now), do you think the crazy high bonus scale from last year will continue this year or will it go up or will it go down (and if up/down how far)? In particular, if it goes down, will it go all the way down to the prior year's scale?

Big difference between $50K (2013 bonus scale) and $100K (2014 bonus scale) for a c/o 2008 associate.

I'm thinking since M&A continues at a good pace it will stay close to last year's scale but may be a bit more compressed. I will guess it tops out at $90K for the most senior classes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#27762965)



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Date: April 28th, 2015 8:46 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle personal credit line

bumpity bump

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#27781568)



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Date: April 28th, 2015 8:58 PM
Author: adulterous national security agency giraffe

bump in Nov breh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#27781652)



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Date: August 1st, 2015 12:11 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle personal credit line

Bump again. It's August homies. Will last year's bonus schedule continue or will it go up or down? What's the word on the street re: how busy the top law firms are?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28456119)



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Date: April 28th, 2015 9:00 PM
Author: Very Tactful Hunting Ground Cuckoldry

I think shit is slower than last year across the majority of groups. Last year sucked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#27781662)



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Date: April 28th, 2015 10:17 PM
Author: disrespectful national



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#27782271)



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Date: April 28th, 2015 10:16 PM
Author: hairraiser meetinghouse

*anxiously awaiting a Rudolph post ITT so we can know for sure what will NOT be happening*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#27782264)



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Date: April 28th, 2015 10:43 PM
Author: Vivacious Lemon School Cafeteria Pervert

PE deal indicators are shitty for the rest of the year

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#27782472)



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Date: June 6th, 2015 11:39 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle personal credit line

bump - any thoughts now that we're almost half way through and this year is the busiest ever in M&A?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28053914)



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Date: June 6th, 2015 11:45 AM
Author: brilliant juggernaut people who are hurt

Doesn't have that feel. Last year felt busier

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28053928)



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Date: June 6th, 2015 11:51 AM
Author: Cowardly Temple Foreskin

Yes, but still busy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28053965)



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Date: August 1st, 2015 6:45 PM
Author: flickering jap locus

This year is objectively bigger on the m&a tables.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28458242)



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Date: August 1st, 2015 2:31 PM
Author: bearded splenetic stock car wrinkle

i'm predicting the same as last year; if it's different, it'll be a marginal increase (e.g., +5-10k depending on class year)

another 1-2 years of bonuses at these levels or higher and base salaries will finally increase

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28456874)



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Date: August 1st, 2015 4:19 PM
Author: Cowardly Temple Foreskin

Summer has been pretty busy, but the firm leading the charge -- STB -- is heavily PE and PE has been lower than strategic deals.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28457494)



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Date: August 1st, 2015 6:37 PM
Author: flickering jap locus

DPW and others in that tier may also lead.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28458212)



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Date: October 25th, 2015 5:11 AM
Author: Histrionic voyeur

lol at DPW being in STB's tier for M&A

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#29038407)



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Date: August 1st, 2015 4:27 PM
Author: self-absorbed grizzly box office azn

This year will be good. Next year will be trash

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28457534)



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Date: August 18th, 2015 11:41 PM
Author: apoplectic smoky native dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28580166)



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Date: August 19th, 2015 12:59 PM
Author: Charismatic Sinister Resort

Predict the scale will be the same as last year



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28582690)



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Date: August 19th, 2015 1:00 PM
Author: Vivacious Lemon School Cafeteria Pervert



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28582698)



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Date: August 19th, 2015 1:04 PM
Author: Cowardly Temple Foreskin



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28582712)



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Date: August 19th, 2015 1:06 PM
Author: bearded splenetic stock car wrinkle

isn't M&A having a record year? I can't see bonuses dropping based on that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28582717)



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Date: August 19th, 2015 1:06 PM
Author: Sable appetizing black woman

WHO CARES WE WORK ALL OF THE TIME LIFE IS TOO SHORT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28582720)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 5:36 PM
Author: Drab range ceo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28662940)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 11:19 PM
Author: lascivious pocket flask

totally depends on what the markets do the next 2-3 months.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28665087)



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Date: September 12th, 2015 6:20 PM
Author: apoplectic smoky native dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28742337)



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Date: September 12th, 2015 6:22 PM
Author: apoplectic smoky native dopamine

i happen to have solid information that *briefcase full of jellybeans falls open*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28742348)



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Date: September 12th, 2015 6:27 PM
Author: provocative main people idea he suggested

I'm getting 100k at least. DGAF about anything else.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28742389)



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Date: September 23rd, 2015 12:17 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle personal credit line

Guess we will see. Folks still think the bonus scale will look like last year or less?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28820647)



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Date: September 23rd, 2015 12:18 PM
Author: Pungent sepia kitty

Static. Last year was viewed as a material change in compensation after several years of "ITE." Bonuses will be kept more or less in line with the prior year's as firms let things sort out -- particularly if there's ongoing uncertainty regarding global economic outlook.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28820661)



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Date: September 23rd, 2015 12:27 PM
Author: Cream marketing idea station

i love when you use the em-dash;)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28820725)



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Date: September 23rd, 2015 10:41 PM
Author: apoplectic smoky native dopamine

when was the last time there was certainty regarding global economic outlook?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28825400)



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Date: October 20th, 2015 12:40 PM
Author: Pungent sepia kitty

Degrees of difference pumo brother. Of course it's never certain but things are quite volatile right now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#29006041)



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Date: September 27th, 2015 11:26 AM
Author: Charismatic Sinister Resort

Still predicting same scale as last year here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28847078)



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Date: September 27th, 2015 1:03 PM
Author: brilliant juggernaut people who are hurt

T10 will remain the same as last year. Other firms which tried to match will not be as consistent. Work levels are not as high and stock market is flat for year with unclear intermediate term outlook.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28847656)



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Date: October 11th, 2015 1:29 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle personal credit line

bump. still thinking same scale as last year? we should know in 7 weeks. helps that the stock market is coming back a bit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28945704)



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Date: October 11th, 2015 2:41 PM
Author: Vivacious Lemon School Cafeteria Pervert

Same scale with some movement on and off DPW scale on the fringes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28946105)



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Date: October 11th, 2015 2:45 PM
Author: disrespectful national

no chance it will tank right?

do you have a throwaway email btw? i want to axe you some firm related qs i think you have insight on

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28946122)



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Date: October 11th, 2015 2:47 PM
Author: Vivacious Lemon School Cafeteria Pervert

I don't have a working throwaway right now but poast yours and I'll create one. I'll let you know when he i get the email jotted down

Def doubt it will tank for transactional, can't speak to lit as well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28946128)



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Date: October 11th, 2015 2:59 PM
Author: disrespectful national

airspeakers at gmail dot com

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28946208)



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Date: October 11th, 2015 3:10 PM
Author: Vivacious Lemon School Cafeteria Pervert

Got it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28946284)



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Date: October 11th, 2015 3:09 PM
Author: cyan karate

Shlomo.goldstein@kasowitz.com

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#28946279)



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Date: October 20th, 2015 12:39 PM
Author: Pungent sepia kitty



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#29006036)



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Date: October 20th, 2015 12:39 PM
Author: Pungent sepia kitty



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#29006033)



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Date: October 24th, 2015 7:58 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle personal credit line

5 weeks till we find out brothers. Now we may also get a salary bump. <<rubs hands together expectantly>>

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#29036646)



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Date: October 24th, 2015 8:21 PM
Author: flickering jap locus

Kansas City to 125k!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#29036718)



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Date: October 25th, 2015 11:27 AM
Author: lascivious pocket flask

So if salaries go up 30K for first years, is it just a 30K bump for 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc. or what?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#29038949)



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Date: November 11th, 2015 10:29 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle personal credit line

2 weeks folks and then we get the good $$$$$$$ news

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2864215&forum_id=2#29163509)