I started as the receptionist at a Law firm in Cleveland, OH on August 29th of this year. It is a decent size firm-25 or so employees. After only a short time, the legal assistants started to give me a lot of their overflow work. I was catching on qucikly and doing things accurately and in a timley fashon. They loved me. I have since been promoted. They are going to train me to be a probate legal assistant. They started me out at 25k a year as the receptionist. When I accepted the promotion they told me I would be getting a raise, they said they didn't know how much yet though. The average salary for the position in the Cleveland area (between 0-2 years experience) is between 31k and 38k a year. In your opinion, what do you think i should expect to make?
2007-11-19 01:19:36 · 8 answers · asked by Nikki O 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Law & Legal
The new receptionist is to start in a week. They bought me a procedure manual at $100. They will be sending me to a few seminars. Paying for me to get my notary. I will be working for two of our ten attorneys.
2007-11-19 01:45:37 · update #1
Since it's a new job, ask for at least 30. If they say an average increase is 5%, tell them that is if you are in the sme job.
2007-11-19 01:23:35 · answer #1 · answered by ryan c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is an old trick. Give someone a title but not a raise. Most businesses don't give a raise at 3 months employment. Even a well established employee is lucky to get a 3% raise in any field. Perhaps they are giving you benefits that you didn't have before, like health insurance. That is figured into your salary. And really, unless you go to school and get certification they can call you anything but it is not valid on the open market.
2007-11-19 01:31:57 · answer #2 · answered by SteveX 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really Depends on what the "going rate" for Salaries ARE in Tennessee (as opposed to where You're living Now). But a 20%+ increase shouldn't be TOO far out the Realm of Imagination... :)
2016-05-24 04:30:15 · answer #3 · answered by shannon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends totally on your firm. But it would be very unusual to get more than a 20% increase or around there.
Congratulations on the promotion, on your good work, and on your upcoming raise.
2007-11-19 02:00:49 · answer #4 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably the minimum of the range, however it's not a guarantee -- your company may pay you less than 31k because you started at 25k -- they may go halfway between the two.
2007-11-19 01:24:03 · answer #5 · answered by leysarob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Expect your starting salary to be less than $31k because of your inexperience, and the fact that you haven't fulfilled the 90-day probationary period.
2007-11-19 01:28:53 · answer #6 · answered by Laredo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-11-19 10:52:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
$32,000
2007-11-19 01:27:29 · answer #8 · answered by mdk2121 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋