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What is a fair amount to ask for ???

My daughter works for a law firm in the dallas metroplex. She is currently a legal secretary. She works in a firm with apx. 10-20 attorneys and 15 legal staff. They do school law,litigation and school tax, they also have a bankruptcy department handled by one person. They recently lost that person and offered her the position. She has heard it is a lot of work and a lot to handle. she has no bankruptcy experience but has been in the legal field 10 years. Family law, civil litigation, medical malpractice, tax and realestate. They asked her to tell them what she believes a reasonable or fair raise would be for her new position. she currenly makes about $19 hour and would like to stay hourly with this firm because they work a lot of over time. What can I suggest would be fair or how she can handle the situation? Concerned Dad

Public Comments

1. She needs to do some legal research to determine how other cities pay rate for that position. The best way is to either look up the salaries on the internet (google) or just simple call their HR Department and inquire about the starting rates. I also suggest your daughter look at the work load and ask for at least 1/4 of the former employee hourly wage plus hers and that she give her new hourly rate.
2. This is a good question but a tough one. I think that since she is taking on something that she is not sure how difficult it will be let alone whether she will like it or not she should explain to her boss if she wants to that she would like to try it. Explain to her boss that she will keep working at the same 19 dollar per hour salary for a month or so until she develops an understanding of what is required of her and she can make a fair assessment of the salary that would be both reasonable for the company and herself. Hey Good Luck To Her Bob
3. off the top of my head, before I got to the end, I was going to suggest 40-45K, it seems she is just below that now, so a little raise might be feasible... there are web sites with salary calculators and estimates, google is your friend....