Stewart led, not to the CEO offices but to a corner office at the opposite end of the building. Nia hadn’t really been to these offices since she had very little business with some of these partners and almost none with the senior partners except when they needed a consult on a case they were handling. They walked into a nice little office that would suit any executive secretary or assistant as people now called them. Through this empty and rather plain office they walked into an immense corner office that had not one but two banks of floor to ceiling windows. The room was absolutely bare of furniture. Stewart led her to the windows and they stood looking out at the impressive Manhattan skyline as Nia wondered why she had been brought here. They hadn’t spoken the entire ride up in the elevator or really since they had left her office.
“I thought perhaps you might need a little something to make the offer even more worthwhile,” Stewart began.
“Mr. Dunham, I assure you...” Nia began but stopped when he held up his hand.
“Please, if you accept this position you will have to begin calling me Stewart. This isn’t a standard partner agreement we have offered you, Nia. This office is just one of the perks. You will have to choose a car that we will pay for. You will have to choose an apartment that we will make sure your mortgage is handled through our banking contacts and the payments reasonable. You will have six weeks paid vacation. The perks you might pass up from refusing are more than you realize.”
Nia looked at him incredulously. They hadn’t even discussed the perks of her partnership agreement. This office? It was incredible. She glanced around and for some reason the sun began to shine through the impressive windows. She could already picture the office with deep cherry wood furniture making it a warm and professional one. She could even put in an electric fireplace she thought barely controlling the grin that threatened at her thought. A car? What was wrong with her little Fiat? She realized though that she would be a fool to pass it up but she had played her cards too well for too long to show them to this master player. She nodded coldly as she considered her options which she really knew were few. She could quit but that would be self-defeating, besides she loved her job. She could refuse and remain an associate but it would never be the same, they would treat her as though she had insulted them. She could sue but then she would never again work in Manhattan and who wanted to hang out their own shingle with that on their resume? She could accept and have a make-over. She needed to think about it but she had already told this man and his partner’s that very thing when they made their initial offer.
“Here is one more thing for you to think about,” Stewart finished with. Nia looked at him expectantly. “We are waiving your buy in, your bonus’ will be deferred for the first three years but you do not have to come up with the normal buy in amount. Based on your performance and what we anticipate you bringing into the firm in the future we have decided that this will be enough for your buy in.”
Nia was incredulous, this offer, this incredible deal was worth possibly a million dollars or more!
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