What would be Donna’s salary in Suits?

[Anonymous]

Aren’t prized legal secretaries well paid?

[Anonymous]

I think they are fairly well paid, but I have no idea what her salary would be. However, her dresses were amazing. I loved her style on that show. Most of them were not necessarily law firm work-appropriate but they were beautiful.

I also loved Jessica’s wardrobe. Her style was great. I didn’t like how they dressed Megan Markle’s character. I get that it was classic but she wore too many crisp white button-downs with pencil skirts.

Sorry for the tangent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think they are fairly well paid, but I have no idea what her salary would be. However, her dresses were amazing. I loved her style on that show. Most of them were not necessarily law firm work-appropriate but they were beautiful.

I also loved Jessica’s wardrobe. Her style was great. I didn’t like how they dressed Megan Markle’s character. I get that it was classic but she wore too many crisp white button-downs with pencil skirts.

Sorry for the tangent.

I think they dressed Rachel in dresses that were too tight and form fitting. Not exactly work appropriate!

[Anonymous]

Didn't Markle say all the ladies had to be sewn into their dresses?
Donna shows some serious cleavage from time to time as well.
Jessica Pearson wore the best dresses I've ever seen.
Back the to the questions - DP had a great apartment, great clothes (and handbags), hair and makeup and was likely paid handsomely.

[Anonymous]

There is a scene in later seasons where Louis discovers Harvey has been paying Donna on top of her firm salary (whatever that is).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a scene in later seasons where Louis discovers Harvey has been paying Donna on top of her firm salary (whatever that is).

Yep. Harvey was shelling out from his own earnings to top her off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think they are fairly well paid, but I have no idea what her salary would be. However, her dresses were amazing. I loved her style on that show. Most of them were not necessarily law firm work-appropriate but they were beautiful.

I also loved Jessica’s wardrobe. Her style was great. I didn’t like how they dressed Megan Markle’s character. I get that it was classic but she wore too many crisp white button-downs with pencil skirts.

Sorry for the tangent.

Unless there is something else going on, I'd assume they top out below 150k.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a scene in later seasons where Louis discovers Harvey has been paying Donna on top of her firm salary (whatever that is).

Yep. Harvey was shelling out from his own earnings to top her off.

Why? And is it legal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a scene in later seasons where Louis discovers Harvey has been paying Donna on top of her firm salary (whatever that is).

Yep. Harvey was shelling out from his own earnings to top her off.

Why? And is it legal?

Because she handled his life. It's legal if it's taxed like a bonus, or she had a rate as his personal assistant outside of working hours.

[Anonymous]

We have secretaries at law firms offered “any number” to stay with the partner. Some of these partners are making 5+M so I would imagine they’d give up 200k for their secretary who runs their entire lives, including managing their ex wife (or wives), handling children things, alongside all client related issues too.

[Anonymous]

Secretaries who run your whole life are getting rarer and rarer. I have practiced law for 25 years; in medium to large law firms, I know very few people who really rely on their secretaries in a meaningful way anymore. (so basically, except for secretaries who have been in place for a long time, the salaries are not high ones you used to hear.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Secretaries who run your whole life are getting rarer and rarer. I have practiced law for 25 years; in medium to large law firms, I know very few people who really rely on their secretaries in a meaningful way anymore. (so basically, except for secretaries who have been in place for a long time, the salaries are not high ones you used to hear.)

Lawyer here. Yeah, I rely on my assistant for very little.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Secretaries who run your whole life are getting rarer and rarer. I have practiced law for 25 years; in medium to large law firms, I know very few people who really rely on their secretaries in a meaningful way anymore. (so basically, except for secretaries who have been in place for a long time, the salaries are not high ones you used to hear.)

It’s more CEOs who use secretaries this way- for travel arrangements, paying home expenses or credit cards, envelopes for weekly spending cash, dinner reservations, correspondences.

[Anonymous]

Times have changed, with digitalization and with work place policies, at least in Western countries, dependence on "work wives" is a thing of past.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Times have changed, with digitalization and with work place policies, at least in Western countries, dependence on "work wives" is a thing of past.

It's cost cutting too. More secretaries are shared now- it's much rarer to have a secretary exclusive to one partner