CSG Law Discussions

Why did you decide to leave your first firm job? If you had a chance to jump ship but stayed, why did you stay?

Curious to know what other firm's bonus structures are, particularly those with billable requirements of 1900 and below. Trying to understand what the norm is and figure out if associates at my firm are getting screwed. thanks

Any advice on giving notice without burning bridges?

Any advice on switching from litigation to a more advisory role? I like legal research but don’t like the stress of litigation anymore and feel like it’s taking too long for me to get “good” at it.

Please tell us, since COVID started:

-weirdest thing you've eaten
-weirdest thing you've watched
-weidest thought you've had.

Can you share first year salary for midsize firms? I'm in NJ, but curious to hear other markets. Also billable targets? Thanks!

For exhibits to motions/responses in federal court, do law clerks prefer (1) citations to doc numbers or (2) attach exhibits to motion, even if the docs have already been filed with the court.

My first job out of law school was incredibly toxic and I'm gradually learning that all the skills I learned there are actually the worst way to do things. How do I recover from that in a job interview perspective?

Protocol for responding (or not) to unsolicited emails from recruiters to your work email? In other words, is it acceptable to just ignore without a response? Or do you prefer to keep the line open with a brief “thanks for thinking of me, I am not interested at this time but hope we can collaborate in the future.”

I know that the general advice is not to cut your own time, but if you think you took WAY TOO LONG on something should you? I don’t want partners to think of me as inefficient.

Hours aren’t very busy for bankruptcy group at my firm. Seems like we’re waiting for a surge of some sort. A lot of advisory questions at the partner level but not coming down so quick. Anyone else?

So who else here is experiencing plummeting billable hours and exponential weight gain since this whole WFH thing started? Bought snacks for 30 days, finished in 48 hours.

Wondering if legal tech is legit or all hype

BILLABLE v. SALARY BASED.... pros and cons? I’ve never worked at a firm that has billing requirements, I’ve always been salary based, but I’m interested to know what your experiences have been!

BigLaw M&A: what do you consider to be “big deal” vs a small and medium deal? For example, what do you consider a $150M deal?

If an individual resides in CT and works in NY can we serve them in NY?

Heyyy! So@first day on the job and I am asked to help establish an offshore company for a client … to my experienced fellows… can you help me access relevant Information or help me see what is in my blind spot?

Thanks!

Does anyone know the typical salary for a 1st-2nd year associate at Lewis Brisbois in Los Angeles? L&E

Recruiter ghosting? My partner interviewed for a lateral position with a mid-sized firm in mid-December. Went through whole process, multiple interviews, etc. (see below)

What do most people invest in for their Roth IRA portfolio? I’ve heard target funds and ETF’s..which one is better?

Thoughts on ARKF?

I joined my company as a BI- Analyst and now they are teaching us SAP HANA (DATA MIGRATION). Is it good start for a fresher??

I feel like my boss never joins my working call with my stakeholders, is this normal in big tech, like they don't have time to sit in the same meeting with you to understand and course correct your working styles? Like I am supposed to take the whole lead from day 1 independently.

What's the location of LTI in Noida or Delhi, are the offices up and running?
What are pros and cons joining LTI
What's the annual hike and performance bonus %

In process of buying a house, both my surveyor and specialist damp contractor found damp under kitchen tiles (In the grout) & in skirting boards and up one wall. Sellers had work done initially in 2014 on the wall only(with garuntee) & their company has visited and assured there is no damp… what is next best course of action, get another damp specialist to examine independently of other reports? I don’t trust them….. (U.K. Victorian terrace, damp is in the kitchen extension built circa. 15 y/o)

Openings currently at Goldman Sachs within Corporate Loan Operations.

Please DM me if interested.


#openings #referrals #operations

Is sap analyst a good career path and how does the demand look like currently?

Hi Fishes,
I have recently joined Deloitte and have to submit my HRA declaration, my work location is Hyderabad and even i staying in Hyderabad on rent but my owner refuse to give me her PAN card details.
I can submit my parents PAN details ( both are retired but they stay in Jharkhand) instead of my owners
Can you guys plz suggest ?

Thoughts on Pathmatics?

Can it actually provide media spend? Are all brands in there or do you have to request to get brands in, etc?

Oh nooo, one of my childhood friends is a Karen 🤦‍♀️

Has anyone recently onboarded to Accenture and how was the experience. Wat is expected on ur reporting day n when do u get ur laptop delivered.?

I have interview on 22nd of April as a Veeva Vault Dev,
Can anyone help me with Interview Questions and Role they are offering.

Thank You

Any WhatsApp group for Pune Deloitte USI folks ?

Hi , I have joined IBM 20 days back, got rejected in two client interviews till now ,the interview was full deeper . From last 1 week there is no update from anyone. Worried about the future. Had another offer from cognizant which I got before Joining IBM but it has 30% less CTC and the joining date is 26 dec

Any idea what is the best decision to take. Can I stay here on bench for long time
Tech stack - spark,Scala,Hadoop,hive

Thoughts on CIP and it’s note taking structure? Have you deviated from it or should one not break what’s not broken?

Having trouble opening a new bank acc (eg Marcus by GS, Ally) as I‘ve only been in US for a few months and have no credit history. Any international fish have tips to circumvent?

As other global firms are calling their employees back to office ? Will pwc ac follow the same or will continue to provide option of working from home .

Is anyone at meta able to share the position levels. I’m trying to compare to my current company structure. Thanks!