Am I expecting too much feedback and training? I just recently started at a mid sized firm after a few years as a prosecutor. I’ve been there a month and have received almost no actual feedback and no real training. I’m given assignments and maybe a few minutes of explanation and an example. When I send the partners my work and ask them to review it, they usually don’t even respond unless I ask multiple times. Is this normal?

What’s everyone working on these days? Anything fun?

What is the best way to attract a new mate? I got out of a 7 year relationship (he was cheating on me for half of it) and I’m so confused on where to even start. I have a therapist and working on my trust issues - but I have self confidence issues. I’ve been burned for being ‘unattractive’. But I’ve seen girls that are objectively more unattractive than me have mates. So it must be a confidence issue? Those girls seem to glow while I am so sad. Or it’s the guys I go on dates with?

KPMG or EY GDS or ZS Associates?
Almost same offer, same designation. Which one I should go with?
Engineering Manager Role, 12YOE.

Dear All Fisbowls,

I have a query. Request all of yours suggestion and if you have done something similar to this please share.

You have resigned and have offer in hand suppose 15 fixed.
Meanwhile you get another offer but they will give around 17 fixed.
I am thinking to quote my in hand offer as 17 fixed with changes in it and share it with them.
So that they can give me around 20 fixed.
Request to share honest detail here.

Salary for a programmatic associate director in NYC?

Why do people not respond to calendar invites? Come on now we can do better🙃

What is the comp for AstraZeneca senior scientist level?

Searching for Abinitio Support roles.
Current technical support lead in TCS with total 6.10yrs exp. Relevant experience 4+.

Pls share opportunities.

Hey Fishes,
I have gotten an offer from Infosys BPM with 15% variable. How much % of the variable can I expect to get? And, on what factors is it dependent?

on the way to an interview this morning eating a sandwich. I walked past a homeless man who had a stray cat perched on his lap. He asked for a bite of sandwich to feed them both as they hadn’t eaten in days. I gave the whole sandwich over and headed off to the interview. As I got to the interview room there was a large executive chair facing away from me. The chair turned and on top was a mirror. When looking in the mirror I could see the cat. I am the cat. Truly inspirational when you work hard

Hi, can somebody from Atos refer me for a JOB ID 438717 legal contract manager .

Hi guys, what's the standard salary range for a digital strategist?

Jummah Mubarak Fam ☪️💚

Hi all!
What kind of information would you like to find in this bowl?

Anyone suiting up for the office?

I’m in Chicago, and I feel like I’ve been seeing a lot more suits in the loop.

Constantly worried I’m going to get fired because I don’t know where I stand at my mid sized law firm (second year associate).

Confused why Wachtell qualifies as BigLaw when they have one (small) office

How do you properly vet a law firm? I feel the associates I speak with talk up the firm and aren’t always candid.

I found out a soon to be 2nd year associate got a 10k raise making his salary 110k now, while I, the soon to be 3rd year associate got a 2k raise making my salary 107k. So now the 2nd year male associate is making more money than me. How do I bring this up to the partners?

Salary for a 4th year at Thompson Coburn in St. Louis? General/commercial lit.

Transactional junior associate in biglaw. Working for a dedicated practice group rather than in an associate pool. For the past few months, I’ve been loaned to another practice group for a good chunk of time. While the people are decent and the hours aren’t terrible, I detest the work and don’t see a future in this new practice. My main partner says it should end in the next month, but I don’t expect that to happen. Is it a terrible idea to ask to be taken off?

Negotiating a settlement. I’m at $10k, opposing counsel is at $20k. My client won’t go higher than $15k. OC has come down to 17.5k and says his client won’t budge from that. Do I offer 12.5k so we can hopefully meet in the middle at 15k? Is that how the settlement game is played? Seems dumb we can’t just say let’s meet in the middle now and be done with this. (I’m a first year, first time negotiating a settlement on my own and I don’t want to screw this up!)

Layoffs. Most big firms say they're sitting on a conservative pile of cash - which I believe is true - but work will obviously not return to pre-COVID levels in the short term, probably not even in the medium term. Are Biglaw layoffs coming?

Does anyone know sports arbitration or general arbitration well? Have been a figure skating fan my entire life and am curious whether the judgement of recent Valieva case makes sense to you.

Rising 2L here…Just found out yesterday that one of my top target law firms is not participating in OCIs (they don’t have offices in my state). Any advice on the best way to move forward with them? Still planning to apply, just want to know what I should be doing. Thanks!

Horrible anxiety about considering a new job....
I was one of the big firm stealth layoffs in covid and joined a boutique firm in Sept. They came sort of close to matching my salary but I moved to SoCal and have an opportunity to jump back in to big law and get $100k raise. The people at the small firm are so nice, but hours are nuts and if I’m going to work this much, I might as well get paid more, right? Is it too soon? How do you tell them when the managing partner took you under his wing?

I know some of my colleagues are recording their standard fees as time so that it counts towards their billable hours. It infuriates me but am I just being naive by not doing the same?

1st year Assoc in a small comm lit firm with 6 attorneys. Sole proprietor partner who is early/mid 70s. Literally doesn’t have or use a computer(like ever🙄). He has to have EVERYTHING printed from him including his emails which he is CC’d on everything me and my coworker send out. Openly racist (he’s Jewish too) and absolute pos to everyone who works for him. We also use PAPER files for him w/ company drive. They never wfh even during start of Covid. No access to emails. Anyone dealt w this?Tips

Any insight into Barnes and Thornburg, especially in Minneapolis? Culture? Hours requirement? Comp???

What kind of professional development/marketing-focused seminars/webinars/etc. has your firm offered that you found helpful?

Probably a foolish question: are bonuses based off of raw billable hours or billable hours modified by the partners?

Mid-level associate at a mid-size regional insurance defense firm practicing coverage litigation. Salary is capped b/c my firm only does I.D./coverage and has no direct-hire comm clients. Second round of interviews with a comm lit boutique where I would be the only associate with 5 partners. Other than partner track, salary/benefits, and switching from coverage to general comm lit, what qualities of the move should I be thinking about as I weigh my options? I've never worked at another firm.