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My resume got shortlisted for Operations Associate/Engineer-Amazon Managed Services role. I am an experienced AWS engineer with 5YOE.I feel like this role will be degrading in nature for me. Is it worth joining for this position. I would love to join Amazon based on my experience and skill set. But Not to some position which doesn't require AWS experience.
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Biglaw hours for peanut pay
Not really. NY office starts at market salary I believe, plus it’s not near the same amount of hours as other big law firms. The billable hour requirement is 1900.
If you are doing high level M&A anywhere, you will have some tough hours, but Faegre culture slightly more humane in that you are only working hard when the deal requires to work hard; in other words, there is not pressure to work for the sake of work. The 1900 creditable hour expectation is real and most associates cluster around there, and even the busiest associates maxing out around 2350 in a hard year.
New York office is light on corporate partners, who are centered in Minneapolis, Indy and Philly. They are trying to beef up corporate presence there, including by having some corporate lawyers based elsewhere spend more time in NYC, but you would be doing a lot of cross office work. The New York office has a laidback quirky culture.
Philly office has a good group including plenty of refugees from bigger NYC firms. A lot of public company clients, in addition to a midmarket sponsors and family/founder owned companies.
Significant salary compression