Anyone have intel on what it’s like to work at Lowenstein Sandler (NYC or elsewhere)?

Hi. I recently asked for a pay increase due to moving from one pay son e to another. For more context, I was offered my pay rate based on living in TX. However, now that I am relocating to NYC Metro Area, how much of an increase can I expect or how can I negotiate the rate of it comes back on the lower end of the range I provided? Thank you!

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I know that with the holidays comes a lot of loneliness at times especially for those of us who are single or don't have connected families. Also anxiety with the rise of the nosey family members, but remember that your identity is in Christ , not your salary, your relationship status, nor your family background. This time let us remember the true meaning- to celebrate the birthday of our lord and savior Jesus Christ.

I’m new to working out and had a couple sessions with a PT to get me familiar with the equipment but I still feel incredibly self conscious when trying to use equipment at the gym. These gym bros are intimidating 😅 any tips for a gym newbie like me?

8.1 YOE as a business analyst, 2 offers IQVIA -20lpa and wipro -24 CTC, got 45 days remaining before joining. Should i expect higher offers? Around 30?or stop looking for it?suggest pls

When covid first hit, I was delighted to be working from home. My hours even improved. Now, because of some triggering events, I’m dealing with horrible panic attacks on the daily. I’m dissociating and can’t focus long enough to get work done. I JUST hit a year at this firm and am going on a one month stress leave. Worried I might not kick this mental state in that time. Any advice as to what I can do while on leave so I can come back focused and ready to work?

Be gentle - I really want to change my lifestyle but don’t know how to start as it all seems so overwhelming. I have so many issues and hurdles to work through and could use some advice on how to start.
- I have been skinny and inactive my whole life. I’m in my late 30s and had live handles before Covid but now just have a gross belly and horrible posture
- I’ve never developed good eating habits. I eat junk, don’t have regular mealtimes and usually eat one big unhealthy meal as a binge a day

Did you meet your significant other in Dallas? If so, how did it happen?

Can anybody let me know how much would Airbnb offer for Project Coordinator role with 5 years of WE ?
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Don’t you just love it when account people give you feedback at 11 pm the night before a 10:30 am client meeting?

Hi guys I am looking for a better opportunity as mechanical design in BIW.
I have 3 years of experience work at furniture domain as a design Engineer, but my area of interest is automobile industry can anyone guide me through pls

Are there any agencies that specialise in scraping trending/popular short form videos from apps eg IG, tiktok? Thanks!

Does anyone have recommendations regarding rewards credit cards? I’m looking at my finances and realized I have an opportunity to get more cash back / points. Any one have any recs on cards that are out there? Also, points cards, cash rewards card, or both?

How is HSBC Client in terms of WLB and work culture

Salesforce 🐠, what factors come into play when you’re selecting an implementation partner to introduce to your customers? I’m seeing a lot of smaller and less-established implementation partners swoop in at the last minute with rock bottom pricing and winning deals that they likely can’t deliver successfully with a small and inexperienced team. Yet it seems that this continues to happen, even in higher market segments. Interested to hear your thought process - thanks!

Hi there - just wanted to get some information on sponsorship. Do any of the firms in the big 4 sponsor Canadians for a TN1 Visa?

Does anyone have any nightmare stories about switching over to unlimited pto? I’ve only seen 1-2 cases of it not working out for people on here. Wondering if I’m overthinking skipping companies that offer it.

Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, I salute you. Thank you for keeping this document safe. Taking forever for my document to open never made me feel better. 🇺🇸

Are we expected to work tomorrow (columbus day)?

Why hasn’t WSGR matched?

Too late (or early, assuming there will be another wave of resignations in January) to apply as a junior (3rd year) lit retool into transactional? Are firms still needing warm bodies?

Looking for book recommendations similar to the Caesar’s Palace Coup, Barbarians at the Gate etc…. I learn so much from these types of books because I get invested in the story

If we start repaying student loans in May, is it a wise decision to dump as much cash into them upfront as possible? I’m a second year, and I have ~$40K in savings. I wanted to buy a house (hence the cash), but that doesn’t look like it will happen in this market. I’m wondering if I should just put $30-35k into my loans instead. I have ~120K of debt.

Im a corporate/ecvc/m&a midlevel at a good v30 firm. West coast. Due to some life factors I will need to move to another state (potentially east coast) in ~3 years. Cant move earlier (same factors). Im going to be up for partnership at my current firm in like 3-5 years. Anyone have stories or datapoints about moving to a totally different biglaw market and being up for partner and making it shortly after?? Want to stay in biglaw. Any encouraging advice warmly appreciated.

No one is going to remember how you performed during your first six months at a firm, unless you abysmally screw up repeatedly, right?

Partners, do you ever have slow days?

I’m behind on my hours despite regularly updating people on my availability for new projects. How aggressive should I be in seeking work internally?

Visiting home office for orientation for my first BL position next week. Any tips or suggestions? I will be remote otherwise so networking and meeting as many people as possible is already on my list. I am a non-traditional much older third year associate.

I don’t work THAT much (1800h/year is my target), my weeks are usually 10-11 h m-f.

However, I’m still feeling overwhelmed and close to burnout, and I’m quite ashamed of it when other associates hit close to 3000h.

It’s not the hours, it’s the extreme perfectionism and level of detail expected that makes me hyper stressed when working, all the office politics and working for partners responsible for more they can handle and need explaining like kids, but take all the $ at the end of the day 🙄

Partner A messaged me earlier today to let me know that they had talked to Partner B, and Partner B said it was ok to focus on Partner A’s assignment today. Partner B just sent me something, and when I confirmed I’d get to it after Partner A’s assignment, they got testy and told me “That’s not gonna cut it. Sorry.” How do you respond? 🙄

I’ve been slow for a couple of weeks now, barely going to hit 20 hours this week. How’s it looking for the rest of you out there?

Lateraling and want to send an email a to couple of clients I worked closely with letting them know. Anyone done this/have good language for that email?

New M&A junior here, anyone have a good transactional diligence checklist/resource I can follow while I review a data room?

Anyone part of a big law NYC run club? Interested in running with people on similar schedules in Central Park.

M&A folks: What amount of billable time is appropriate to draft a pre-LOI NDA? Small deal (under $50 million).

What are good habits, qualities, characteristics that you think all biglaw firm partners have? Is there a defining quality? like you know it when you see it kinda thing?

Other than restructuring / bankruptcy, what are some practice areas that are countercyclical? I always hear the term but don’t actually know what it’s referring to.