As a first year - if you like working with a particular partner a lot, is it a good idea to just volunteer for all the work they have for you to do, or is it better to try to get a balance of different work from the practice group? Not trying to come off like Incrediboy.

I am getting a mentor at work and HR is interested to know what I am looking for in a mentor. Any suggestions? For reference, I am going into my first consulting role post-MBA

Any job openings?
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Anyone looking at traveling to Costa Rica? They have a list of states from which they will admit tourists while also requiring a negative covid test, health history, etc. As someone not on the approved list, I am bitter and curious why the population is grouped at a state level when there are massively different rates of infection within each state (not to mention personal responsibility) and you are already required to present a negative test. Any idea how often those lists get updated?

Hey, where are you from and how are you doing?

Looking for Job Switch as Business Analyst.
will complete my 2yrs in June'21.

Skill Set :- SQL , tableau , Python .
Machine Learning(Ongoing).

Any leads would be helpful.

Hi All, I need referral for Data Analyst position at MasterCard. Can anyone pls provide here from this group?

I am a B. Com Graduate with 7 Years of Experience.

I have been a Team lead for a small from may 2020. I am serving Notice Period.

I am actively looking for a Job if anyone can help me it will be much appreciated.

Look at the Future of work , how are you planning to be relevant !

A shout-out to the timely, engaging, and relevant work created by Grab in-house for the SEA region. It should be awarded creative advertiser of the year.

Posted in another bowl but and looking for recommendations - 5+ YOE, Salesforce, techno-functional SA, soft-HCOL area, and might be looking for an exit op at Salesforce or industry. TIA

Is an MBA really worth it?

What does an online MBA look like in terms of class time, work load, realistic time to complete etc?

Hi all! I need some candid advice from y'all. How do I get my manager to see my value and see that I'm actually doing a lot of work? For some reason all the other departments & teams I work with always say how grateful they are that I've joined the company because I've really been cleaning things up & making their lives way easier. But for some reason in my manager's eyes all I do is "meets expectations". I already am doing senior level work as the only senior on our team left a month in... (1)

What were SCs doing yesterday afternoon?

Does anyone in the London office know which laptops (including specs if possible) are provided to consulting staff?

Also, is there a BYOD policy? Are staff able to log into Teams/Outlook etc on personal laptops?

How hands-on are you in scrum meetings?

Does Alvarez and Marshall have technology consulting? Anything related to IT/Digital/Cloud

Does anyone here work for Fidelity? I saw that there are a bunch of customer service positions open and I don't know if it's somewhere that would fairly easy for someone with just 1 year of experience. I need to change where I'm at, but not sure how big of a company is really gonna hire me when I'm so new to things.

Someone used my mug while I worked from home yesterday and now the top is missing. I feel like this is a metaphor for my agency en masse.

In 2015 different governments in the US collected $5,175,829,952,000 to service 321,230,000 people. That’s over $16,000 per person. Anyone else find this shocking?

How long did your longest matter last? I imagine litigators take the cake here but curious about deals as well.

Any associates here who have spent long periods of time away from the office, like spending the summer in the Hamptons? I work with so many partners who do this, but no associates. I’m thinking about spending next summer in Maine.

Anyone have any insight into the financial services practice group at Troutman Pepper?

What corporate practice has better longevity if your goal is to stay in big law for as long as possible: M&A or Capital Markets?

How does one go about switching practice groups within the same firm? I was under the impression it’s better to lateral elsewhere but I do really like my firm, just not the work in this practice area. Want to switch from transactional to litigation.

Has anyone thought about moving into Big 4 from biglaw? It seems like they have more predictable busy seasons, offer more remote working opportunities, and it seems like it would be less intense pressure…but I’m sure it’s a pay cut and long hours?

First couple times drafting ancillary docs—is it normal to not get everything/feel like I have no idea if I got stuff right. Or is the expectation that the docs be drafted 100% in executable form.

Hours check anyone? I’m at 1400 to date with pro bono. 2000 target. On track but September is looking slowwwww

Random partner asked a litigation-related question to a partner I frequently work with (i’m a transactional associate). My partner cc’d me and said for me to briefly look. Asked the library. They got me a great case. Sent it back. Now the random partner is asking for more cases in another circuit.

I haven’t done caselaw research since 1L and this isn’t even my practice… wtf do I do (I am fully utilized in my normal work and have a few deals closing soon…)

A partner I work for keeps asking for ETA's on assignments I have already submitted to the senior associate on the deal for review. Does it sound like I'm throwing the senior associate under the bus if I say I have already submitted to senior associate and am waiting for feedback? I feel like the partner will get upset at me even more if my answer sounds like I haven't submitted the assignment to the senior associate yet.

Moving from government to BigLaw as a 6th year. Since I'm coming in as a mid-level, I feel like this transition is different than a junior whom partners expect to know little. Any advice?

How are soft no-offers to 1Ls phrased by your firm?

All this talk about firms doing stealth layoffs has me spooked. Any BigLaw firms in Dallas doing this? I’ve noticed some surprising associates leave my firm over the past couple of months and suspect at least some of them were ice-outs…

My least favorite reason to be working into Saturday evening is because the partner is not good at their job.

11am: you do B, C, D and I'll handle A. 6pm: please go ahead and get started on A.

Maybe it's because I'm in tax, but I've never dealt with these unreasonable Partners people speak of. I've never been told I can't go on vacation, or I've never been yelled at for not being in the office long enough. I've also never been iced out because of one mistake here or there.

During my first year, I struggled, and the partners I worked with went out of their way to take their time with me to help me learn, as did some of the senior-level Associates.

Stop giving big law a bad name

Litigators—how many different cases are you on?

Been feeling spread too thin lately but I don’t know whats typical. Curious what others do. And would you mind sharing whether you’re a junior, midlevel, partner, etc??

I realize sheer number of cases doesn’t tell the whole story… obviously you can be buried on one massive case. I’m finding it hard to jump back and forth between everything I have going on right now, though, but I don’t know if the answer is to just deal with it.

On pace to bill only 1500 as a first year (2021 v15 corporate). Is this cause for concern? Also should I expect pro rated bonus?

Does your firm let you take 28-30 December off? Many of my team members won’t be working those days and I decided last minute that I’d like to travel somewhere between Christmas and the New Year.

Foreign trained lawyer (common law) and just starting bar study. Freaking out. Please tell me it’s possible in the timeframe.

Dickinson Wright salary scale?