Been a rough day. Moving in a week and a difficult case that I can’t seem to shake keeps getting reassigned to me. Just got asked (told?) if I can work on a big filing this weekend. Need to pack. Feeling overwhelmed. What a fun Friday the 13th

Will get COVID vaccine today. That means party is an option at b school?

How do you diligence a potential employer besides basic searches? Early stage Silicon Valley biotech company with a handful of public articles confirming its latest funding round.

how do we increase diversity in leadership positions when there are no job openings?

Thoughts on Pfizer’s canvas for developing emails and iDetails?

Thoughts on Ted & Lemon laces? I'm thinking about grabbing a few brighter colors to pair with some oxfords.

Can an SAP consultant ever make as much as the people working in Tech? What's the maximum salary you saw a guy with SAP background getting?

Does FSO (Financial Services Office) have the same busy season as every other industry? Is it easier or harder?

At what point are you too specialized to lateral to internal audit? (PA, consulting, or industry roles) Currently have 2 years of external audit experience and 2 years of forensics: I always thought of internal audit as a decent exit but I’m beginning to get worried about getting too specialized to make that move one day

Any audit folks at midsize and up firms (experienced senior and above only) looking for a role in accounting advisory/consulting at a small firm <100 people (completely remote), reach out to me. Busy season hours are approx 45/week. Comp starts around $105k

Any black Christian men? 25 F Atlanta looking for a relationship

What kinds of things do you do in commercial healthcare? If that’s a thing?

Hello. Can anyone refer me as Resource Management or Talent Acquisition position please? I am currently working in Tcs Kolkata and I have over 4 yrs of experience.
Location priority: Bangalore.
Available to join within 45-60 days.

Curious to know how closely you (creatives) work with your strategy/ planning counterparts. What is the dynamic you share?

Dear TCSers,
How many of you are still Working from Home? Is WFO is not mandatory for everyone?

Anyone know of a sort of speeddating site for London creatives looking for a partner? Kinda sick of seeing most job alerts going up as "looking for creative team".

Is America great yet or will be before 2020? Wondering if MAGA will change to KAG? And that implies, all things under current administration made this country greater. If not, then CMAGA? (Continue)

Can any give Insights into interview procedure of IQVIA and what to expect.

What is the benefit of staying in audit until manager?

Specialized tax 3rd year senior to financial analyst. Anyone do this? How so and where

KPMG just rolled out their Lakehouse training center. Does PwC or EY have something like that ?

Anyone else here kinda like doing doc review? (In moderation of course)

Any tips when leaving a firm? Younger associate <1 year.

Enviro/ natural resource lawyers— what’s your dream job?

Big Law Dads: How much time do you usually take off when your wife has a baby? And do you actually get to take off, or do you just end up working from home half the time? My wife is due Mid-December, and I’m staffed on 4 M&A deals trying to close by year end, so it’s not looking promising.

Considering becoming a consultant lawyer. Any advice/tips from someone who made that move?

Parental leave: do you have to be at a company or firm for a year before being eligible to take parental leave? Are there any companies/firms that don't have this requirement?

Any insight on Gordon Rees pay for 2-3 year associate in a non-major market? I know they don’t pay market, but there are no BigLaw firms in my city

Is there an appropriate way to turn down an assignment because it is non-billable? Two of the partners I work for keep asking me to write client bulletins and articles with them, which is great, but now I’m starting to worry about meeting my billable hours requirement.

I am traveling out of town for callback interviews. One firm wants me to commit a full day of interviews. Would it be reasonable to ask for a half day so I can fit 2 callbacks in the same day?

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 the salary for a westlaw account executive? also a contact for a westlaw recruiter?

I’m on the Board of entity A (volunteer basis) and I’ll have an interview for a legal counsel position at entity B. Entity A and B have a partnership such that me working for entity B will create conflict of interest. Should I disclose my relationship with entity A during the initial interview with entity B’s hiring manager? If so, what should I say? I don’t want my volunteer job at entity A potentially jeopardizes my full-time job at entity B.

For those of you required to be in office- do people use the phone and email to contact you or do they still come by in person? People in my office seem not to understand how the phone works...

I'm a third year plaintiff's employment law attorney and I'm looking to move to defense, preferably still in employment law. I received an offer from a midsize firm that primarily focuses on PI with little-to-no employment law practice, so I'll have a bit of a learning curve. Offer is $90k, billable hours of 2100. Is this reasonable? I'm dead-set on leaving my current job, and this would be a $20k pay increase - which makes me believe I'm leaning towards taking it for those reasons only.

I’ve practiced litigation in DC for about 5+ years at a larger plaintiffs’ firm, and am considering a switch to a defense firm. Is there any insight to how many billable hours this would require, and how much time that would actually be? For reference, the firm has a 1900 billable hour requirement and the partner said I would have “no problem” fulfilling that based on the work they have.

What is a typical starting rate that young attorneys charge for per diem side work? First or second year lawyers should ask for what? Client is a big firm.

Anyone have any thoughts or insight into Keker or DurieTangri?

What’s your take on Lydecker? What is the culture? Market salary? Expectation on billable hours? Mentorship? Etc.?

I’m my partners only associate and I went on parental leave two weeks ago. I feel horrible for leaving him to handle our cases alone, but am trying to focus on my wife and new baby. That being said, should I still offer to handle minor matters that come in to ease the workload off my boss? He’s been super cool during my entire leave, so I don’t feel pressured to one bit.