Curious to get a sense check from others in transactional groups.
In my current setup, the team has historically been staffed without dedicated juniors, relying more on intermittent adjacent support from other related and non-related sub-groups, and with no consistent junior pipeline in recent years. At the same time, the partner is largely hands-off on live matters and has asked not to be pulled into day-to-day decision-making, while remaining involved from a billing perspective. Cont. below

Which company to choose? I have offers from Target and Paytm.

Dear Folks,

Can someone refer me into Microsoft, for Azure DevOps role. I have 5.5 YOE

In-house creative team for major American brand HIRING freelance designer who loves to concept/make social content.

Could lead to full time. Send book!

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What is the pay package at AM level - assurance ?

Anyone working in Pharma industry?

What firms sponsors Greencard process on day 1 (or <6 months) for experienced hires?

I find myself not wanting to put the extra time in at the office, especially after traveling for depositions and court appearances. Any one else?

Would it be weird to send my ex a goodbye letter in the mail? He leaves for a military deployment soon for almost 1 year, and I generally care / miss him.

How are ppl feeling about Miami as a city to live in since you can work remote now?

(extent of my knowledge comes from Will Smith movies and songs)

What's the confirmation procedure in TCS? In the offer letter it was mentioned that initial 3 months would be probation and after that confirmation. Could you guys please let me know if any action or follow ups required from our end or HR will do the needful ? Please let me know

What to do when you have a crush on your team lead?

Asking for my brother. Please don't ignore.

If your company has any openings for Fresher. kindly provide referral.

Skillset: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ReactJS, Python, SQL

He has trained in above skills. If any developer position is open in your company. Kindly let me know.

[Important] One of my friend is desperately looking out for a job. Currently working as a Data Analyst at **S. Highly skilled in SQL. Other skills include SSIS, Power BI, Excel. Has 1 year 4 months of experience. Please let me know if you have any open opportunities.

Just negotiated my lease down another 5%. Went down 4% last year too. Probably means I could’ve pushed harder last year, but still nice.

Restructuring/Bankruptcy associates, how slow have you been this year so far? Seems like industry wide it’s been a very quiet year.

Can someone explain to me what law clerks are in private practice? I'm based internationally but deal with our NY office a lot, and I can not figure out what the title actually means/where it sits.

How do you deal with stub years who are exceptionally bad? I’m not talking about general cluelessness which is completely expected and understandable, but turning in work product riddled with incomprehensible, grammatically incorrect sentences that would fail middle school English. This is honestly the worst I’ve ever seen. Would you just avoid in the future or raise this with a partner? I don’t even know how to talk to this person about this…

PROPOSAL: Can we start naming names with respects to layoffs, furloughs, and pay cuts? Knowledge is power, and the only ones who benefit from vague exchanges of info. are the employers. Thank you!

Any insight into pay at Proskauer’s satellite offices such as New Orleans or Boca Raton?

Thoughts on getting fed government jobs? I'm a first year associate in a specialized transaction group in DC and I fucking hate it. I had an internship at a federal department in school but after that went 2L SA/firm. Any hope of finding something? Right now my plan is to just start spamming USAjobs and hope something eventually sticks.

Kasowitz Benson - what is your opinion of them?

New to due diligence and not sure the timeline of projects. Tips to stay organized of the project and timeline, and how to update those leading the deal? Just keep track of new info and provide as necessary?

Whats up with these rumors of six-figure associate bonuses at Skadden?

At what year do you become a midlevel?

About to finish my first year. I’m a specialist. Only going to hit 65% of my hours (took a 4 week vacation cause of wedding/hm).

I never say no to work and i have fantastic reviews, and the head of my practice (with whom I work a lot for) has great things to say about me.

I’ve been fully utilized starting ~June, but first few months were slow. Am i fine?!

This might seem silly, but does anyone have a script for giving notice? Lol. Or at least good points to hit on? Particularly partners— what has/has not gone over well? Main concern here is to not burn any bridges.

If you do billable work on a given PTO/vacation day, do you still count that day as vacation? Or do you get that vacation day "back"? Or do you only get the part that you billed "back"? (Or some other option.)

Hot take: if it’s actually a stealth layoff then everyone else got the same speech as you and outing the firm won’t identify you.

How do you justify a $100k pay cut to go in house?

Do you think partners in law firms have too much power and autonomy? eg. the power to refuse leave, to do your annual appraisal, to make you work while on leave, to overwork people, to manage the team on their on terms etc. Is this power bad or good for the firm and the team overall?

Related question - Do you think the HR in law firms are just there for show since the partners have a lot of power and autonomy?

I’ve been at a job for a few months and hate it - partners set unrealistic deadlines, micromanage, and create work that truly is not necessary/push urgency when there is no real urgency. I had other offers prior to accepting this job that may still be options, and going back to my old job (for a pay cut) might also be an option. I can’t tell if this is just burnout, growing pains, or just an untenable work environment. Would you ride it out for a year at new job or pursue other options? HELP!

Texans. Just got an offer from a V10 to relocate down and do litigation. Excited but the offer was 20k below market. Talked to managing partner and they said it’s the market in Houston so if I can find other firms paying full market they will raise it since I’ll be the only jr. - mid level. So give me names, who pays cravath in Houston?

Anyone here a GC/assistant GC at a biglaw firm? How are the hours? Who’s hiring?