Does anyone have insight about working as an associate in Manatt Phelps & Phillips's financial services or litigation groups? What is the culture like -- collegial people, billable hour expectations, RTO policy, etc?

Been with my current company 5 years now. I run my own team but have a micromanaging boss who likes to create chaos for me. He also exhibits stalker like behavior by looking up my family online (addresses, emails, phone numbers, FB/Twitter accounts, you name it) and driving by my house and commenting on things I was doing during the weekend or after work. I am fed up with it and am starting to apply elsewhere. I don’t think I’ll be able to get the same total comp though. More in comments..

The best salads out there is made with simple ingredients:

- olive oil
- lemon
- salt

Sales is exactly the same.

The best sales calls out there is made with simple ingredients:

- questions
- storytelling
- tonality

Hi Fishes,

I am 3.6 years experienced QA Test Analyst looking for referrals and job change with good compensation
Please help with refferal and openings
Thanks everyone

What position is Senior Associate Technology L1 position ?

Can anyone tell me

Me: I've been working 14 hr days non-stop.
Employer: We've all been working hard. It's a tough time for the industry.
Me: It's not sustainable and I'm burning out. I need help.
Employer: Totally get it. We are understaffed so we need you to be flexible about taking on more responsibilities.
Me: If I'm taking on more responsibilities, would my compensation be able to reflect that increase?
Employer: It's tight this year. Economy/pandemic etc.
Me: I'm leaving.
Employer: *surprised pikachu face*

What does a content strategist do? Is the role essentially that of a copywriter + planner?

Does Cannes not understand it's devaluing itself? It's the H&M of creativity. (Well not at $5 a pop but you know what I mean 🤭)

I finished up with final interviews on Monday. Is it a bad sign that I’m still waiting to hear back today? Don’t companies typically reach out almost immediately with an offer if they choose you?

Anyone been ghosted by firms? Had a final round and no response

What do when you’ve already accepted a job offer but then received a better offer? Does it look bad on you to decline the first offer?

SO and I got in to a disagreement on the background of Indian tech CEOs. It appears that they are all from 1 or 2 major communities in India.

While he thinks that its genetics/being naturally gifted that got them to where they are I believe it's the environment & discipline that made them successful. We are not from said communities but curious to hear your thoughts on who is more accurate.

What is the job grade for sr specialist in nokia

Hey Everyone! Does anyone use any roadmap tools other than google sheets? Trying to figure out some alternatives. Let me know if you have any ideas! (Other than Microsoft Projects and Smartsheets, looking for something more visually pleasing and user friendly)

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Hi Fishes,

I have 4 offers and 25 days is left in my last working day HSBC is paying 3L less as compare to others offer
Can I ask to them for revise my offer letter make it X+5L... before 10 days of last working day?

Hi fishes,
Wanted to know the CTC band for 6.5 years exp and role of 'Software Engineer-UI-JL3' in India.
Thanks.

Currently looking for remote marketing positions available! I am a fast learner and very eager to jump into the field. I have a marketing and operations background with a willingness to learn. My resume is readily available and I am open for all opportunities!

Just started in Biglaw as a first year - one of the partners made a passing remark that he couldn’t remember my PQE but thinks I’m “the same as X associate”. Went on LinkedIn and saw that X associate is a third year. How do I gently correct this misconception in a future conversation?

“Keep costs down”???? I am happy to keep costs down by not working on this ducking matter anymore. Maybe stop saying yes to matters that are too small to justify our rates and staffing an expensive senior person on them when you’re already dying trying to get anything staffed. You didn’t have to do shit on this matter, didn’t hear you complaining about my taking the lead and managing everything for you when that was happening. >.>

When Adam dwelt in God's safe harbour,
Who was then an equity partner?

I'm up for election next year. Kind of feel like I'm in Squid Game right now.

I've signed on to this, I'm really close to the end, but at a certain point I feel like I just want to check out of the game (and go in-house or something).

Has the general attitude towards tattoos changed at all in biglaw? I hardly see tattoos on any of the older associates/partners but it seems the newer associates also don’t have them/wear clothing that shows any

Anybody work at Womble Bond Dickinson? If so, do you like it, what’s the culture like, etc?

Quit quit quitttttyyyy time!

Is it easy to switch from niche litigation like ip to something broader?

Advice for attacking the data room and putting together my first sell-side disclosure schedules? (Baby M&A att’y 2 months in). I have an associate mentor who encourages me to flag items I don’t understand and will walk through them with me, but at this point, the only thing I understand is that I don’t even know what I don’t know and what I do know that I don’t know is basically everything.

What are the unwritten rules of your group/office/firm?

First year associate and I may barely hit 1500 this year. Requirement is 2000, though i know first and some second years at my firm don’t hit it.

I am a in a small specialist group who has 2 partners, and they both give me work. One of them said to not worry about my hours (though they do not know how low of a number i’m projected for). Haven’t asked the other.

Should I be concerned?

Is an offer after only a first screener a red flag?

Did any associates take paternity leave last year? How did it effect your bonus if you beat your "reduced" goal but didn't meet the original goal?

After you are stealth laid off, other than job search, what do you do? I assume they won’t give you work and even if they do, you can politely decline? How do you feel about you are not progressing anymore and seeing other people progressing in their career? I have no intention to make partner, but still feel a bit stuck not doing that much.

Any references for good tutoring services for the bar? Repeat taker and want to make sure I pass this time. I’ve already looked at the tutoring that barbri etc offer and I am looking for a person/service which isn’t part of a course. TIA!

Let’s talk speed reading. I’m a slow reader and listened to a podcast recently on speed reading. I’m intrigued. Who here speed reads? How did you learn those skills, and what types of documents do you speed read in practice? I do mostly litigation and am thinking that speed reading would help with research but maybe not things like doc review where you need to review for both responsiveness and privilege.

Anyone worried about firms over-hiring? Our firm has hired a LOT of people. I know we need it now / the past year, but will this bubble pop?

Junior Associates - How much student loan debt are you and your peers in these days? A few young partners and counsel at my firm were discussing the student loan moratorium and most of us were convinced we could have paid the majority of our loans off with the bonuses associates got these last two years. But we are all old and when we graduated 150k to 200k was about the max student loan debt people graduated with. So educate me. What is the average student loan debt these days?

When did you receive your signing bonus?

I keep making stupid minor mistakes at work lately presumely cause I’ve been so burnt out, and my senior is constantly mad at me, which made me want to avoid the dirty work even more… I really should care but is it bad that I don’t really care anymore