First-years, how many hours did you bill for January?

Can we consider cars from the 90s to be classics?

Sub question: what's your favorite 90s-era car? Extra points for pics.

Why are some people willing to do anything / obsessed about getting the green card in the U.S.?

When I asked them, they usually say they like American lifestyle. I love lifestyle in France, but I was in France, I was OK if I can't stay. Just trying to understand here so that I can have more empathy.

I received offer a month ago n PES started at the same time
How long does it take for PES to complete..
Where can I check the status.....or how long be notifies
What is the process post PES.....
Please someone clarify who has joined recently

Any BCG consultants or knowledge experts willing to chat? Super interested in the space and role but unsure what the best fit would be. Have 2 YOE in sustainability.

Strategy Consultant, recently promoted to Manager with a focus in tech and life science. What level roles and financial packages would be reasonable for an exit into tech/health tech/digital health? Mostly interested in product strategy or growth strategy roles in SF, Seattle or Boston. Anyone have experience with this?

With inflation numbers surging and kind you, rent and housing costs going through the roof, are companies likely to increases raises or do a market based adjustment? Better yet, has your company indicated anything related to this?

Was comfortable at my current employer but I am sure i am now below market so May get my hands dirty again

Maybe a dumb question but if someone vests in a pension are they still able to rollover a lump sum into an IRA? Or is it too late? Have a client who keeps blowing me off to get documentation...CONT

My landlord requested a $100/month increase in rent. I want to push back on that increase, given the uncertainty around corona virus effects. I need to re-sign by April 1st, if I wish to extend. (1/2)

Why do people accrue prepaid expenses?

I have a partner who routinely ignores emails or responds to them several weeks later. He has to approve every single document sent to the client or the court, which means you have a physically go to his office to ask him to review something. Half of the time you go to meet with him in person, he’s either on a call or otherwise busy. I find that this basically creates more work and makes meeting deadlines extremely difficult. Is this normal?

How did you come about choosing the field of engineering you are in?

In HCOL areas like NYC, how much would you say is “Too much” credit card debt? Moderate and low amount also. Single , married or any situation.

Hi All, I am currently in Dubai and looking for a job opportunity here. I am an immediate joiner and have an experience of working as a Senior Consultant with PwC for 5.3 years. I have domain knowledge of RPA, Business Analysis, Digital Transformation, Chatbot Implementation in various industries such as Personal Banking, Retail Banking, Energy Resources, Human Resources. Please let me know if any opportunities are available for me. Thanks in advance.

Are Uber/Lyft drivers reluctant to drive from DC (Logan) to BWI?

So are torrid, spicy affairs limited to mid/big law? Is small law too small for scandals?

Volkswagen - 20 LPA CTC
Bosch - 20 LPA CTC

YOE - 5
Tech - SAP ABAP

Volkswagen has S4HANA project and Bosch has ECC project. I am thinking of Volkswagen.

Need your suggestions.

KPMG folks, thoughts about Lighthouse relative to other big 4s? About to start the interview process. Coming from EY FSO DDnA

Does anyone have any suggestions for inexpensive headshots?

I recently cut my hair and would like to get updated photos for LinkedIn and dating apps.

Thanks for your help!

Do you think clubhouse will be a hot in the longer run?

Did anyone complete NNN?

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

What is the role of an Of Counsel? Can someone please enlighten me?

Beginning to consider going in house (4th, corp) - I really haven’t thought about what I want, partly because I’m not sure what’s out there/attainable. Is it a bad idea to start by applying to a couple positions that interest me and seeing where that gets me? I’ll of course prep for the interviews but am afraid to burn potential bridges if I ultimately decline because I’m still figuring things out.

How many people did you interview with during the lateral process? I’ve met with 4 already and am scheduled for another 10-12 people (mostly partners), which seems like a lot

Any firm in California still hiring junior Corporate M&A/PE associates?

Dudes who initial your shirt cuffs: why? I’m new to the fancy world of big law and I’m genuinely curious. Is there some subculture of people that are impressed by this? Do you have trouble remembering your initials?

Anyone work in tech and blockchain? What exactly do you do?

Law clerk/first yr (not admitted yet) can I respond to external emails or do I need sign off every time? (Senior I work with logged off idk if I can respond)

How long of a commute would you consider to be too long? First year associate trying to balance convenience with living more frugally to save up some more money.

Is the lateral market still hot? Any of you interviewing/ lateralling soon?

I lateraled into a niche practice group in Sept 2021. I also have a 1 year old and have been mostly remote since I started - but have been keeping busy tracking towards 2400-2500 hours. That said getting to know people only remote has been kind of awkward at times (email only can be tough to decipher) although as a working mom the pros vastly outweigh the cons. Yesterday my main partner asked me to come in Thursday bc he will be there and set a time to meet. Is this good/bad?? kind of nervous!

How does compensation change by foregoing partnership at a firm and going in house? I’m a 2nd year trying to understand long-term earning potential

Are we allowed to dish on how ineffective recruiters are? I’d really like to Yelp bomb a specific recruiter for being so ineffectual, unresponsive, negligent, and ghosting

I’m a first year associate and perpetually concerned I’m going to get fired bc I feel like my work product isn’t at the level it should be. Does anyone have an idea of how easy/ hard it is to get fired?

Do you think sticking it out in BL for 8 years pays off as far as in house prospects/salary go? Or is it all kind of the same after a certain time period. I’m in privacy if that helps (all aspects-trans, regulatory, lit).

Is it common for a midlevel to gossip with a first year about another first year’s work? Is it common for midlevels to trash juniors amongst themselves? I think my office is hella toxic

Completely and totally miserable at my firm and just need a space to vent because my friends are tired of hearing about it. I wish the worst part about it was the amount of work, rather than the completely toxic culture, lack of appreciation, arbitrary and back/breaking deadlines, lack of mentorship/feedback/training, and the fact that the associates act like they don’t even know each other. I cry every day and constantly am made to feel stupid for not understanding the highly technical (cont.)

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.)

Does anyone know what the onboarding process is like at K&L Gates? I start in a few weeks and I'm curious.

I just finished a big jury trial with a senior partner (SP). There were co-parties w/separate counsel. SP mentally checked out, to the point that co-counsel was asking what SP was doing/if SP was okay. I ended up handling most everything. SP did a few parts but went rogue and did things that were offensive/risky/bad for client. It became clear that SP is not performing like SP used to and may be a liability. Do I tell someone at my firm? Don’t want to offend SP or cause drama, but I’m concerned.