Hey everyone, etc. is short for etcetera and not ecksetra, ecsetera or exetra. It’s
etCETera. You’ve been alive for at least 2.5 decades. Why is it still confusing? Thx bye.

How to renegotiate with Infosys HR joining date is Sep 27 ?
INFY offering 11.3 (10.3 Fixed + 1 L variable)

About to receive offer letter from LTI with 16.5 LPA in which 5% will be variable ?

Which company to join ? Infosys or LTI ?

Is there a risk of accepting a role with Upstart currently? I seen a 7% layoff recently for hourly employees but I would be salaried. I am well aware it’s a risk in tech overall right now but curious on thoughts thanks!

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As I understand it, we're supposed to receive W2s for our work performed in other states. Does this mean that if I did not receive the notification on the W2 then I have nothing to file?

What’s the best way to file a complaint for points with SPG? Broken A/C and there’s no available rooms to move to all week...90 degrees outside

Where do you go for information and discussion on Luxury brand and fashion?

Urgent!! Please help me with the salary negotiations for Senior Associate 2 position. What number should i quote.
Current CTC 11 Lacs
YOE 6
IT Risk Advisory (sox testing)
Location Bangalore

How many days do we need to get trained in Pega...Looking for changing tech stack to pega from other middleware.Please help

Tomorrow is the first day of the new work week. What are your goals for this week?

Hii all
Need your valuable advice.

Ibm - 13fixed+ 2 jb
Cts - 15.5fixed+ 1.5jb
Which one should I join. Yoe-3 skils- java spring boot, microservices.

Favorite annual organizational conferences?

Is there anyone here that is a physician advisor? If so, how do you like it?

Have rosacea and hitting 40 in couple months. I have deep smile lines that I would like to do something and generally some maintenance treatments but unsure with rosacea in the mix. Does anyone have experience with rosacea and cosmetic treatments that you would recommend/stay away from?

Hi Fishes,

Before few of days of my joining in EPAM, TAG team has post scheduled my joining date.. I dont have any offers inhand. This puts me in mental stress..
My tech stack is Java, microservices, Spring boot and cloud
Suggest me any other options ??

Entering 2-4 years of long distance. Been together for a year. I know she is the one for me, any tips on making it as painless as possible?

Guys need your help here. I have three offers in hand -ABB(23 LPA for bengaluru), Valuelabs(21 LPA remote),Pwc India(19 LPA remote) Tech stack : . Net/.Net Core YOE: 5.5 YEARS Please provide your valuable reviews here. Which one will be best to join. Valuelabs PwC Abb india limited Nagarro Delloite Infosys Tata Consultancy Accenture

Big law real estate associates, 2-5 year: what’s a day in the life? What are you working on? How does it compare to what your M&A or securities colleagues are doing?

It’s December 1st. WHERE. IS. MY. BONUS!? (Not the inflation adjustment by CravaTTTTh).

Fight the system. Start sending “No comments” instead of a bunch of meaningless drivel to make it look like you did something.

In M/A transactions, which party typically consolidates the signature pages?

Anyone else feel like a social butterfly in a firm full of people who NEVER leave their offices? Feeling crazy isolated.

When it’s slow, do mid levels and seniors start hoarding the work? Feel like all our juniors are looking for work, and the upper levels say they’re slow but looking at office pace someone is lying.

I should take 50% salary for 50% of the work

Does anyone have recommendations for good podcasts that provide in depth coverage of corporate M&A and/or private equity principles (e.g. equity and debt commitment letters, RWI, etc.)?

What happens to average associates who do good enough work but don’t care about partnership? Do we eventually get pushed out?

Realistic total comp for transactional Tax Counsel in primary markets? Was getting 250-300k-ish all-in offers around my 4th year mark, and I’m thinking of exploring the market again (7th year) cause tired of the biglaw gravy train, but scared about the looming recession.

Anyone else still slow in M&A?

How many times lateraling is too many? I’ve been seeing more and more of people lateraling 4 times - is this OK? More concerned with the first question - second was just for context.

Has your firm reduced billable hour expectations / requirements?

You are a BigLaw associate who receives $1m tax free (won the lottery, inherited from an old relative etc) and decides to i) pay off all student loans and ii) put a chunky downpayment on a fairly nice house/pay off most of or all of the mortgage. You decide to quit your job. What would you do instead for a living? PS Best answer gets a $5 gift card from me. [EDITED]

Dear Partner, if you’d actually read the email you just responded to, you’d see that the answer to your question is already there… in bold and underlined. 🤦‍♂️

Is it a good time to switch practice areas to something transactional? If so, what areas need bodies?

1st year transactional here...would quitting now to start a business (completely unrelated to law) basically be biglaw career suicide? I’m worried if the business fails in a year what options would I have?

What’s the word on Sidley NY M&A? Hearing a number of foreign associates so may be good for a local lateral?

What is the consensus on thank you emails after interviews?