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Hello All, I have offer in hand of 27.5 LPA+15% variable from ZS Associates as a BT Solutions delivery consultant and now my current company is ready to retain me by matching the offer & assuring that they will send me onsite to UK in couple of months. Now I am in a dilemma of what to do as I have been looking for onsite opportunities for my entire career so far. Kindly share your thoughts. Tech stack- ETL, abinitio, aws YoE 9 years CCTC 18.2+10% variable Capgemini
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I went to biglaw from ID, anything is possible! I suggest cold emailing attorneys who have a practice you like and try to set up coffee/lunches. Do the same with prior law school friends. Just start slowly networking and fitting one thing into each week and you might be surprised. I get it’s hard with high workload. I actually worked less in ID even though the hour requirement was technically higher. You are probably not getting paid enough to work that much, just start saying no.
Hey. I completely understand this feeling. Unfortunately, in my experience litigators always seem behind not because they’re lazy, but because there’s always a deadline. I would say that your experience could be useful in a Plaintiffs firm doing civil litigation. Make your LinkedIn nice and set it for active recruiting. Recruiters may reach out to you periodically. In addition to that, network. Join your local bar organization. General counsel is a harder role to break into versus other litigation branches. PI is overwhelming sometimes too, but there’s normally no billables. It’s just a matter of time & patience. Do what you can, but if you’re thinking of leaving don’t kill yourself on your billables, but focus on your child. Good luck!
I’m not totally sure but I managed to get out of doing plaintiffs first party property work after 2.5 years. I applied to small commercial litigation firm that needed a newbie (because they didn’t a lot $ to spend) that had a good foundation for civil litigation, so I think civil litigation knowledge helped me there.
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You could try family law - it’s emotional and hard at times but in my experience the work-life balance is a lot better. It also seems to be fairly recession-proof.