How many hours do biglaw associates actually work in a week? What are y’all’s schedules like? I’ve only heard about billables, and opinions on whether the workload is manageable or insane. I’ve seen the Yale estimate that billables are only 2/3 of actual time worked, but what’s it actually like?

How is it to work at Cisco through Capgemini?

Anyone has idea about Capgemini g gurgaon location ? Which is the nearest metro ?

Hello everyone,

If you know about DBS in capgeminigar please share your inputs how it is in terms of technology and growth for micro services profile with 6years of experience

Any company (consulting or others) still sponsoring h1b visa or green card for new hires?

looking for friends in nyc to hang with and yes i am desperate enough to post on fishbowl for it. my isolation level is over 9000 and i just moved here 😂😅🥲😩😭 it’s cold out there without the homies to keep you warm 🥶

Has anyone heard of, or completed the course, How to Develop Your Emotional Intelligence by Victor Cheng…recommend?

Looking for a good playlist to keep me motivated this morning :( I usually listen to Ava Max or something #ADHD is real!!

Subject matter expert with my CPA. I’m completely fed up with the compliance aspect of public accounting Tax but don’t mind the technical side. Does it make sense to become an attorney to get out of compliance work and still do something related to specialty tax?
Or do I just go the college professor route? Wouldn’t mind working @ BNA or something like that either but I’m seriously fed up with everything about tax compliance and can’t keep doing this

Cisco

Pros:

- fairly decent place to work (from someone who worked with the Vancouver and San Jose offices). never met a blue badger (permanent employee) who had awful things to say.

- Ashley Goodall (their SVP, Methods & Intelligence) co-authored a brilliant book on leadership and people management called “Nine Lies About Work” that makes me believe they can be an awesome place to work

Cons:

- red badgers had low morale since they’re contract workers and can be terminated at any time

Hello all,

I went ahead and purchased a house with a loan principal amount of 500k couple months ago. Interest rate is at 4.875%. As a first time home owner, I didnt really think about the interest rate as I was trying to weigh the cost of renting vs mortgaging. so, I was mentally sold on the idea of purchasing the house. However, as I have started my payments, I feel bogged down with the fact that I will be paying so much interest initially. While my income is 161k (single income), continued..

1000$ rsu is equivalent to how much Indian Rs ?

#1) 1000*(USD value) or
#2) 1000 * Qualys stocks ( 130 USD)

Could you please clarify rsu calculation ?

Gmail for work $ucks

Building im applying to has a $1,000 move in deposit. Are these usually refunded? The agent is checking with management but they are being super slow to answer. I want to move quick on this so I don’t lose the apartment

Do you pay your credit cards in full every month?

I ask because I’ve let my credit spending get a bit lax since moving and adopting a puppy recently, so I haven’t been paying them off in full every month like I used to (though still well above the minimum payment, and keeping utilization at 30% or under). It got me thinking about how many people adhere to this advice.

I haven’t been feeling confident in my work and it’s stressing me the fuck out. How do you deal with this?

What is your experience with The Bill Good Marketing system?

Stranger Things 2. OH MAN! It's SOOOOOO GOOD!

Whats your favorite case management software? My growing small practice is looking for recs

So here in CA there is a lot of talk about certain jurisdictions doing virtual jury trials. As a firm we won’t agree to it and if push comes to shove we’ll take it up on. Writ. What is everyone else’s opinion?

I work at a small firm with not that many workable templates so I usually have to do everything from scratch like drafting motions, pleadings, and researching all potential counts every time. Do bigger firms have better and more templates that allow you to have to do less research?

Hello. I currently work in-house as a Legal Operations Manager. I am working on a project to expand our network of law firms.

Any recommendations of boutique law firms in CA that have experience in commercial litigation for retail/fashion/apparel/home companies? Specifically consumer class action, unfair business practices, false advertising/17200, data privacy.

Thanks for your recommendations.

Is there such place as non toxic ID firm? Or does any of ID attys like what they do? I moved from general practice to an ID firm six months ago. Biggest mistake of my life. I am trying hard not to just quit and walk away as I’m battling head cold but still have to bill bill bill and get criticized for not billing right and etc and cases being piled up - while everyone is looking forward to the long weekend. I seriously question my judgement. Need word of wisdom just to get through this hellhole

Is there anyone on here who’s switched sides - from defense to plaintiff - and can speak to their experience / general things to think about? I’ve just moved and gone on/going through multiple interview rounds with a big defense firm and a plaintiffs firm doing high verdict litigation (established enough to pay pretty good associate salaries). Not trying to jinx myself before any offers, but I’ve really liked the people at both firms and want to take my time to consider all angles (cont)

Hello, second year commercial litigation associate here looking for a recruiter. Preferably Suffolk County or eastern Nassau County. Any recommendations?

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?

Advice: my firm incentivized associates to get licensed in fed courts - 4 fed courts for a 5k raise. They also covered the admission fee. I just accepted an offer with another firm and will be putting in my 2 weeks notice tomorrow. Is it wrong to submit an expense report for the charges I incurred related to the fed court admission fees? I didn’t plan on moving to another firm; the new firm sought me out and made me an offer - the process happened so fast. I want to be professional about this.

2022 HOURS CHECK IN

For those of us whose firms start their FY on 12/1, how did you do on your hours this past year?

What is the longest deposition you’ve sat through? …..I’m currently in one thats been going for 10 hours. 🙃

In Texas, does anyone have any advice on what questions to ask general contractor in deposition? We represent subcontractor. I think I have my outline completed but wanted to know if I was missing anything else.

Hi All,

Anyone have a recommendation for a good headhunter? I am currently a 2nd year associate (many years paralegaling before that) at a mid-sized firm in NY and am looking for a change.

Also, any cons of working with a headhunter?

Anyone with document review experience able to give tips on running searches, specifically nextpoint?

For those of you in hybrid roles, what two days of the week are best worked from home? TIA

I’ve been working at a rather prestigious midsized firm in a big city for almost a year and a half now. I have been having a lot of trouble picking up work from senior partners. We are required to bill at least 150 hours per month to meet our requirement. My months are typically only 110-130 hours. It seems like the senior partners already have their “go to” associate for things. Does anyone have any suggestions on how i can increase my workload? I reach out for work pretty much weekly.

Does anyone else constantly put off putting their time in as they go and then hate their life at the end of the month? Then once you get caught up, you don’t want to enter more time, and so you fall behind again. It’s a vicious cycle.

Anyone here have any insight on lateraling to Rawle & Henderson? 10 years exp.

I feel like this is the busiest billable December I’ve had. Anyone else absolutely swamped with work this month?

We calendar court deadlines and internal deadlines. Why do associates disregard internal deadlines?