How’s Orrick? Sweatshop?

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I started at Orrick. It is no worse a sweatshop than any peer firm, and is meaningfully better in some ways. I’m confident that Orrick would not tolerate the outright verbal abuse from partners to associates that we sometimes see discussed in this bowl.

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Orrick is awesome imo. Of course it will always still depend on the specific partners you work under. But the overall culture is not as backwards as many other peer firms

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I’ve heard it’s one of the better big law firms for WLB but still big law.

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Which firm isn't?

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Agree with the others. It’s the best wlb firm I’ve worked at but hours can still be rough.

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