I am really mad at my firm. Do I complete the Vault survey today or wait until I have cooled off? Today, right?

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I was mostly joking about the Vault thing, but, good grief, I am still so angry with them. There are some days where I wish so badly that I had never gone to law school. The only reason why I have to do this job is so I can pay off my student loans. I don’t even get to live like a Big Law attorney. I live in a sh*t apartment in NYC, so I can pay off my loans (and even that is still $3400!). I can’t get rid of the mice in my apt no matter how many exterminators come. I have an illegal washing machine that I have to roll up to the bathroom sink and when it’s running, I can’t use my bathroom because there is literally not enough space (and when I use it, I have to be afraid that my LL will find it and take away this small “luxury”). I hate living in NYC. Firms are pretending to be flexible with this hybrid WFH BS, but it makes it impossible to live somewhere else. I feel stuck because giving up this job would be financially irresponsible in light of my high loans.

If I had just done a trade instead of law school, I would live a normal life in middle America. I wouldn’t have a big black cloud of 6-figure student loans following me around. I wouldn’t think ending my day at 7pm is early. I wouldn’t have to give notice if I am going to be out of pocket on a Saturday. I wouldn’t be expected to be on call 24/7. I wouldn’t have to live in Mouse Poop City (aka my literal sh*t filled apt). I wouldn’t work with partners who say mean things to me if I can’t recall the specific details of a deal I worked on 12 months ago when called out of the blue about it. I wouldn’t pull all nighters so that I can meet impossible deadlines.

I am just in a really bad mood and I am wondering when this cooling off period starts because I mostly just feel angrier today than I did yesterday.

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You need to get out of NYC

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Absolutely today. It’s just a dam vault survey, how else would they improve

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I'd be to scared to hurt my firms rankings and impact lateral options but I'm likely over cautious

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Cool off first. This applies to any writing.

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Lolol. Can’t believe I missed that!

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Well, big picture, you trash them on vault, they gain a terrible rep, now they can’t hire any laterals, and YOU have even more unwanted work.

But if you’re outtie anyway, perhaps no such concern.

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Heh, you just reminded me that I received the Vault email the other day…. Hmmmm

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