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Today.
Drag them
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.
Mentor
You need to get out of NYC
Mentor
Absolutely today. It’s just a dam vault survey, how else would they improve
Subject Expert
I'd be to scared to hurt my firms rankings and impact lateral options but I'm likely over cautious
Enthusiast
Cool off first. This applies to any writing.
Enthusiast
Lolol. Can’t believe I missed that!
Subject Expert
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.
Coach
Heh, you just reminded me that I received the Vault email the other day…. Hmmmm