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Coach
What a legend
This is such a funny industry. To some people, drowning means “I’m getting about 4 hrs of sleep a day, I can feel my heartbeat in my eyeballs, I’m billing 280 hr months and working for one partner that’s an early bird and another who’s a night owl. I literally don’t have time to do what I need to do and am starting to fantasize about getting hit by a bus because at least then I could rest.”
To other people, drowning means “I’m on one deal, but that deal consistently gives me work each day and I’m often working past 5 PM to keep up.”
SA1, that’s a good point. I’m certainly not arguing that 80% of associates would get fired. But by the same token, it’s not enough to be a profitable attorney—you have to be profitable enough that it’s worth keeping you instead of either giving your work to a less expensive attorney or distributing your hours among a smaller pool of attorneys.
I think that second point is the real danger here… Firms realizing that with the benefit of AI they can go from 10 attorneys to something like 7 attorneys and bill just as many hours overall.
Dog eat dog
Don’t be naive
Yup, I thought that we were good friends but I was ultimately taken advantage of. Will definitely be more careful going forward who I offer help to
Won’t they be hurting themselves and low on hours? Hurts them too right ?
I would think so, but I guess they just don’t really care