If I want to change practice areas, what is the smartest way to do this? Do I just apply to positions in the relevant practice area and talk about how my skills from my current practice area transfer?

Are there actually tax cuts switching from home office in NYC to Hoboken?

Cab someone tell me what is a good salary for a business analyst based in Germany?

Reporting to company management?

How does someone remember so much. I feel like I spend a lot of time trying to remember things which I think in return hurts me

How do people feel about their new compensation statements?

How does comp change over time in industry? Managed to get a few offers, but they are all lateral moves on my current compensation. Also aware my compensation at a T2 increases my c.10-15% p.a. by just performing. What’s the trajectory like in industry? Am I going to regret this move? Thanks all

Assuming that I'm okay with a salary of 70K and more, and that I really don't want to work at a law firm. Is it going to be difficult for me to return to law with two years of experience and one year working in a legal adjacent role.

I am going to have HR discussion with FMR today.

Already holding an offer at 21 LPA (all fixed)

How much should I ask for?

Tech stack - Python, AWS
Yoe - 5+ years

What do people take into account when deciding your exit date before grad school? What is a typical last day for GSAP folks?

Has anyone been to the Zoolights at the Zoo? I have never been, I'm relatively new to the area. Is this a good event for a casual walk around date night?

Hi Fishes... Allstate India vs Fractal. Which is good to join ? Skill : ETL,Azure,SQL. Package : almost same fixed. Allstate : X fixed , fractal : X+1L fixed.

Hey folks,

What’s the yearly hike percentage at Volvo and how are the perks/WLB?

Wipro 8.5LPA
TiBCO 12.5 LPA

Which one is better in terms of job security and WLB ?

I got offer from Sun life Gurgaon. YOE is 7 Years (band 5.2). I am looking for Work life balance and chill work. I wanted to focus on my family that require minimum amount of work pressure. Do you guys think it is good to join sun life vs other service base company like tcs, CGI, infy, along with EY or pwc

Also, what are different bands in sun life?

Any answer would be highly apricated. TIA

Harman international 18 LPA FIX NO VARIABLE WFH

KAS subsidiary of KMART 22 LPA FIX 2 LAKH VARIABLE WFO BANGLORE

EXL 19 LPA FIX 1.5 LAKH VARIABLE GURGAON

YOE 3.4 MY LOCATION DELHI

PLEASE TELL ME IN TERMS OF JOB SECURITY AND WLB.

How can I get my foot in the door with Microsoft?

I’m hoping someone might have some ideas about this- I’m currently five years out of law school with a clerkship, a tax LLM, 3 years of experience doing transactional tax work and a few months of EC/VC experience (which I recently switched to from tax). I like the EC/VC work, but I don’t know how long I want to stay in biglaw. Can anyone weigh in on how employers for in-house roles might look at my experience in a year or two?

How is the work life balance in Citi for testers and how is the work pressure? And how often testing team stretch?

Wondering potential exit ops for a PM in financial services. Fintech seems like a clear path, but wondering if I’d be a contender for FAANG-like companies as well?

Mid-senior level transactional folks: how do you originate deals? The only deals I originate come from when one of my corporate clients randomly decides to sell a business. There has to be another way to land more deals, right?

I was hired by client to draft a form MSA and SOW (the client is a freelance HR coach). She showed her form to another freelance HR coach and now they want to use the form I made for my client and my clients asking if that’s ok? Any advice?

I’m so bad at writing the background/ facts section for briefs… it always gets heavily edited and no one is giving me constructive feedback other than “advocate more”. In contrast, my legal argument section is generally without edits. For context, first defense lit job post appellate clerkship. Is this normal?? Any tips for getting better other than “advocating more”?

Is there a market for lawyers to add expertise In crisis management or reputation management? My goal is to counsel clients on how to respond to media inquiries without saying or posting something detrimental to a potential litigation while still maintaining communication with their client base. If so, how to break into that industry? Courses? Books? Certifications?

I’m on the Board of entity A (volunteer basis) and I’ll have an interview for a legal counsel position at entity B. Entity A and B have a partnership such that me working for entity B will create conflict of interest. Should I disclose my relationship with entity A during the initial interview with entity B’s hiring manager? If so, what should I say? I don’t want my volunteer job at entity A potentially jeopardizes my full-time job at entity B.

So who else here is experiencing plummeting billable hours and exponential weight gain since this whole WFH thing started? Bought snacks for 30 days, finished in 48 hours.

Anyone else here kinda like doing doc review? (In moderation of course)

Workout before (4:30 am) or after (6:30ish) work?

Advice on managing up / enduring toxic deal teams? I’m at the point where my stomach drops any time I see something come in from certain people. Everything is behind, client is unhappy, I’m exhausted and simultaneously being micromanaged without guidance on big-picture/substantive issues. I keep trying to tell myself at least this is consulting and the project will be over... eventually...

As lawyers are there ways to get paid for connecting clients?

What is the expectation at your firms about coming into work after making your billable hours requirement? Asking especially for those who do not get a bonus per extra hour billed over the minimum.

Parental leave: do you have to be at a company or firm for a year before being eligible to take parental leave? Are there any companies/firms that don't have this requirement?

I’ve practiced litigation in DC for about 5+ years at a larger plaintiffs’ firm, and am considering a switch to a defense firm. Is there any insight to how many billable hours this would require, and how much time that would actually be? For reference, the firm has a 1900 billable hour requirement and the partner said I would have “no problem” fulfilling that based on the work they have.

Anyone know anything about Kauffman borgees or Traub Lieberman? Reputations, working there, etc?

How are 1st year litigation associates dealing with WFH? I’ve been having terrible anxiety/panic attacks, and pretty sure my billables wont exceed 110 for April. I’ve been super stressed about it and don’t know how to move on to May with the proper mindset to make up for as much time missed as possible. CA courts are still closed, and I’m worried I won’t be able to exceed (or even meet) my May goal after April.

Best divorce lawyer in NYC?

Looking for guidance: Can a company require its employees to sign a confidentiality agreement prohibiting disclosure/discussion of their individual wages/salary information? Does this run afoul of the NLRA (specifically Section 7)?

Orally accepted a job offer that I’m excited about, but have another interview this week for a different job. I didn’t realize the first offer would come so quickly! Should I cancel the interview this week or go through with it? Small legal community- people talk.

Brand new baby lawyer dumb question - I am tasked with drafting response to request to produce. How long should this take? And follow up… how do I bill this?