If partners from certain practice groups KNOW that our practice is completely buried and that associates are working beyond capacity, why do they like to act as if their deal is the only deal we are on?

How do you handle not turning up any on-point research for a partner?

My manger booked a meeting to discuss how our team/him can be a better ally. What should I tell him? Any specific tactics I can share?

Anyone here have work crushes?

Is saying you have immediate availability while currently employed a red flag? The more I see greener grass on the other side, the faster I want to cut all ties from my current employer. Constant micromanagement and 60 hour weeks are taking a toll and I need out.

My coworker keeps leering at me when he thinks I'm not looking. How long do I wait before I tell HR?

I think there should be more males caretakers in this world. Some of my clients just feel more comfortable with a guy and it's kind of sad how often they say I'm the only male they could find.

I just joined this app today and honestly it’s a mess but one I welcome. I’m definitely not getting the LinkedIn aspiring inspirational speaker/life couch vibes and that’s great. What is clear is that y’all are a hot mess and I’m enjoying it. I’m reading about people hooking up with colleagues, one person who’s boss is unaware they work once a day every two weeks and people who just seem to hate corporate life but stay because they love money and status.

We often hear about harassment from men in advertising, but what about women? There’s a Jewish woman at my job who considers us “curl friends” and is very touchy feely...

My sisters coworker is a confirmed case of Covid - do I need to alert my own coworkers? (We live together which is why I’m worried but unsure of etiquette)

If you’re in a position of leadership, how are you addressing or acknowledging hate crimes with your team(s)?

My organization absorbed another and the former deputy PM became a branch head - a demotion. For org was more focused on tech dev and not delivering a product on a sked. New org is very focused on that. He is not a driving leader, but is the only one with the tech knowledge needed. He is retirement eligible. He has no heir apparent - previous org didn’t plan that way. If I move him under someone who is a driver - he retires and I lose the knowledge. If I don’t, we may not meet schedules. Advice?

What are the most comfortable shoes that I can wear while working? I stand so much and my current footwear is not cutting it

Feeling a little beaten down. Have a new partner that is the opposite of me in every way--which I thought could be a good thing. Instead, so far I’m the only one willing to compromise or (continued)

Anyone had their work straight up laughed at (in a bad way) in a meeting? Is this par-for-the-course or should I start packing?

Found out today my toxic manager bad mouthed me to an HR rep in a different division. This correlated with his bad management and abusive behavior. Luckily the new manager I’ll soon be working with dismissed it. Her words of wisdom “reflect on what you could have done differently, you can only control your actions”. How does that resonate for you? Have you had similar experiences?

What’s the consensus on tattoos in the insurance workplace? I’m in leadership and considering exploring my options due to recent personnel changes. I work remote and have arm sleeves, and any time I would be in-person I’d of course wear a long sleeve shirt to be professional, but worry about a cuff rolling up and tattoos being somewhat visible. Nothing is offensive by any means.

Team is already talking about eating hours. My utilization is down cause I was in unassigned for a month in Dec/Jan. What's worse pissing off the partner or having a low utilization? -staff 1

Feeling underwater since around October, and decided to finally bring it up to my boss—now a senior associate is questioning exactly how busy I am, and seems rather interested in my workload and how it’s handled. ?s started when told to temporarily stop sending new projects my way. this sr. associate generally does not get too involved (never online), doesn’t pay too much attention, little to no feedback. No substantive projects. This reaction comes off as hostile. How to handle?

How do you navigate a conversation with a supervisor where the supervisor just isn’t reading your emails/when they do they misread them? Signed, venting partially but also what?!

I’m a 1styear, and there’s one other junior associate of color in my group.
The partner I work for keeps calling me her name. For ex: my name is “Sara” and her name is “Jasmine”. Names not similar, we don’t look alike - but I suppose we are about the same complexion. I can’t help but think it’s because we’re the only two black juniors. I was granting her grace because my mom accidentally calls me my sisters name and stuff, I get that it happens. But now it’s becoming a microagression. Advice?

What is happening with the EY Split. Would audit and consulting/SAT/Tax be separate businesses?

Also , what is the issue with Kelly Grier/Carmine?

Is it just me or anyone else noticed Messi seems to have much more fans than CR7 (purely based on my observation in this World Cup game)?

If a company sends you an offer, and you send back a counter offer...can they rescind your offer and go with the next candidate? Or are you fairly safe if you counter, you just might have to accept the original offer?

Hi Everyone, I have joined IBM 2 weeks back and project is not assigned to me yet. Now the thing is IBM has my previous company as client, Now HR asking me to work over there for atleast 6months. But am not at all interested to go over there and work.

Can we reject this project and ask IBM HR to show me some other projects. TILL NOW NO OTHER PROJECT IS SHOWN TO ME

Even my people manager also wants to work me there but I told him not interested. Will it effect me in any way at IBM.


Thank you

If I don't start until 2 weeks from now - will I miss out on all of the stock split benefits?

I have received offer from IBM last week and have one more offer from L&T , I want to negotiate salary with IBM by showing this counter offer, I tried reaching onboarding spoc multiple times over phone she never picked nor called me back, I sent an email too but no response, can I wait or shall I accept the offer from L&T.

After all the compensation increases due to the tight job market and inflation over the past year, does A&M still rank towards the top in total compensation for M&A employees?

How's IBM for Oracle Cloud SCM ?

2 of my best friends who were dating for over 9 years just broke up and I feel like I’m going through the breakup with them as well. I’m sad I won’t get to hang out w/ both of them at the same time

How do you all deal with toxic politics from parents? For me it's not just left/right. There's outright racism and conspiracy theories. And what makes it worse is the constant rambling, ....

Last year, for a few months, I dated a friend of mine of eight years. It did not impact our friendship and continued to have a good bond as friends. He has been dating someone for a few months and they were planning to get married early next year. They have been having problems (contd)

Gift ideas for GF dad? We have been dating a year and a half, I get along with him super well. He is dealing with some medical complications so isn’t to active at the moment but loves cooking and golfing. He is one of those guys who already has everything he needs, and they are super wealthy so I feel bad getting him any clothing or accessories knowing it wouldn’t be as nice as the things he wears, although I know he doesn’t expect anything and would genuinely appreciate anything I got him

How is coforge Ltd. to switch for a 7 years exp in bigdata.
Job security and quality of work wise.

Thank God we live in this country - good lord.

#WillYouShutUpMan

Those of you who’ve gotten in shape: how do you make health & fitness a priority? I’m in year four of this job and realize I need to make some changes (aka I’ve put on 50 pounds since I started this job)

Got a big raise yesterday and told my wife and she was happy for me, but I didn’t share with family because I feel uncomfortable making so much more than my parents. Anyone else?

Is K&E Houston actually giving 250K signing bonuses? Asking for a friend

Can anyone provide insight into K&E debt finance and project/E&I finance? Looking for culture, junior hourly expectations, growth prospects, etc., really appreciate any insights folks can provide.

Edit: I’m looking in NY fwiw

Does anyone here use a ReMarkable 2 for note taking in a legal context? Thoughts/reviews? Thanks!

What’s the most useful/important piece of constructive feedback you’ve received as an associate?

Are DPW and CSM going to raise? What are they doing?

Rising 4th year here. I’m happy at my current firm, but I hear another firm is planning to try and poach me. Are firms seriously giving cold offers right now? Given the lateral market and that I’m happy where I’m at and have nothing to lose, I’m thinking I’ll ask for a ridiculous signing bonus and just see what happens. Is $100k too big an ask in this market for a rising 4th year? I’ve seen talk of $300k+ signing bonuses being thrown around (likely for more senior associates obviously).

Firs year associate at AmLaw20 firm here. Something at work has been bothering me, and I wanna get a head check to make sure I’m not making a big deal of nothing. So I am officially staffed on several cases. But lately I have been getting highly broken down, menial tasks related to a case that I am not staffed on. Even though that case has another first year associate on it. (cont’d in comments).

If you’re sick of big law, live in the Pgh, PA area, and want to get into compliance consulting, HMU.

I'm a new first year associate, almost two weeks in. Have to ask: is it normal to have almost no idea what's going on? I know my teams view me as completely clueless (which is 100% accurate), but whenever I ask for an explanation/they go over something with me, I'm still left feeling like they're speaking a different language. Is it just me? Every time I do a task I get so nervous I'm screwing up big time because it's like I'm stumbling around in the dark. What can I do to improve?

Are folks happy with the Kirkland bonuses?

First year question: if I’m billing 8 hours a day, what is a reasonable amount of time to be in the office?

Just hired my old law school prof to be local counsel on a deal. Pretty cool thing to do as a second year.

What’s market bonus for a first year? Is the $20,000 estimate on big law investor accurate?

Do firms generally pro-rate billable hours required for a bonus if you take parental leave? Or does it completely depend on the firm?

Thoughts on Paul Hastings tech transactions? Specifically the Palo Alto office. Thanks everyone!