If you’ve accepted a senior associate offer elsewhere but your current firm has since promised you partnership, would you go back to the new firm and ask whether there’s a realistic path to partnership there too — before deciding?

Firms hiring in Texas, Iowa or remote? Junior associate with CIPP (US +E), CIPM, and a post-grad fellowship in cybersecurity.

Anyone gain weight from Paxil?

Does anyone have any advice on how to convince yourself life is worth it when you think it’s not. I’m a 28 year guy, just got laid off from my job, have aspergers, have no friends, can’t find a gf, why do I even try anymore at anything

Hello Team, Could you please let me know, how much salary will be sufficient to live in malaysia with family.

How much salary can we expect for 10yrs of experience.

Hello! I'm looking for DEI director or DEI program manager position that is remote. I'm currently a director of equity and multicultural outreach right now.

Anyone have any stories of their worst burnout feeling?

Help! Between 2022 Acura MDX vs 2022 Q7, which would be great for drive. I'm open to BMW X5 and Volvo XC90 and Telluride. Going through analysis paralysis

are producer salaries trending up or down in 2022?

How much do CCOs make? Mid to large size agency in a major city?

Thoughts on the potential of IBP?

I’ve never worked at a firm, only public interest and have no idea how to do billable hours.

Mental health is busy, looking for tips to help manage tasks, currently I supervise 12 therapists in 3 different departments that are all different with unique dynamics in each dept. I still carry a small caseload on top of this. I'm struggling with my patients and worry I am not giving them my best, I wax and wane between focusing on patients and therapists. Looking for advice navigating this type od conversation with my leadership, we have all been asked to work on increase billable time...

When did you know your firm wasn't right for you? I'm not sure if it's just the stress of being a new attorney with a family or if my job isn't the right fit. I work in civil litigation and am consistently below my billables. I can't stay late because my kids need me and I can't work on the weekends because I have to maintain my house and take care of my kids. I'm being constantly told to work harder, stay later, etc but it's not practical. Or am I not approaching this with the right mindset?

Do schools keep track of how many times you reschedule an interview?

Buying a house for ~900K in one of the Boston suburbs - my household income is ~230K. Am I stretching too far?

Hi Fishes,
Hope you all are doing well!!
I have got opportunities from PWC AC and IBM, Would like to know which one is good interms of WLB, hikes and other benifits?
YOE:9.5
Package:IBM is giving 2lakhs more then PWC AC offer.
Please share your insights and inputs.
TIA.

Have any GT offices other than NY matched?

Any of my corporate M&A lawyers feeling the deal flow slow down a bit or just me?

Anyone have any negative secondment experiences? If so, what made it negative?

When did you receive your signing bonus?

I keep making stupid minor mistakes at work lately presumely cause I’ve been so burnt out, and my senior is constantly mad at me, which made me want to avoid the dirty work even more… I really should care but is it bad that I don’t really care anymore

How did you give notice you were lateraling to people you like? Particularly if you haven't been there that long?

I'm lateraling to another firm because frankly I think the management of this one is terrible, but the people (and individual partners) I actually work with are awesome. I've only been here for about 18 months, so I imagine that short time frame will make it extra awkward 😬

Has the general attitude towards tattoos changed at all in biglaw? I hardly see tattoos on any of the older associates/partners but it seems the newer associates also don’t have them/wear clothing that shows any

If you do billable work on a given PTO/vacation day, do you still count that day as vacation? Or do you get that vacation day "back"? Or do you only get the part that you billed "back"? (Or some other option.)

Are pro bono hours are required or is it up to my discretion? Or if you’re in NY, are you required to do 50 hr pro bono hrs?

Junior Associates - How much student loan debt are you and your peers in these days? A few young partners and counsel at my firm were discussing the student loan moratorium and most of us were convinced we could have paid the majority of our loans off with the bonuses associates got these last two years. But we are all old and when we graduated 150k to 200k was about the max student loan debt people graduated with. So educate me. What is the average student loan debt these days?

What’s the best practice area or type of employer for an introvert? The constant communication of meetings and emails just wears me out. I’m in internal investigations/white collar now and I actually think it’s pretty good for introverts as a junior but less so as a senior. Is government or in-house any better?

Any AUSA/DOJ trial attorneys here? What’s life like compared to big law?

Did any associates take paternity leave last year? How did it effect your bonus if you beat your "reduced" goal but didn't meet the original goal?

Joining GT…Should I choose a company phone or transfer my phone to GTs plan?

Has the time of special bonuses (covid related or otherwise) passed? Asking for a friend…

Working on some law firm applications tonight and it sucks that I know that I am so capable and have a strong work ethic but firms can’t see beyond grades or the fact that I didn’t go to a t14 law school or prestigious undergrad. I’ve worked twice as hard and feel like I’ve barely even gotten half as much. It’s discouraging sometimes especially because I worked so hard with pretty much no guidance (first gen, poc, low-income) to get into college and do well and then get into a t30 law school

(1) Is bankruptcy an active/growing practice area during recessions?
(2) If I clerk in a bankruptcy court as a 5th year general commercial litigator, would I be a competitive candidate for a bankruptcy position in an AmLaw 100 firm following the clerkship? (assume for sake of question that credentials are not an issue)

How do you justify a $100k pay cut to go in house?

Law clerk/first yr (not admitted yet) can I respond to external emails or do I need sign off every time? (Senior I work with logged off idk if I can respond)