I’m attending a “holiday reception” hosted by a bunch of different firms for all of the attorneys in a certain practice area. It’s at a restaurant in the evening, but there is no dress code listed anywhere and I have no idea what to wear. Is a simple cocktail dress OK? Should I wear normal work attire? I’m a new attorney so I have no context for these things. My firm is not hosting, so I don’t have anyone I could ask about it.

Does your significant other ignore all of your advice? We get along really well and have been dating for 4 years but she will never listen to my advice. She complains about various topics and I get sometimes I don’t understand all of it but even things like you should consider spacing out pto since you will be bored for 5 days straight in quarantine and she ignores it

Is the EY 16 week maternity pay 100% of the salary ? I was reading the FAQs and could not find anything that said 100 % of pag provided in the 16 weeks of eligible time off.

Not taking an international trip in Nov anymore bc COVID, where in the US should my partner and I consider for a 2 week vacation this fall? We like hiking, beer, wine, beaches...pretty flexible just not into clubbing/going out

Holiday party is gonna be lit tonight 🎉

I recently came to know few things about IBM which i didn't know before joining -
Officially 22 vacation leaves are there but can't take more than 15, if you take it your utilisation goes down for that year, and automatically performance will be impacted.

Sick leaves/ casual/compensating leaves all kind of leaves are going to impact utilisation, and then performance.

Only 12 leaves can be carry forwarded to next year, so at the end of year remaining leave balance will be lapsed.

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Hello Everybody.
I really need leave for two weeks. My project does not have long leave policy but it has strict target policy. The last best leave I took was for 4 days only. I really need a long leave so I can have a vacation atleast once. it's been 3 years I worked in my current project. Never taken a long leave. Plz suggest me good ideas. I'm not sick but getting depressed day by day.

People in Canada, which travel credit card do you prefer for flights, hotels bookings and would you use the same for international transactions while on vacation?

Could someone explain the difference between a firm policy that sets a specific amount of paid vacation time for associates versus a firm policy that has unlimited vacation time? Specifically with respect to how this impacts billable requirements. Thank you!

SWE with almost 2.5 YOE. I was laid off from my previous job at the end of July and accepted a new position for 115K, no performance or sign on bonus. Is this a good salary for a full stack SWE with my experience or should I have asked for more? They offered 110 and I negotiated to 115, I also have unlimited PTO.

Junior associate with deal closing tomorrow. Partner said that I need to cover for part of the day (despite the fact that I said I’m taking off for Yom Kippur) cause said partner is golfing. Also had to cancel a vacation for said partner a month ago. Sign to leave?

How many days of PTO do you take? I’m a second year partner and have struggled to step away for more than a couple of days at a time. I take around 15 days total for the year. This is a mentality carried over from being a senior manager and working constantly to sell and build a ledger to make partner. My team has doubled in size and ledger continues to grow. I fear burnout with pressure to keep pace of growth no additional incentive to work this hard because of equal sharing comp model.

COVID policy for interns. How are you handling? Paid time off? Case-by-case? Are you sharing a specific policy (yes, I know it differs state-to-state)?

Hi All,

If I travel on weekends and go on full vacation next week and travel back next weekend. Can I claim LTA in this case?

Does PwC Canada allow rollover of unused vacation days?

I have read that zoom, personal responsibilities, the state of the world etc. are putting more stress and weight on employees. I feel so tired all of time. I cannot function or produce at the rate before the pandemic even with more sleep. Anybody else feel the same? Is this burn out or expected? Should I take time off and if so what do I do with it (since we can’t travel)? How are people coping with this?

Those with unlimited PTO policies, how many days do you take off per year? Recently switched jobs and trying to plan vacation time for New Years and early spring and have no clue what’s considered acceptable.

Hi, I’m looking to switch into marketing (entry level), as consulting is not aligned with my skill set and passions. Does anyone know of any ad agencies in LA that have good work-life balance, good pay, PTO, great culture, training? Your help means more than you know!!! Looking to do informational interviews and try to network my way in, as I feel the barrier to entry was much harder than anticipated. Anything helps, thank you so much! :)

I got an offer but looking at holiday season , do i still have chance to better it in 3 months time?

Technical manager: 13+ yoe

Attending a company holiday party where they're doing a white elephant gift exchange. I barely know anyone except through emails and IMs given that most of us WFH. Fun but office appropriate gift ideas $30 or under?

Anyone been ghosted by Mastercard after receiving a verbal offer? Any advice?

As a first year, is it normal to feel bored with your project? Feel like I’m not learning or spend a lot of time sitting around waiting for someone to give me work

Our district voted on returning back to school with students in the classroom and some staying at home. We now have to teach students in the room and on Zoom at the same time. I’m not complaining but does anyone have any tips on the best and most effective way to get this done?

Just started working and plan on saving about 15% of my pretax income. Should I just put it all in the roth 401k, or is there any benefit to spreading it around to different accounts? (IRA, normal 401k, etc)

Hello everyone! I'm currently pursuing a career switch to IB and was wondering if anyone can assist me with recommendations or referrals. It would mean a lot to me! Looking forward to connecting with everyone!

What words, actions triggers your SO & makes them very angry or happy?

Actively looking for a change and entry into MAANG;

YOE: 8yrs;

Skillset: IAM, CIAM, AWS Cloud, CICD, DevOps, Agile Mehtods, Ping Identity, Okta, AzureAD, Oracle IAM;

Certified with AWS Cloud Practitioner, OIM, OAM;

Roles: Cybersecurity, Cloud Security and Data Architect;

Anyone know companies employing mechanical or design engineers? Trying to help out a friend on the job hunt - he’s already looking at the large govt contr. but wanted to expand search - open to MD/VA

Hi All. Can an approved H1B transferred to a new company without present company doing the stamping? I have an approved h1b visa petition but visa not stamped. Any advise?

Family friendly resort recommendations in Cabo?

If I have an H1-B and an approved I-140 and my spouse has an H1-B ( no I-140 though), can I switch to H4 and apply for an H4 EAD?

What can be expected from EY GDS for Lead AWS Developer for 7.5 yrs of experience in terms of compensation, current CTC being 18.5

How do I ask my GC for a recommendation without giving the impression that I’m job hunting (even though I am)?

Hi how much to ESG consultants get paid but also bill?

Is 4 million washed sperm count good for an IUI?

I’m looking to get into tech sales. I’ve started studying for the comptia cloud + cert. What are some companies to look at when making a change from Automotive B2B to Tech?

Vice posted on LinkedIn yesterday for a Business Affairs Manager.

Tried to smooth things over with an old friend from school and they did not respond well. Or at all.

Finding that deal work and ADHD are a tough mix. Really struggling to keep up with all the components, characters and documents. Enjoy drafting corporate docs and opinions. Really like research/writing and creative problem solving. Are there any transactional practices that involve larger projects with fewer moving pieces?

Any website recs that provide guidance on structuring private equity funds?

How do partners judge laterals that took a class cut? Do you assess them against their class peers or against their years of experience? (Say the person had a LLM or a foreign law degree so they actually have 5 years of experience but are getting billed out as a 3rd year)

Could someone explain the difference between a firm policy that sets a specific amount of paid vacation time for associates versus a firm policy that has unlimited vacation time? Specifically with respect to how this impacts billable requirements. Thank you!

First year. Hit my hours requirement for the year, but have been pretty slow over the past month (billing 2-3 hours /day on average). Is it a bad look to not ask for any work (but still accept inbound staffing requests) between now and the end of the year?

Anyone have experience working ecvc for Orrick remote? Billable hours requirements? Work/life balance? Can you still do some M&A?

What do third and fourth year associates make at Jackson Lewis / Littler LA offices?

Junior associate with deal closing tomorrow. Partner said that I need to cover for part of the day (despite the fact that I said I’m taking off for Yom Kippur) cause said partner is golfing. Also had to cancel a vacation for said partner a month ago. Sign to leave?

When do you think the pay scale will be adjusted? It seems like it’s been stuck on the 190k model for a while and bonuses are mostly flat or decreasing.

Senior attorneys at v100, how common is it for attorneys who start at small firms to lateral to biglaw? Have you worked with any? Conventional wisdom is always that if you don’t start there it’s hard to “trade up”. My coworker and I just did it to two different great v30 firms, and I’m wondering if it’s really that uncommon? Just out of curiosity. We’re not special counsel with special niche skills or anything, just associates. Pitfalls to beware? Positives?

I wish I was a super dumb and good looking Instagram influencer instead of being a miserable, cynical and reasonably smart person trapped in big law. Thanks for your time.

Buying a house next year & we’ve decided to go to the suburbs. We live in a major city & the housing market is super pricey for what we want (a backyard). We can afford to live in the city but decided the cost isn’t worth it. Whenever this comes up with colleagues or law school friends, they basically shame me. I’m embarrassed to tell people we are moving out of the city. I know it’s illogical and i shouldn’t care. Does anyone else struggle with the “Joneses” and their golden handcuffs?

how to be a lawyer if you can barely use a computer help

I see a posting on a big law firm’s website. Best to apply directly? Or use a recruiter?

I have noticed how transactional lawyers seem to have great respect for other lawyers in the field. They always talk about people in other firms as one or more of excellent, hard working, up and coming, very good with X, solution oriented, reasonable, etc.

Litigators, on the other hand, tend to talk about other lawyers in their field as sly, "a fox", aggressive, rude, difficult to deal with, overly adversarial, unethical, with "zealous" often being the most honorific term used.

I wonder why…

Maybe this is silly but does anyone have issues enjoying a glass of wine over the weekend? I’m not a heavy drinker but I do enjoy the occasional boozie brunch. However, I end up being so worried about getting tipsy and having to work that I just end up not drinking. Not a big problem but would like to enjoy the occasional wine glass or 2 on the weekends. How do people deal?

Commercial real estate attorneys — what are your hours looking like? Am I the only one doing 200+ for months or are all of you drowning?

I need out of M&A. I like the people, I like the work, I even like most of the clients, but my health can’t take the fire drills.

Currently on on a day where I literally got back from A&E and I’m probably going to work overnight on a closing (and no, it’s neither the partners’ nor clients’ fault, this is government dictated). We have resource but nobody with enough deal knowledge so it’s two people trying to get everything out while two first years wait on our instructions but can’t do much.

OK fishies, it’s about that time again. I have seen way too much negativity in this bowl lately, and I want to hear something good (for my own and everyone else’s mental health on here). What’s something y’all are thankful for? What’s the good news in your life?