Is it normal that assignments aren’t based on seniority? I’m a second year in lit and things are interchangeably assigned to me or the 4th/5th years (as in, usually addressed to “whichever of you can do it first”). The senior associate or partner reviews my work directly, and this scenario is similar for all my teams.

When people list TC is that just base plus bonus and average equity fully vested? Or does it also include retirement contributions?

Anyone here interviewed at or work for Nice? Would like to hear your thoughts/experience. Thanks in advance!

What funds do people have in their 401k plans? And how did y’all decide allocation? Can’t tell if I should be more aggressive given I’m in my 20s.

Bought shares in AFI and ARGO with plans to sell them this year to buy a house
Sell now before they crash even more?
Or put off buying a house untill the market bounces back?

Do Optum offers some relocation benefits. Like inital days staying at some guest house/hotels.?
If yes then to whom we have to reach out?

Did any one implement semantic search on custom domain data? if so what is the best model is to generate embeddings. I am using DPR but still looking for better model

How do you deal with clients who act like they know more than you even though they don't?

Random question for anyone who has ever exchanged/gotten a replacement away travel suitcase. Is there any flexibility to get a different color? My interior zipper broke and I stopped in a store to ask if they do repairs and they said to bring it in and they’ll just replace it. I wouldn’t hate switching the color but feel weird asking for some reason

Insane how many news outlets are out there and how so few of them are objective and unbiased.

Hi folks - anyone here know if EYP has a dedicated Sustainability / ESG consulting practice?

How long will PWC take to complete personal independence clearance.?

I’ve been struggling to find an agency gig for the last six months. freelance seems to have dried up and now I’m considering going for an in-house job. how bad will this move fuck my career?

How much better are the exits ops from MBB vs T2. Don’t think I want to do consulting forever. But close to getting offer to lateral. Do I take it and exit in 1-2 years or just exit from T2? Thanks 🐠

Anyone have a reMarkable tablet or something similar? Do you love it? My husband teaches and is obsessed with the idea having of a digital note pad device, but I’ve read mixed reviews and am not sure it’s worth the money.

How bout that Robinhood update

Seeing Cooley do a 180 from fully remote to 3x a week in the office has me insanely grateful that I took a fully remote position while they were available.

I live an hour from my office and I actually go in quite a bit because I like my colleagues a lot, but everyone in my group is across the country so there’s no pressure and I can’t be forced. Thank the lord.

First year trainee here. Having the standard wobbles but generally surviving.

My question is - how can I tell if I'm doing well? More specifically, what common and avoidable mistakes (specific or general) do trainees make, and what attitude or actions impress you?

Recently overheard some associates complaining about another trainee and now I have the fear... I want to get this right. Thanks in advance.

Blast to the past - Anyone going to closing dinners and/or getting deal toys?

Thoughts on taking a position in the same practice group and same class as your spouse?

Anyone have any favorite office decor or personal items? Trying to think of things to make my office less boring now that I'm going back in.

Feel free to share anything interesting that you've seen as well.

Currently thinking plants and potentially wall art.

Hey gang. If you exited BL or are looking to exit, where did you go and, more importantly, how did you figure out the path? I sometimes feel like career steps after BL for most associates are organic and less deliberate. But I’m lost with where to go next with my career. Entering fourth year PE M&A associate. Ready to leave.

I am a person, not a machine. That is all.

Those of you who have transferred offices at the same firm, how did it go? How did you present the request? I am a junior hoping to transfer from a satellite to a larger market’s office.

Anyone at Nelson Mullins Boston willing to make a referral? I’d love to chat with you.

To those at V25 firms, how do you view your London office in terms of the quality of work we get and overall importance to the firm? Like is there a perception of us being a step down or ancillary to the big leagues of NYC or not? There’s generally a perception here that L&W and K&E are the only US firms where London can even begin to compete with stateside in terms of generating l work organically but would be interesting to know what you all think? Be brutally honest.

Ever get so bored that it feels exhausting to do work, even a simple task?

Trying to lateral and the conflicts clearance process could not be more frustrating. I'm at the point where I'm becoming resentful and annoyed at my new firm and I haven't even started. Is this indicative of my future experience there or completely unrelated?

Associate at an AmLaw 100 firm doing patent work. I applied to a part time masters program to try to pivot to a different technical field (still doing patent work, but in something that interests me more than what I’m doing now). Do I try to stick it out at the firm while getting the masters, ask for a reduced hours schedule, or get a part time, non-legal job so I can focus more on the program (one year).

Did you make a mistake working in BigLaw? Why?

Stop asking if we can unionize after being asked to work over the weekend.

Does anyone know what Kirkland’s billing year is? Aka when do hours start again?

Accepted a lateral offer and started conflicts and just found out that I’m pregnant. What do I do? Anyone have this happen to them. Did you stay at your old firm?

Single BigLaw-yers, how often do you have sex? How the hell do you even have the time to meet new people?

Anyone have slow months where you burn through a lot of your allotted pro bono/professional development hours to keep hitting minimum daily hours? The past few weeks have been like this for me. Should I be concerned (I.e., will this reflect poorly on me, come review time? Will I have dug myself too much of a hole if I keep burning my non-billable hours?) I’ve been asking partners if I can assist in any projects so I can fill my plate, but I’ve only gotten small (4-6 hour) tasks handed my way.