I’ve been an attorney 10 years and today was (only) the second time someone has been a rude ahole to me on the phone. I guess I should be grateful I’m not some kind of cold calling salesperson because it really ruined my mood.

Any suggestions on good books on consulting for reading during holidays

I love going to karaokes but none of my LA friends are into singing in semi-public settings. Want to start a bi-monthly bar hopping then karaoke lounge thing lol. Who’s interested?

Have you ever walked out of a job with no notice?

What did your first year in big law look like?

Hi peeps, Looking for thoughts on adding a social media feed to the homepage of our B2B Tech Industry website. My thoughts are that it will help get our webinars and personality on our homepage without overly cluttering it up, but does it also navigate people away from our page? Maybe a banner ad on our homepage for the webinars is better? TYIA

Anyone else who works with nonprinting characters turned on ever open up a doc and wonder wtf the person who drafted it was doing? What is so hard about formatting?! 🤯

Hi, i have my joining with cognizant tomorrow(12 sep), i have received the onboarding pass but haven't received any onboarding meeting invite , when do they generally send the meeting invite?

How do y’all meet people (networking/prospects/otherwise)? Something besides mipster/muppies would be solid :)

Can somebody please refer me for Microsoft Germany? I’ll contact you with further details :) TIA

Welcome to the 30s and 40s singles bowl! Here’s to hoping the posts in this bowl are a bit more mature. Relying on the honor system here, try not to lie about your age.

Any recommendations for long term parking at Newark?

Newbie here. Did any one engage a financial planning service? I’m 34 with young kids, no debt, and $300k in cash. Absolutely no other financial/estate planning and overwhelmed!

DA AC profile interview, what all is usually asked?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Anyone have connections to startups in Boston? Would love to talk

Our team got the Super Team Award for this quarter. However I would be leaving the firm this Friday. Would I be getting the reward amount?

Has 7 plus years of QA experience in manual testing, tested applications, web dashboards and firmware releases for feature sets in automotive industry Currently managing QA AND SUPPORT team of 4-5 members Feels like I am stuck in the job Kindly guide me, so that I can take my career forward PS : I AM STILL IN MY FIRST JOB

TIAA's post exit process seems pathetic. Waiting since month for exit letter

Does your firm give you credit for hours that were written off? Sometimes I feel if you don’t lose anything for hours cut from the bill, you have incentives not to be 100% honest w/ your timesheet.

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.

Curious to know what other firm's bonus structures are, particularly those with billable requirements of 1900 and below. Trying to understand what the norm is and figure out if associates at my firm are getting screwed. thanks

Constantly worried I’m going to get fired because I don’t know where I stand at my mid sized law firm (second year associate).

Looking into switching from Big4 to law firm, recently saw an opening for Conflicts attorney, any thoughts? Is it stimulating work? Is it a good move?

Anyone keeping tabs on the Darrell Brooks trial? Prime sovereign citizen nonsense.

Any ENFP lawyers out there who are happy? What do you practice? Just saw that a job not for this personality was “corporate attorney”... so just curious.

Linguistic question, should an associate say "my partner" when talking to a client about a partner? To me this comes off like implying your also a partner, but saying "our partner" sounds weird too...

PI Attorneys: What are some of your best talking points in negotiations with adjusters?

I’m from Southern California. Is this what a snow day feels like? But it’s just gonna keep snowing for 1+ months?

Firm announced flexible come and go as you see fit approach to coming back to office. Partner I work for said I need to be in office 4-5 days a week anyway. Thoughts?

How to switch practice areas? I’ve been in immigration for 3 years now and need a change. How do you convince employers you’re a good fit for a role you don’t have any experience with?

Today opposing counsel contacted me to request an extension of time to file a discovery motion due to current shelter in place orders. Today was the last day to file - no prior effort to m/c. Cont.

Has anyone been admitted to Massachusetts by transfer of UBE score? I submitted my application in July and took and passed the state law exam today. How long after this were you admitted? Thanks!

Best small carry on? They keep shrinking the acceptable luggage size and half of the models out there don't qualify

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?

How do I train my critical thinking skills? Any book recommendations?

Hardest part of navigating maternity leave and WLB as a junior partner?

Any family lawyers here?

Curious as to how other small firm owners are handling transition to have employees work from home? I employ several older paralegals who cannot seem to get themselves set up. Prefer not to lay off.