One of my paralegals is moving into a new home next week. Any ideas for a thoughtful housewarming gift?

Is it hard to get into Salesforce? Big 4 consultant with 10 yoe, mostly in ERP/CRM implementation and program/project management, have Salesforce Admin cert but not much hands on experience due to mostly management exp, looking into Director TPM roles - should I apply? Or should I wait until I somehow gain more hands on SF experience?

Moving from T2 to McKinsey. How do vacation requests work? I have family and friends getting married this fall in weddings delayed because of covid, but I’ll just have started so wanted to get a sense of how realistic taking vacation this fall would be and how to approach taking it (e.g. mention to HR, staffing). TIA!

Any good resume writers/designers. Bought a service through LinkedIn once and it ended up horribly

A NY agency is asking me to work on site come September, I said of course. My true intentions? Working remotely from Florida for life. How would y’all handle this issue when pandemic is over (if it that ever happens)?

Trying to avoid paying an accountant, can I actually write off home office space/mileage if I was just permalancing for 3 months last year? Shouldn’t the 7 months of W2 take care of this 1099 shit?

My friend and I were hoping to do a quick getaway to warmer weather this weekend (we live in Maine, so we're already freezing)! Our usual getaway is a quick trip to Florida but that's obviously not happening this week. Any suggestions for an awesome warmer place on a budget?

I was interviewed in Microsoft on 1st week of May for Program manager role & I thought I did really well in all 3 rounds however I haven't heard back from them since then. My recruiter is also not responding. Do I still have a chance?

Any opinions on HCB Health in Chicago? Glassdoor says 4 stars but only 11 reviews. Account role

TBWA NY layoffs today.

BCG fishes: If you make a temporary transfer to another office for 12-24 months, will your salary (& taxes) come from the home office or the office that you transferred to?

I had a great review and a 5.5% raise and a great bonus at my company. But I also got a new Director and a peer manager of mine left the company, so I will be absorbing her team. In addition, my director said I will be receiving 'deep delegation' from them. I don't mind more work, but deep delegation is a new term I've never heard. What does that mean lol?

Manager asked me to give him formal upward feedback. Everyone in the firm hates him. Let loose the cannons or diplomacy?

How is JPMC projects in cognizant?

Received an opportunity for react js.

Has anyone successfully turned their side gig into full-time? Or an income enough that it could be?

Does anyone have motivating/good sales books to recommend?

What are some good commuter towns outside the city for first time property buyers? Ideally commute by rail.

Planning for a 7-10 day family (kids age 5 & 9) vacation to UK during Thanksgiving. Looking for guidance on weather during that time and activities that would be appropriate that time of the year.

What is a realistic signing bonus ask for a mid level lit associate to a midsize major market firm that pays 80% DPW scale ?

It is in appropriate to ask what the compensation for a position is after a first interview if they want you to go on three more and the interviewers on my first told me that was above their pay grade to tell me?????

Seems kind of ridiculous for a business to want to waste so much time to find out after a handful of interviews that the pay isnt aligned with my needs ......

I can see in biglaw not bringing up knowing damn well if you get an offer itll likely be high, but this is a midsize

Do you guys talk to chambers for the firm interview?

Parental leave: do you have to be at a company or firm for a year before being eligible to take parental leave? Are there any companies/firms that don't have this requirement?

Is it worth taking an interview with a firm you’re not sure you’ll want to work for just to get an idea of the people/culture?

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...

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.

We’re barely past Wednesday and I’ve already billed 40 hours. Pls send help

How are 1st year litigation associates dealing with WFH? I’ve been having terrible anxiety/panic attacks, and pretty sure my billables wont exceed 110 for April. I’ve been super stressed about it and don’t know how to move on to May with the proper mindset to make up for as much time missed as possible. CA courts are still closed, and I’m worried I won’t be able to exceed (or even meet) my May goal after April.

Any firms adopted a remote/hybrid system permanently???? We’re back in office full time and omg I hate it so much.

What’s average salary in ID firm mid size (NY) about 350 attorneys ? Class of 2019 but was in public sector (criminal law) for 2 years! 2000 billable hours minimum

What is the lateral hire process like?

Gripe in here about Legal Assistants (more in comments)

Technical question: if I work for a firm in State A, am barred in State A, but live and work remotely in State B, where my firm has no presence, am I breaking any rules in State B?

I'm in a litigation, about 9 months in. Is it normal that I spend majority of my time making bundles for my partners (printing, binding, moving docs in a different order whenever there are new documents or he wants to add stuff) reviewing documents and making tables (e.g. dates, which documents are from where), and the only legal work is like notices of admission, list of documents, the occasional research? I'm so bored and I want to quit but I don't know if I have unrealistic expectations.

How long after you start a new job is it appropriate to take a vacation? And for what length of time?

Thoughts re. Whether 145k at insurance defense Am Law 200 firm in so cal is average comp for associate with 4-5 years experience in insurance defense? TIA.

If I leave big law for ADA will I get canceled?

What amount of money would it take for your current firm to retain you?

I’ll start - the balance of my student loans.

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I’m not naive or fresh out of law school, but I’m at a point where I’m saying to myself “Why can’t I have it all?” I’ve been offered a job for more pay and less hours and I keep thinking to myself, what’s the catch? I know people will say no promotion potential or that’s not how it works…but what if it could? What if you make yourself valuable by still setting your boundaries? Why would we resent someone who has that opportunity?