Received an offer and I asked to speak to the paralegals (I said just one of the many paralegals) to just learn more about the team. I was never connected and instead, was asked if there were any specific questions I had. Does this seem strange?

Tips for dealing with clients whose expectations are unrealistic?

Hi y’all! Hope this is the right bowl to post this question and get advice. I am dealing with an employer that preaches our values. The owner states that the values are important to her etc yet my manager violates these values and is involved in unethical behavior frequently. Example 1: My manager has told specialists (resourcers) that she will pay them under the table in order for her (manager) to get full credit vs splitfor the placement and therefore (barely) hit her target for the quarter.

Co-worker told me first time he met the partner on the engagement he said "you were supposed to be a girl".

The partner was trying to make team more diverse, not a creep lol.

Have you ever actually let loose on a customer? I think about it almost on a daily basis but I’ve managed to keep my cool so far

Last week team dynamics took a turn for the worst (even tho in each retro the team always commend each other, you would think team work is great). Team members get agitated with each other for being slow. Team members coming across rude and brash (the same ones are difficult to get hold to offer support, time is money is what someone said💰, the craziest was the client accidently sharing her whatsapp screen, commenting on people's feedback to what she was presenting OMG 😲 How was your week?

How do you deal with imposter syndrome? I'm a new therapist and I work with a bunch of women who have been doing this for ages. They're all really sweet, but I can't help feeling like I'm way out of my league. I mostly see younger clients which I guess works in my favor, but I just feel like I'm totally incompetent compared to the women I work with.

I am so sick and fed up with some of the older clients at my job. I know it's my responsibility to take care of them, but they're just so sexist sometimes.

For those who have onboarded remotely, have you found it difficult to connect with and embody your new company’s culture? Culture is important to me and a big part of it was being with your coworkers and having meaningless chit chat

One thing I didn’t realize about actually practicing law was that you would moonlight as a therapist sometimes. I feel for some clients a lot but I always feel awkward after it gets more emotional for a large part of the convo.

Creatives at consultancies.. what is the unofficial/official dress code. It’ll be my first week, albeit we won’t be in person. New job in new kind of working environment. I’m used to agencies and intl orgs, so unsure…

I'm a cashier. We just got a new manager, and she's making things really hard for us. She starts work at 4:30am and leaves around 2:30pm, but she still expects us to stay until 6pm and work on the weekends! She gives us really long shifts and doesn't give us much time for breaks. And when we ask her about it, she gets mad.

I'm worried that if I speak up, she'll make my life even harder. I don't want to lose my job because of this—do you guys have any advice?

I’m a young(ish) male running a private practice. Been with the group a year and a half and haven’t exactly gelled with some of the older employees. We’ve made tremendous financial improvements but in a meeting last night one of the physicians stated, in front of me, maybe we shouldn’t have hired a young guy to run the practice….I can’t think of a more passive aggressive way to ask someone to leave. Thoughts?

If you don’t like the CEO of your tax firm, does it make sense to leave? Like, if they’re a bad leader who’s also sexist.

I am 2 years into product as my first job. I have a new manager (former lawyer!?) who micromanages everything I do - including stylistic changes to my user stories. I tried having an open conversation with him and now he starts every call with “I am not telling you what and how to do but do x“. Any advice please? I love the company / my job / engineering team but he’s driving me nuts and can’t make decisions on my own product areas🤯

Poll: Radio in the open floor office plan signifies:

A fun relaxed work environment
Or
An inconsiderate colleague that should purchase headphones?

How have you all delt with people who are workaholics and try to force their choices on you? She chooses to take on and work the way she does. She typically stays 30-40% in utilization above firm goal

How do I get better at handling positive feedback? Was told I did a great job and I immediately think the guy’s lying to my face so he doesn’t have to have an awkward conversation with me.

Someone shamed me at work for not making a charitable contribution for some stupid competition. So unprofessional. Some people maybe on a budget or have commitments or maybe contributing somewhere els

Been asked to present my current client’s plan and PCA in second interview for a role. Am I being over cautious by not feeling comfortable with this?

Is it just me or does your manager also sometimes tends to ignore you post a not so successful client meeting?
I am new to this corporate scenario, please tell me how do I reach out to my manager without sounding needy? Is it okay for my manager to ignore me post a client call?

Got an offer to go industry at Director level in LA, with two proposals:
144k + 25% bonus + 4000 rsu’s
Vs
130k + 25% bonus + 6500 rsu’s
Which would would you choose?

Business Analyst looking for a switch?
-Banking Domain (cards, commercial banking, investment banking, retail banking, wealth management)
-Mobile Messaging App experience
-Requirement elicitation, user stories, business readiness, driving adoption, use cases
-Risk management

Anyone go from F1 OPT to EB3 or hear of anyone successfully doing so?

Do you think if getting a masters degree in data science from one of famous online programs is worth it for someone who wants to go to tech consulting? It could cost around $20k in total for 2-3 years

I once was a CISA… I have no IT background, no IT degrees (2 ACCT degrees tho); never did/saw a shred of an IT audit/assurance work/client/OTJ training of any kind. Forced by employer to choose CISA vs CPA, CISA was way more feasible at the time. I passed 1st try. My firm had zero IT work. So all my CPE reqs lapsed, and my cert expired w/ zero resume material to show for it. I see IT Auditors paid WAY more. I’d love that! I’d re-sit. But idk my head from my ass about practical application.

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Hi Fishes,
I have 8 YOE in cybersecurity initially with SOC and recently with audits and cloud security. Have both CISSP and CCSP and a bunch of Azure and AWS certifications. Wondering if the current slump in tech hiring will limit by opportunities considering I’m looking for Mumbai/WFH. Please let me know if you have any opportunities/referrals

When your damn ED talks to the rest of the team with his back turned to you expecting you to hear and be part of the convo! God damn it - learn some manners

Anyone know of any new construction listings or can recommend builders in the greater Boston area? Looking to get into the market for my first house - thanks

Hi All, How is Natwest bank client in IBM..do we have good learning and WLB.. please let me know. Thanks

Which Unicorn Start-ups is good you think to apply ??

What was your most recent success in advancing equity in education?

What questions does this fishbowl have about equity?

Any Guidehouse/Grant Thornton federal folks need a referral to Deloitte? Dm me!!!

My current salary is 5lpa fixed and total exp is 3 years in SAP tech. How much amount should I ask in my interviews?

At what point in a new job do you start to get a feel on how the GC wants you to draft documents? I’m a second year attorney who just went in house a month ago to a company where it’s just the GC and I. He’s been a great mentor so far and knows I’m a novice, but I always feel horrible when I spend hours on a contract draft and he changes all of my redlines.

What are good little gifts to give in house coworkers? Do people appreciate baked goods?

Does anyone else’s company do “secondments”? I was asked to “look into” this? Someone who is a non attorney executive had a great idea they could save money and have outside counsel “at their disposal” 24/7 and on-site? Is that how this works? I know we spend a lot of $ on outside counsel but I don’t see how one of them having an office on-site adds much value? Maybe it’s a good thing. I am supposed to “report back.” Are they a joint employee? I was asked to advise “what this will look like.”

4th year corp. associate who was just offered an in-house position at a publicly traded pharma company. 215K base, 15% bonus, and 4000 in RSUs. Is this a good offer?

Are any funds hiring in-house associates?

Any recruiters who would like to connect with me? I am a real estate attorney located in LA hoping to make the switch from firm life to in house. Please message me.

Which books would you recommend for in house counsel about strategy, management, and leadership?

Asking as product counsel for tech startup.

Returning from work after a year of mat leave (Toronto in-house at a BIG company) - can I expect my salary to increase as though I was still working over that year? (Regular increase, obviously not expecting a bonus. Am hoping to get something to keep up with inflation but I don’t know if that’s standard.)

What is a good comp package for a Senior Product counsel role at a fairly established hyper growth tech co?

Any impressions on legal roles at Apple? Particularly in privacy or product counsel.

Product Counsels — what do you dislike most about your job and why? Can be anything — type of work, internal clients, $$$, career progression, etc.

Despite my title, I am much more privacy counsel than product, so would love to hear thoughts.

I just put in my two weeks to go to an AM 100 law firm to work in a niche practice area. I've never worked in a firm before. I started of doing compliance (non-attorney role) and then went in-house (acting GC for medium size company got a year). Any advice for someone who never had firm experience? If you went back to a firm what do you think you would have to prepare for? (Besides billiable hours and no life. ) Also, fwiw, I graduate in 2018.

I just got an offer for an in-house position that I want to take. How do I approach negotiating salary?

Considering trying to make a pivot. Currently a prosecutor. I have a lot of trial experience and did some ID work. Are there any logical roles aside from just litigation to keep an eye on as for as in house? I’ve been thinking there must be some applicability to the investigation skills I’ve developed but I don’t know what the move should or would be. I am coming from a place of ignorance - not sure what would suit my background.

Have any one used a resume coach or service for in house job search, particularly for IP and product counsel positions? If so, how did you find a good one? Thanks!

I started my first in-house role about 4 months ago and I don’t think it’s the right fit. I love the no billable hours aspect, but otherwise I miss the structure of being at a firm. How long do you think I should try to stick this out before I move on? I want to give the job a real shot - and i know the transition to in-house can be jarring…but I also don’t want to spend too much time in a job that is a wrong fit.

Hello, Would you rather work with a fortune 50 company where you doing some very niche work or work as a lawyer in fintech which is 1/1000 as compared to the revenue of the f50 but the work is very varied. No two days are same. Wanted to understand perspective. Thanks!

Has anyone moved from antitrust private practice to a non-antitrust in-house role? If so, what kind of role?