Saw a post asking about Fried Frank on Reddit yesterday. Someone mentioned that it isn’t the firm it used to be, and another mentioned that they think it’s a firm that will need to merge with another. Curious if the reputation of the firm is that bad. People on Reddit made it seem like it’s a Shearman or Cadwalader. I thought that even though M&A is struggling there the Funds and Real Estate practices are still very strong.

By investing 50k/annum in NPS I can save 15k tax per year.. Suggest me I should opt for NPS or not?

Any thoughts on AlixPartners London culture? This would be for a Director role in their Enterprise / Performance Improvement team.

Got job offer in bny mellon
Level: H
role: associate(Data engineer)
Experience: 1.5yr
current base: 13L
offered base:18L
Is it good to move ? or negotiate?

Covid dairies: three six mafia is getting me through the day.

It’s raise and promotion season… how are we feeling??

Hi Guys,

I interviewed for TCS on 18th of September and got a mail to upload the documents later on that day itself. But after uploading the documents there is no further communication from their end.
Any idea how much time they’ll take to revert ?

Is anyone aware that new joiners at HSBC will be working from office in the month of June?

Heading to Kansas City next week with the team. Any restaurant and/or activity recommendations?

Is it a good time to join @Axtria?
Are they also planning to lay off just like @ZS?

Hi Guys
Any suggession for last email. Jaate jaate dhamaka karna h EY m 🤣

Top 10 books to read about consulting life ?

Whats PDP-GrowthINV ?

Hi All,

Need a help urgently..I received an offer letter from Cognizant 10 days ago but haven't received a mail where I can accept the offer letter and proceed with BGV. Can someone tell what can be done? I had applied with an experience of 3 years.

Thanks in advance.

Hello friends,

One of my friend is looking for opportunities in Lucknow location

Anyone who can refer in TCS , HCL or any reputed organization, kindly comment

Skills : ETL developer (MS SSIS, SQL)
Relevant experience 2.6 years

Hello, I recently moved to the Pennsylvania from Canada. I got my work permit last week and now on the job hunt. Housing first, case management, life coaching, program assistant experience. I would really appreciate any leads. I'm open to working remotely since I live in a small town.

Thinking about moving from Seattle to San Diego, but don’t have any friends down there. Any advice for how to meet queer friends?

What does it mean when a partner gives associates, especially junior associates, origination credit? Practically, I don't think it makes a difference except maybe for bonuses, but I'm wondering if there's any deeper meaning than extending gratitude?

What are inhouse opportunities like for an ECVC 2nd or 3rd year in Asia coming from a highly rated ECVC practice (think Cooley, Goodwin, etc)? Open to locations within Asia.

I do miss seeing my colleagues sometimes but being able to actually use random breaks in the day that you get in transactional, especially as a junior, productively (work out, cook a meal, fold laundry) has made this job so much easier and sustainable for me. It’s still exhausting and so unpredictable and the December crush is killing me but I don’t know how anyone did this for more than a year or two pre-Covid when people spent all day and evening in the office.

What should your realization rate be as a first year? I have not gotten any negative feedback but my realization rate seems...bad

Where do the single folks in here meet people? NYC dating market sucks and tired of the apps

Should midlevel lawyers get presents for their juniors?

If you do billable work on a given PTO/vacation day, do you still count that day as vacation? Or do you get that vacation day "back"? Or do you only get the part that you billed "back"? (Or some other option.)

1st year business law (solicitor) wanting to transition to comm lit. Tips?

Already spoke with a partner who wanted something done this morning for him to review and then we discuss again. Sent it to him about 4 hours ago. Should take him half an hour to review max. At what point can I check in with him to see when we can catch up so I’m not waiting in the office all day?

What is a material billable hours difference from your peers at the same group? If I bill 150 less a year than another associate should I be worried?

Corporate or litigation, which is easier to reach billable hour requirement? In other words, which is easier to bill a lot annually? Comparably speaking.

I’m a third year in corporate and want to switch to tax. Am I too late? How do I ask my firm?

Anyone know of top RE law groups that don’t really do a lot of deal support work (sorry M&A friends)?

Transactional associates: do you bill your time while you are up late at night waiting for either: 1) opposing counsel doc reverts; or 2) when someone senior on your team asks to do something, but you are waiting for them to finish so you can do that something?

How do you get good at thinking on your feet? I find I always need time to think and analyse before being able to answer client queries (even those that are considered simple by others). I don't want to rush and get it wrong. I avoid phone calls for this reason which isn't great when you're in the service industry so it's starting to impact my career.

Anyone with bad experiences with ex-biglaw inhouse counsel?

I get the impression that many are biglaw haters. With some, any attempt at being service minded and asking "have you thought about X, we can help" makes them whine about scope and costs.

One GC I worked with even had on their resume (OP wanted resumes of key employees) as one of their skills "maximizing value of internal and external legal advice while minimizing cost"

Associates, do you want to be copied on emails to service providers/vendors (like CSC, CT, etc)? My thought is you get a billion emails everyday and don’t need more, but maybe I’m wrong?

All this talk about firms doing stealth layoffs has me spooked. Any BigLaw firms in Dallas doing this? I’ve noticed some surprising associates leave my firm over the past couple of months and suspect at least some of them were ice-outs…

Anyone go to Stetson Law and end up in big law?

Is getting into crypto law a bad idea or is it a burgeoning field??