Senior partner I barely worked with gave me a terrible review (4th year). Essentially, called me lazy, not caring about my job, sloppy, and not performing at class level (based on my 1-2 work products). Opposite of what the junior partner I regularly work with said (he then backtracked his good review, lol). I was not immediately fired and still receive work. Do you think I have a few months to look for a new job or will be canned soon and should try lateralling ASAP?

Any fish have any experience using Premama supplements? I don’t have PCOS but do have really irregular periods. I’m trying to knock my cycles into a regular pattern so I can more effectively track ovulation.

Best way to prepare for SHRM ?
Any tips or resources that helped you pass the exam?

JD/LLM in international and m&a Tax looking to leave corporate and start a firm in business/estate planning. If anyone has had success starting a firm in these areas please share any resources or insights. Thanks!

Genuine question: what’s the hype with Sinola watches? I feel like from the price point there are far better options in terms of style and horology

MBA1s: Tell the recruiting market is bad without telling the recruiting market is bad.

Now go!

Anyone from BCG Gamma who wouldn’t mind DM?

I can’t find a new job after searching for more than a year at this point. BRUH

What are some most common guesstimates asked from PM's?

Hello everyone!
I recently found out that I was being paid less than everyone in the team (more than 25% gap to more expe teammates, around 15% less than new hires)
We all had the same responsibilities, I consider I even had a heavier workload (talking in past tense since I very recently made an internal move).
Things to consider:
On a work visa
Non-white
Non-male
What would you recommend doing?
Keeping it to myself?
Speaking up? How? With who?

-TIA

Recommendations for burlesque classes in NYC?

Cute second date ideas for this Saturday? Want to set up the expectation that yes I love to eat and drink but I also like to do things… any festivals, exhibits, street fairs, movies, etc. popping up?

That feeling when you’ve swiped your unlimited monthly metro card and it ends up being a busy month where you use public transit almost every day 😀

Any CBd/hemp oil brands that has worked for you guys?

Ayo whose company just pulled up to Ladder in suites??

“We are fully remote”

Me : Awesome so no travel required at all?

“Well you need to come to the office 3 times a week and the other two you will be popping into potential customers on site”

Me: So not remote at all…?

“No we’re remote, you get two days traveling not in the office”

Boomers and Gen X HR teams are FUNNY.

I’m working with a manager who likes to prioritize his ideas over strategic research, I want to be helpful because it’s very distressing to watch ideas being presented without the appropriate research, any advice?

Fish, I trust your advice. Anyone have leads or recruiter recs for SF biglaw litigation? Looking to lateral as a to-be second year, mostly antitrust/white collar.

I have ADD and occasionally make small mistakes in my work, like leaving a word missing when editing sentences, small formatting errors or leaving an internal comment in drafts sent to clients. All partners have been very understanding and care about the quality of my work, and no client has ever complained. Partners and clients praise my work.

But now, one partner has become super mad and when I explained ADD, he said:

Does anyone know what the onboarding process is like at K&L Gates? I start in a few weeks and I'm curious.

Great Idea: Let's mandate RTO industry-wide to kick off flu season.

Thinking about becoming dual-qualified as an English Solicitor. For US lawyers, how hard is this path relative to our own bar admissions? And would this qualification make me appealing to large firms?

Insight on Kirkland & Ellis?

What monetary goal/target are you telling yourself to hit before quitting big law?

It’s looking bleak, but are any south florida firms hiring juniors for com lit positions?

My firm’s IT (especially system saving and file locating function) is so bad 😐😞 and they keep doing updates no one asked them for just to mess with the stuff we already got a hang of without doing anything about the issues we actually need fixed. Anyone else in a similar boat? Do you bill the client for the time it takes to fix the IT issue (or IT inefficiency generally, like time taken to find a file in a convoluted system)? Or is that supposed to be our non-billable time?

Which firms have no billable requirement and centralized staffing?

How many people did you interview with during the lateral process? I’ve met with 4 already and am scheduled for another 10-12 people (mostly partners), which seems like a lot

Quit quit quitttttyyyy time!

Any corp associates looking to move from biglaw to a boutique? My firm remains busy and is looking to bring on a couple associates. We’re all either hybrid or fully remote, and that’s here to stay. 1500 billables and we’re serious about it. Work is primarily ECVC, Outside GC, M&A. Pay is roughly 30% biglaw haircut, with incentive bonuses for hours and originations.

About to finish my first year. I’m a specialist. Only going to hit 65% of my hours (took a 4 week vacation cause of wedding/hm).

I never say no to work and i have fantastic reviews, and the head of my practice (with whom I work a lot for) has great things to say about me.

I’ve been fully utilized starting ~June, but first few months were slow. Am i fine?!

Hours check anyone? I’m at 1400 to date with pro bono. 2000 target. On track but September is looking slowwwww

Any big law associates looking to transfer out of Texas in light of the new laws repressing women's rights? My firm has an office in Colorado and a group of 4-5 of us have been discussing transferring today. Rent/Housing is roughly the same in the two states.

Any news from DPW? 🤔🤔

What would be an appropriate gift if I want to show appreciation to my juniors before leaving the firm to go in house? What about for partner/counsel?

Biglaw capital markets mid levels, how many hours does it look like you will finish the year at?

Is it common for a midlevel to gossip with a first year about another first year’s work? Is it common for midlevels to trash juniors amongst themselves? I think my office is hella toxic