Some partners are so stupid. In a free market system, if you want the good associate to work for you, you need to be a nice person. Otherwise, I have enough partners to feed me work and you’re the source of your own problem.

I’m new to the firm. My third project my manager was very hands off. He’s wants to have a discussion with me about my performance. He did not give me any support to work with; even when I asked! And my direct manager agrees with him, but it was my third week. What to do? I feel like I’m going to say something crazy. Any advice?

Has any of your employer used PIP as a way to fire you? I'm a female POC just getting started in my entry level role and my company does not have a history of using PIP on their associate, but after I gave their academy training a bad review in the survey, my manager is trying to put my on a PIP while the people who started out at the same time are not on it. I'm 9 weeks in my current SDR position, been doing 100 dials a day and got 2 books 1 occur so far.

Is it really that hard to say please and thank you instead of barking orders at me like a dog?

I know we are busy, I know this is my job, but dang, it is a lot more pleasant to work for the midlevels and seniors who say please and thank you and show a tiny amount of respect and appreciation.

I actively avoid working for midlevels and seniors who just bark at me, never ask, and never say thank you because it just shows they don’t care about being a half decent human.

This might be too ambiguous to answer, but I want to get better at taking iniative, but I don't know how. I can be pretty shy in work settings. I do things without being told, but I want to go beyond that like start projects etc. Provide more value.

I’ve been working with a founder/small biz freelancing as their digital producer for a little bit. I’m having issues lately because they won’t give me a budget for content they want to make for their site/Instagram. I’m worried with the budget gate keeping that we’re going to burn bridges with contacts, especially now that we’re dipping into my personal contacts for content collaboration. Is this normal? How do I get them to give me a budget to work from?

I’m not onboard with the direction our engagement partner is taking. I’m aware that I could very well be wrong, but I would still like to respectfully disagree.

Can’t tell if I’m developing crushes on my coworkers only because they’re the only people I interact with (on zoom) in quarantine 😬

I’m a manager and one of my direct reports makes more than me. It really bothers me. Anyone else been in this situation before? What’s the best way to handle it?

I got invited to an interview and remember working with one of the partners previously who I thought was a dick. I turned down the interview and said it was because of him.

Does anyone not show work in credentials meetings? My agency doesn't do it and I've never seen another agency do it that way.

Full suit with no tie okay for an interview?

Starting an FDD rotation soon. Should I expect to be slammed like a formal FDD senior?

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.

Today no one came into our restaurant and my boss started crying. Do I... comfort them? Leave them be?

Does anyone else have team members across the country who notice your “valley girl” voice/accent?

I didn’t really know it was that noticeable until I started this remote job 😂

🐠 Need your insight. How do you handle senior managers who avoid open communication and chooses to complain to other project peers ?

Getting grief from boss for never attending our team social events (dinner parties etc). I don’t enjoy these kinds of events but I’m the only one on the team who feels that way (cont)

Had a steamy dream about my manager last night and now I can't look at him the same.

My manager asked me to ask less questions. Lately I am receiving negative feedback that I find unfair. I've a different perspective and this request doesn't go with my personality, my role and with the fact that I am working remote. I am very independent, but I need validation on final things I do as I am not a manager plus, I am a curious person who likes to interact and to learn more. For me questions are a way to improve and to find new perspectives. This makes me feel sad and not motivated

Do you use the first name of the executive team members when you see them in the office? Regardless of whether they know you or not?

Anyone from Marcum audit NY ? How is the culture? Good or bad ?

5 YOE with java, sprinboot in a product based company in chennai. If there are any opportunities outside India- Middle East/Europe anywhere with visa sponsor where you can refer me. Please DM.

Newly pregnant here! Anyone get pregnant right after starting a new job? Nervous about telling my team and needing to take leave within my first year at the new company.

During NP negotiation, can I ask my manager/HR to consider my accumulated Earned Leave to reduce NP

Thoughts on going into accounting/finance recruiting?

EY FAAS M2 at 155 base and 10k sign-on. How does that look for NJ?

can anyone that’s in the GT OMSCA program dm me? got a few questions

I was laid off from Deloitte in the 18th. I have an interview with Amazon for a Senior Program Managers Non Technical position with Amazon hiring manager on Monday. Any advice would be much appreciated. I would love to get into Amazon. I hear their interview process is brutal.

The hours I’m working right now to meet a deadline are extreme, I’m only getting a few hours of sleep a night. How do you keep yourself alert during that final push?

Joining the IA department of a big 4 US Bank as a Senior Manager. I'm coming from consulting in a HCOL area and this is the first time working in industry.

What would be a reasonable annual salary to request? The ranges I've been seeing is so wide so I'm looking for a more targeted number I can give them. Thanks!

What’s going on with all the shootings? I’m afraid to step out even to go grocery shopping. 30+ shootings this weekend?

Anyone at CGI can you refer me? I'll post the Job id in DM.

Looking to get sober again and only attended aa via zoom meetings.

Anyone want to share their personal experiences when comparing in-person vs virtual?

Completed 6 rounds of interview @ Unicorn tech startup
After every round, received great feedback from HM. It's been a week since I finished my final round, HR told they will call me tomorrow to let me know the next steps.

Super anxious about the result, coz it's my dream role. What's the probability?

💥Relocated to NYC and my real estate broker has said it’s been hard to book any showings. I’ve heard in this market, having a broker can hurt you because property owners prefer to not split the brokerage fee & go straight through tenants. Is there truth to this?😫

How do you all take care of things outside of work? The last thing I want to do after being hyper-organized at work is figuring out my budget or retirement plan or scrubbing the bathtub or figuring out what to buy at the grocery or planning a vacation. I feel so burnt out I can only just sleep on weekends and can’t bring myself to go out or even do basic self care. I feel bad putting this all on my husband and how would I even have the energy to raise kids??

How hard is lateraling up? Don’t have any interest right now but am curious. I’m at a market paying nyc lit firm that is outside of v100

If you don’t have 8 hours of billable time a day, do you leave as is or do you fill in the gap with non-billable work? While I am in the office, I don’t always get the billable amount since I don’t have enough work. Seems like a waste of time to enter non-billable time just to fill in the gap but I also don’t want them to think I am not there and slacking off.

What’s the norm?

Think I’m burnt out here. Just got back from a vacation and still no desire to do this job. Problem is I feel like I could benefit from sticking around for a few more years. 5th year transactional. Fml.

In the morning I just want to move and workout. In the afternoon I just want to play with my kids. Then, I want to make a huge dinner, eat and read books for a few hours. Where to fit m&a work? :D

Biglaw Partners: What motivates you to persevere through all the challenges that come with biglaw? Is it only the financial incentives or is there more to it for you?

Are there any books/guides on being a good junior associate? For example, something that would lay out things like being responsive, tips for having better attention to detail, thinking of your senior associate as your client, how to file emails, etc.

Am I crazy for wanting to do corp work outside of NYC? I’m well positioned, given my grades and school rank, to be competitive in most markets and for most firms. Would I be giving up a lot in terms of exit opportunities if I worked at a satellite office doing transactional work? Or should I suck it up and go to NYC despite not wanting to live there

What was the lowest you billed for a year and did you get let go?

Anyone know any recruiters that work with 3Ls still looking for jobs?

Any insight on Orrick’s tax group and/or the firm generally?

Interviewed with a big law firm (went well). They seemed interested based on our follow up conversation via email. Then I got totally ghosted despite reaching out a couple times. Is this normal?