The feedback I keep getting is that I need to speak up more in meetings (im in a collaborative practice group and it’s awful). But when I do, I usually get shot down and feel like I’ve just shown everyone how dumb I am. How do you speak up when you have nothing to contribute?

what's the new wfh update for Oracle ? Previously I heard that offices are reopening on 4th April.

How many of your firms do mid-year reviews and do those come with raises/bonuses?

Curious what the average salary is for Practice Manager is out there, and if I’m being paid appropriately. I’m a current Practice Manager in the Chicagoland area. I have 5.5 years of healthcare experience, 4 years as a Practice Manager. I have an additional 3 years experience as an Executive Director for a non-profit. I also have a Masters in Public Health.

85K OTE edTech sales going on 8 years of sales experience

Does anyone else’s spouse give them a hard time about wanting to work from home or taking a half day? My spouse keeps telling me that “it’s a work day so why wouldn’t you work?” or “you need to make money.” For some background, I have a light workload for tomorrow, a busy next week, and I’m on track with my billables.

Refresher needed: From a business readiness perspective what are the major pitfalls to watch out for when moving from a non SAP ERP P2O to SAP Ariba P2O? And what’s the sequence to prep a data load?

_build is > 1000 employees as of now. It needs it's own bowl.

What should an Associate and Senior Associate in Investor Relations expect in compensation?

I think it's common to choose Stanford over Wharton. However, Wharton has one of the largest alumni bases (99,000+ throughout the US) while Stanford is smaller (20,000, concentrated on the West Coast)

What you didn't know about engineering...

Who has their popcorn ready? 🍿

Is the move nowadays to get to a high level as an individual contributor? Realizing I have no desire to manage people or long term strategic roadmaps, but that seems to be where the $ is and a lot of the smart people are. Worried I’m going to Peter principle myself out

I received an offer for 80k to work as a desktop engineer for TCS at one of their client’s locations. However, I have seen poor reviews for working at TCS and I’d like to get some feedback from anyone currently or had previously worked for that company. What is the environment like and has anyone been in a situation where the contract with TCS and the client ended and had trouble with TCS finding them a new role at the same pay?

My Accenture recruiter told me that in order to revise my current offer she would need to reject my current offer first and no need to worry on that part. Is this normal? Please provide genuine feedback.

What is everyone wearing for shoes today?

So looks like the consensus is... MAR Put options and Im going Long on ROKU

My supervising partner keeps encouraging me to take vacation time. Everyone else in my group has taken several vacations recently.
However, my hours hit rock bottom for several months at the beginning of Covid. It is impossible for me to reach my annual target this year. I have the ability to bill 50+ hours over my monthly target now.
I feel like higher up management may disagree with my boss’s outlook, but I am burning out. Thoughts?

Another billing question, this one for the litigators: what are your go-to narratives for all of the time that gets sucked up by dealing with emails on super active cases? I’m newly assigned to a matter that actually requires task billing instead of block billing AND that has tons of email traffic that I have to read—but not necessarily act on—to stay on top of the case.

Any federal clerks with prior lit experience (3+ YOE) looking for an AmLaw job when your clerkship is over? I've got several unposted opportunities that can sit in almost any major city. Feel free to dm me.

Has anyone had experience with secondment interviews? Are they just like regular interviews?

First year question: if I’m billing 8 hours a day, what is a reasonable amount of time to be in the office?

I've come to that stage in my career where I am thinking of wearing elbow pads due to typing / desk pain. This job is dumb.

Im a junior and I get a lot of random please run redlines, please send documents from the system at 8pm, 10pm, etc, and they expect me to respond right away (which is fine because I'm home and its an easy task). I usually stay on to check emails until 10pm-12am. BUT when we go back to office, how will we handle those random tasks that require immediate attention? What if im in the middle of my commute? Do we just not go home until late? Will the expectation to be on 24 7 relax a bit?

1st yrs: I posted about quitting my job 3 months after starting (NY BL M&A) in 2021. When I started, I would sleep with my phone at full volume under my ear, never said no, and was on 10 deals at a time. Half of my head turned white, I developed high blood pressure, gained 20 lbs, and would get cold sweats and nightmares every night. I dreaded waking up and would count down the seconds until 2 am when it was acceptable to sleep. Fast forward to now, things couldn’t be more different. Cont. Below

Any insight on the following NY tech trans groups and how they compare to each other: Latham, Skadden, Kirkland?

I am tired of other team members not pulling their weight and having to deal with more things that on my plate. Any solution? I don’t want to snitch to the partners but am really getting sick of it

I'm convinced that some lawyers are on Adderall because there is absolutely no way you are coping with all this work.

How does one stay focus and meet deadlines? Transportation to work is already two hours to and fro. I need to sleep and also relax. I'm literally downing 😔

How do people focus in the office? I'm a first year and I've been mostly wfh since I started and I'm super productive at home - my setup is comfortable, I rarely get interrupted, and I feel like I can stay really focused in my home office.

Our SAs started today, so the firm is making us come in more often. My office set up is so awkward, screens are too small, and I'm constantly getting interrupted. Not to mention the extra time it took to get ready and commute. How do people do this?

Starting work next week. Likely WFH the whole year. I have a standard morning routine that I would like to try to keep. What’s a reasonable time for me to start working?

On the other hand, what’s a reasonable time for me to log off? Say I come to good stopping point and I fall asleep around 9:30pm. But then something happens at 10:30pm and i’m asleep… would partners be pissed?

Just trying to navigate some potential issues. Any advice would be great!

For anyone who takes hand written notes, do you have a favorite type of notebook?

Do other firms have mandatory department meetings? Practice group meetings?

Hi everyone, my firm (V100) is hiring a midlevel L&E associate for its SF office. Pay is market and billable hours requirement 2000. Please dm me if you’re interested.

How to handle scheduling of hearings/ events when you’re waiting for conflicts to clear and haven’t yet given notice?

New corporate junior associate here. How do you gauge whether you are supposed to finish an assignment over the weekend or if it can wait until Monday? If you get an assignment Friday night, do you just automatically work on it on Saturday or do you ask the partner? How do you ask them (i.e. your exact email response)?

Has anyone here worked (or does anyone currently work) for Bernstein Litowitz (aka BLBG). Very interested to learn what inside associates feel about the firm, it’s culture, work-life balance, billable hours, etc

Those of you with billable years starting Jan 1… how many hours are you at for the year (and year/group)