What are the substantive expectations of a rising third year in a lender side lev fin practice? Feeling like I’m still doing a ton of junior-level tasks and scared that I’m not keeping up with my peers.

I’m hosting family from America in my home in Europe this week. Being away for just a couple of years has made me really aware of American tendencies. They’re fat and literally are only always thinking of their next meal. We can eat, and they want to talk about dinner. They always complain about their knees and feet even though they’re also only in their mid thirties. I’ve decided to no longer host friends/family from America because it’s always like this 🤦🏼‍♂️ 🫃🏼

How early is too early to decorate for Christmas? I'm very much in wait until after Thanksgiving camp, but my neighbors have had so much stuff up since November 1st!

What does EY pay to a Business Consultant C1 ?

Don’t you think it’s strange that a lot of creative recruiters and resource managers never accept requests on LinkedIn? Blows my mind.

Has anyone heard how Florida is recovering from Hurricane Ian?

Anyone here with insight on Adobe? Base pay, culture, hours, etc.

I have one pro bono case that I kept when I left my firm to go in house. It’s a matter completely unrelated to my company and I have malpractice insurance through the nonprofit organization associated with the case. I’ve made clear to my client that I’m repping this client in my personal capacity. No one has asked me specifically about pro bono stuff at my company - if I know there’s no conflict of interest, is this something I should disclose? To whom should I disclose this?

Sweet and salty 47 yr old single female. Looking for a funloving, occasional companion to divert attention to fun things from the daily travails in consulting. 🍿🍫

Everyone back to office full time starting August 30. Some return to travel before then. Location is NYC.

Aside from LinkedIn, what are other sources to identify decision makers in large companies?

Hi all,
I onboarded to capgemini yesterday and today I completed email setup. However, I'm not able to access talent page from mobile/personal laptop. Can anyone help me?

Is there usually a salary difference between type of producers?

How much salary provides by Techm? if they provides basis on my previous salary or directly as per the band and expectations?
my yoe - 10.8
CTC - 16.33 with VP and 13.5 is fixed
Getting offer from other company - 24 Fixed

Expecting from Techm - 28 Fixed

How do you deal with a coworker you just simply don't like as a person?

How Is Lowe's India for a fresher?

what would be Product Manger salary range in Lowe's ?

How is Salary Hike in Lowe's? How much percentage can we expect?

What's the salary range for Sr Data Engineer and Lead Data Engineer at Lowe's India?

How does compensation change by foregoing partnership at a firm and going in house? I’m a 2nd year trying to understand long-term earning potential

How do you bill your time? The busier I am the harder it is to bill. How do people actually bill contemporaneously in detailed terms when you bill 12 hours but literally did 100 different things in those 12 hours. And it’s never slow enough to go back and do it super detailed.

Anyone else getting spammed for "law firm in house/gc's office" roles and know what the deal is with that? Not really looking to do it but curiosity

When does my class year update (class of 2021)? I think I’m still a first year but the new new first years (class of 2022) just started as well.

If you’re lateraling as a 3rd year, do you get a sign on bonus, end of year bonus, or both? How common is it to negotiate both of these?

Which firms have no billable requirement and centralized staffing?

Why are lawyers less friendly as colleagues than non-lawyers? I’ve worked both in-house and in firms and noticed lawyers tend to ignore each other. Compared to the multiple corporate events and initiatives that was quite a choc when I realized people in BL just come to the office, sit down, work and leave without even trying to have a conversation.

Just a thought to anyone considering doing a hand markup: if I'm going to need some Indiana Jones-esque ancient decoder shit to read the hieroglyphics that you call "hand writing", maybe just make comments in track changes instead.

How do I tell a firm I screened with that another firm I screened with is moving forward with full rounds? I would prefer the former firm, even though the latter firm is ranked higher. Thanks for any advice

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.

Joining GT…Should I choose a company phone or transfer my phone to GTs plan?

New to due diligence and not sure the timeline of projects. Tips to stay organized of the project and timeline, and how to update those leading the deal? Just keep track of new info and provide as necessary?

Maybe I’m just realizing I’m lazy… but do y’all ever get assigned an actual, hard research or drafting project and realize you don’t like the effort? Like plz let me go back to doc review.

“Keep costs down”???? I am happy to keep costs down by not working on this ducking matter anymore. Maybe stop saying yes to matters that are too small to justify our rates and staffing an expensive senior person on them when you’re already dying trying to get anything staffed. You didn’t have to do shit on this matter, didn’t hear you complaining about my taking the lead and managing everything for you when that was happening. >.>

Do you always feel tired? How do you have energy for anything with this amount of work.

How much do partners pay for health insurance?

Can I afford a $1.5M primary residence with a ~$9,000 monthly payment after 20% down if my household monthly take home is ~$25,000 (with another $50k in annual bonus)? No debt other than monthly credit card bills. Am I being irresponsible? Will I struggle month to month?

Beginning to consider going in house (4th, corp) - I really haven’t thought about what I want, partly because I’m not sure what’s out there/attainable. Is it a bad idea to start by applying to a couple positions that interest me and seeing where that gets me? I’ll of course prep for the interviews but am afraid to burn potential bridges if I ultimately decline because I’m still figuring things out.

Is the lateral market still hot? Any of you interviewing/ lateralling soon?