What questions would you ask a firm before accepting an offer? Anything associates commonly overlook?

Rising fourth year here. Pretty sure I want to accept an offer but want to check all my boxes before doing so.

Hi Everyone - is RSM hiring currently? There are a bunch of SALT openings online. Anyone knows which office is in need right now? Thank you.

New FY new me! I decided that tomorrow I'm going for gusto and shedding weight so I can look and feel as feisty as my personality. Has anyone experienced career benefits to weight loss ??

This open office plan sucks. Besides the constant din, we've got 3 agencies crammed on to one floor, sharing conference rooms and huddle rooms. Agency identity is lost and it feels like an ad factory

How are hours in PE ops? Seems investment side is 50-60 then 80+ on live deals

Is it smart to get multiple credit cards as a traveling consultant?

I got rejected for upper management position at Protiviti. Is that a bad thing?

Methods to reach a lot of people without the use of ads, suggestions please

What's it like working with BCG in Dubai? Which service lines have the best people and which should be avoided?

Any Marsh fish willing to refer? I can provide more details in DM. Thanks!!!

Best family friendly places to live in Dubai?

Hello Fishes,
Any update on Tier and hike percent for Technology Consulting?

Does capgemini ask for the current paycheck as a proof for your current pay? Has any gone through the process recently? The recruiter seems to be focused on my current pay for some reason.

Hello there, I'm applying to SC academy in UAE ..
I passed the first interview, now the next one is presentation and I'm waiting the requirements and details from them,

please any advice or tips ? and how much is the expected salary for solution consultant there in service now SC academy ?

Welcome to the new bowl designed for early in career individuals

Any thoughts on Legility vs. Relativity in terms of eDiscovery software? Or is there another I’m not aware of?

We have motion sensor lights in my office and the sensor is far from my desk. Consequently, if I'm on a long WebEx, the lights go out and it's embarrassing. The building won't change the sensor. Anyone find a solution for this (aside from standing up and moving, which would be very awkward)? I can't rearrange my office.

Has anyone taken  ACAMS Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS)? Any comments/ reviews? How has it enhanced your employability? Why did you take the CGSS?

What do partners generally expect from third-year litigation associates (smaller firm) as far as legal, professional, and/or case management skills go?
I still feel like I can’t (or don’t know how to) manage or push cases forward and like I’m constantly behind on everything—is this normal?

Tips on discussing reimbursement for travel expenses during the “interview” process? I was invited to travel to a different state to discuss joining a firm. Should I even bring up the topic of expenses , or just pay my own way?

I feel like I’m wasting my time waiting on CA bar results 😭, any tips on how I can use this time effectively?

Those who are voluntarily returning to the office — how often are you going and what days seem to work for you? Looking to slowly incorporate a few days here and there for change of scenery etc. — will add there is no pressure to do so (yet).

I don’t want to make partner, and I want to stay in big law for 2-3 years, do you suggest I just do the bare minimum for hours or should I still be doing as much work as possible?

I'm a junior associate. A couple people have left my small firm and I'm now the lone associate at our main office. I've now been told I am "temporary senior associate or permanent or partner whatever that results in." Please send help. I'm just a baby attorney still.

As a junior, how do you deal with the anxiety that the advice you provide to a partner based on your research (that is being sent to client without much supervision) could be wrong or incomplete?

Does anyone practice White Collar criminal defense in NYC or know a decent amount about it? Is it fun or fulfilling? Is it a good way to break into government work in the future?

Considering becoming a consultant lawyer. Any advice/tips from someone who made that move?

What is everyone’s: (1) billable hours this year; (2) practice group; (3) year; and (4) size of law firm?

Rising 2L here…Just found out yesterday that one of my top target law firms is not participating in OCIs (they don’t have offices in my state). Any advice on the best way to move forward with them? Still planning to apply, just want to know what I should be doing. Thanks!

Transactional associate. Lateraled 6 months ago and one of the biggest pain points has been my new firm’s inclination to “hop on a call”, which of course requires every single stakeholder to join. The end result being every call has 25 people on it and nothing actually gets done because no one wants to ask a question that could come off as silly. It’s destroying my ability to get anything done during the day. It’s a complete performance and it drives me nuts.

Advice on managing up / enduring toxic deal teams? I’m at the point where my stomach drops any time I see something come in from certain people. Everything is behind, client is unhappy, I’m exhausted and simultaneously being micromanaged without guidance on big-picture/substantive issues. I keep trying to tell myself at least this is consulting and the project will be over... eventually...

Have a call on Friday with the CEO of an environmental entrepreneurship non-profit. It could lead to a professional opportunity and maybe even billable work I can refer to my firm down the line. I’m going in with an open mind but little concrete information on his entity and goals and ways I could get involved. What questions would you ask such a person?

I went through all the stages of interviewing with a firm then they chose not to fill the position. They said internal priorities changed. I saw about 5 months later they posted a similar position. Guess who has another interview!

Probably a foolish question: are bonuses based off of raw billable hours or billable hours modified by the partners?

I recently had a specialist partner send me a fairly nasty email after I (a transactional first year) was told to ask them to review something ASAP that had clearly been on my partner’s radar for over a week. Why am I taking the (honestly justified) blame for this? Surely it should be obvious that I’m just the messenger here.

Does anyone work in a very volume based area of law (i.e. insurance defense, workers comp) but have partners who are perfectionists to an absurd degree? How do you manage to get your billing in when everything always has to be revised?