what’re your billables for ID work per month? and how much are your 3-4 year associates getting paid in HCOL area?

asking for a friend..

Has anyone started a new job while expecting a child? I'm thinking about it but could use some input from people with experience.

In looking to hire a headhunter to land a SCRUM/PM role. Any and all recommendation welcome. I’m located in the Austin, TX metro.

Hi everyone,

I have received an online assessment from Accenture for selenium Automation Testing.
Any one has any idea what sort of questions are asked. It will be really helpful.

Thanks in advance

Any insights or tips for CMAAS senior associate interviews?

I put tile on my walls, and they look awesome, but they’re not glossy. Is there a way to make non-glossy tile, glossy?

Hi All, I am planning to move to a rival firm but have a notice period of 2-3 months in my current month. Has someone done something similar ?

McK & BCG Folks - Any news on salary increases in your London office? Do you think it's likely there will be a compensation increase by end of year or do you think they'll just offer a COVID retention bonus and leave it at that?

wondering if any consultants here have switched to IB? And if so, what’s the process for doing so!

Does anybody have insights into Apple’s Business Process Re-Engineering roles? They read like there’s a lot of overlap with Program Manager responsibilities but curious what the 🐠 fam may have to say here.

In a Big4 deal Analytics group that’s not premier with no path to partner... should I try to move to MBB/T2 to gain traditional consulting experience or try for tech/FAANG... I just wanna make money

Guys how is HCL in SAP consulting. Got offer from HCL which is around 30% hike over my current CTC . Is it worth to shift. And yes money is one of my key motivation

I got an offer from Telstra, I have 7.5 yrs of exp., please guide me how's working at Telstra, in terms of wlb .

And job security, as there are lots of new about lay offs in the industry from product based organisations mainly, will Telstra be safe to join.

How many days need to come to office, and what are the work timings.

Is work from home option also possible.

Please guide.

TIA

Does anyone have experience moving to PE? Would love to pick your brain for some advice! For context, I have 2 YoE in LS consulting post PhD

Anyone ever heard of the digital foundry and operate practice at Deloitte? Is it a good practice?

Hi ,
I have got sodexo card activated today. I found there is Meal Pass card, Meal benefit pass card and Cafeteria card

Which one we get money loaded ? Will that only usable in Bofa cafeteria!

How do you cope when your employer rapidly descends into chaos from the top down? Today is my 2yr anniversary with this company. In the past 6mos, they have repeatedly changed directions / goals, pushing out several supportive and productive managers in favor of a single chauvinist overlord who makes HR violations daily and does no actual work. HR denies every complaint made against him and he retaliates to the point of firing people. Very hostile. How do I survive until I find my next gig?

What is BCG’s Uber policy? If you’re in the office (not travelling) working past a certain time, can you expense your ride home? I’m starting this summer and trying to figure out my commute/where to live

Tax Staff 1, currently making 56k. You think it’s wild if I ask for 59/60 as a salary raise ?

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).

Has anyone moved into a non-legal role at a tech company after big law? Trying to figure out what else is out there if I do not want to go in house in a legal capacity.

Does anyone know sports arbitration or general arbitration well? Have been a figure skating fan my entire life and am curious whether the judgement of recent Valieva case makes sense to you.

Any insight into Barnes and Thornburg, especially in Minneapolis? Culture? Hours requirement? Comp???

California 🐟 does your vacation payout when you leave your job get taxed at regular wage, or bonus, levels? Does your employer have discretion to choose?

I have an interview at a firm that focuses on criminal defense. I currently work in ID and have years of previous PD experience. I’ve never worked in private criminal defense. What questions should I ask in the interview? What should be looking at to evaluate whether it is a good practice?

I found out a soon to be 2nd year associate got a 10k raise making his salary 110k now, while I, the soon to be 3rd year associate got a 2k raise making my salary 107k. So now the 2nd year male associate is making more money than me. How do I bring this up to the partners?

Big Law Dads: How much time do you usually take off when your wife has a baby? And do you actually get to take off, or do you just end up working from home half the time? My wife is due Mid-December, and I’m staffed on 4 M&A deals trying to close by year end, so it’s not looking promising.

Any tips when leaving a firm? Younger associate <1 year.

Enviro/ natural resource lawyers— what’s your dream job?

Layoffs. Most big firms say they're sitting on a conservative pile of cash - which I believe is true - but work will obviously not return to pre-COVID levels in the short term, probably not even in the medium term. Are Biglaw layoffs coming?

Transactional junior associate in biglaw. Working for a dedicated practice group rather than in an associate pool. For the past few months, I’ve been loaned to another practice group for a good chunk of time. While the people are decent and the hours aren’t terrible, I detest the work and don’t see a future in this new practice. My main partner says it should end in the next month, but I don’t expect that to happen. Is it a terrible idea to ask to be taken off?

How does client secondment work from time mgmt perspective? Do you still have to bill even though you're essentially in-house?

Anyone else here kinda like doing doc review? (In moderation of course)

I’ve practiced litigation in DC for about 5+ years at a larger plaintiffs’ firm, and am considering a switch to a defense firm. Is there any insight to how many billable hours this would require, and how much time that would actually be? For reference, the firm has a 1900 billable hour requirement and the partner said I would have “no problem” fulfilling that based on the work they have.

Brand new baby lawyer dumb question - I am tasked with drafting response to request to produce. How long should this take? And follow up… how do I bill this?

Any insight on Gordon Rees pay for 2-3 year associate in a non-major market? I know they don’t pay market, but there are no BigLaw firms in my city

What do you do about computer problems? It just took me 24 minutes to send a .1 email due to my computer constantly freezing. Is it worth entering that time into non-billable? Or do I just stop whining and work longer to make it up?

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!

I have a partner that calls me multiple times a day to talk about updates on our cases. Sometimes just to ask “anything to update me on?” He’s known across all of the associates for doing this. Most of the calls repeat information I’ve already provided in emails to him or the client. I normally bill this time as “strategize on” or “consider XYZ in further of” and it keeps getting appealed. Any advice?