What’s your personal policy regarding working on vacation? If you’re cc’d on everything and it seems like things are getting pretty busy for your teams, do you offer to pitch in or just ignore the back and forth on your deals and enjoy your vacation and reintegrate when you’re back? Going through this dilemma now and feeling some guilt about the work my teams are doing.

Any tips for Tuxedo Rental? I have never done it but am considering it for the holiday party. Go or no go? Why?

Do you think we will be able travel by Christmas for a vacation?

What companies offer the best vacation policy and sabbatical packages?

One of my coworkers thinks she deserves more PTO than it is allowed in our agency because she's "struggling". We all struggle with our own battles but she's being very rude about it. How can we handle this?

startup Gig Alert: I am looking for a brand designer to join our startup team at Lifelines (truly a startup and we’re not in stores yet). We’re a product company set for revolutionizing how people approach sensorial wellness and I’m looking for someone with holistic experience in branding / art direction with a clear, bold visual style. Around 5 years of experience preferred. But work and personality trump years in experience. Always remote+unlimited PTO. Send me books / portfolios.

This is my first holiday season in Charlotte, is the tree lighting festival worth attending? Does anyone know what to expect?

How does one tell their boss (owner of the company) that you are burnt out? The sheer volume of work is exhausting and I haven’t taken a true vacation as we are a small company so if something urgent comes to my email I feel like I must respond. I was given an additional title and more responsibilities last year as well but only a 3% raise for it.

Anyone taking time off to spend time with family this week? I have the rest of the week off, and I'm heading to my mother's house tomorrow to help get things started. What's your favorite Black holiday tradition? Our family takes a shot together before we have Thanksgiving dinner 🤣.

Is the EY 16 week maternity pay 100% of the salary ? I was reading the FAQs and could not find anything that said 100 % of pag provided in the 16 weeks of eligible time off.

What are ways to get more vacation time?

I’m feeling a little suffocated with the standard two weeks with all my family events this year.

I have been working in SEA region last 4 years. I feel burned out. I have 10yoe, I have try to move to other country but I pretty much suck in LeetCode. I want to take some time off to unwind, finish some personal business, and really prepare for interviews. I would like to hear from you. Should I quit to my current manager(5th so far) or wait after mid year performance review, when a new boss will take over my team? I'm thinking on giving them 2 months notice period. By contract is 1.

Thanks

Can someone please help me with the holiday Calendar for HSBC Bangalore ?

I want to take this moment to wish everyone a happy new year. Still on holiday vacation.

Can I use the floating holiday after 9/30 or is it gone?

Hi! Anyone know how many vacation days Managers at Sia get?

Hey Boschlers,
Is tomorrow holiday??

Had an offer for 30% more , a promotion to manager, extra week of vacation to switch firms. I love where I am at with my clients and there is a lot of potential there. Should I stay the course?

Do we get any confirmation mail, once we complete our probationary period of 03 months ?

Hey there!

So that’s the first time I am in a role where I am trusted to chose platforms and services to use, and I am overwhelmed!
I work for a B2B company, and am searching for a platform where I can monitor seo, and manage social media primarily.
I’m obviously looking at hubspot but what other platforms (combined of individual) do you like most?

Any ideas for side gigs I can start online? Do drop shipping websites work? YouTube automation channel etc? Any other ideas welcome

From Los Angeles, looking to get into the vending machine side gig. Any advice for someone just starting?

Hi All, I heard from someone that wipro is stopping recruting ex-wiproites like tcs? Is that true?

Anyone else get frustrated when the partner brags about their billable hour amount for the month? Like congrats, you get to bill .2 for each piece of mail. You also get .2 for every letter your secretary types up as a "form letter" you never even look at. As an Associate, I don't get those easy/automatic hours.

Best sports bar to catch the Cardinals take on the Chargers today? New to the area and looking to get out of the house and meet some new people.

Hot take. Is FAANG even a thing? Or was Cramer just worried about the acronym if he took out Netflix?

Chances of convincing HBS to take me off the waitlist using offers and full tuition scholarships from all the other M7 (GSB, Wharton, Kellogg, Booth, Sloan, CBS)?

Looking to relocate to Boston (fiance grew up there and wants to settle down around family). Sadly I dont have much of a network up there. Does anyone know of current searches?

Looking for recommendations of any good non-finance books to pass some of the downtime at home

From podcast to a LIVE to how can I connect it all across multiple platforms? A reel is 1min. 1 reel a wk for 4 weeks is 4mins. 1 video a month on YouTube. 🤔

Bonjour à tous

Hi,
Anyone working at Hitachi Vantara?
Can you refer me for job role SAP MM/WM Requisition ID:1012760

Bloomberg Law or Practical Law if you had a choice?

Question: do y’all really love this stuff and understand it? Or are you all on the “fake it til you make it” wave? I ask because I’m in a specialty group under the Corporate umbrella and many of the partners and some senior associates are extremely smart and clearly enjoy this stuff. Some even do “night time reading” to catch up on the recent laws. I, on the other hand, cannot wrap my head around it most of the time and would rather not waste energy doing it. Is it just me? What do i do? Quit?

How long does it usually take to clear conflicts? Mid level. Around 50 client matters.

Let’s take a poll. What is the worst big law practice in terms of lifestyle and which is the best?

I wouldn’t even mind the hours of this job if people were kinder.

Anyone have any insights into Big Law firms opening in Salt Lake City (Kirkland & Ellis, Wilson Sonsini, Greenberg Traurig, Foley, etc.)? I was approached by a recruiter because of a past connection to the state, and I’m trying to determine whether it would be a good fit.

1st yr at a nyc v50 firm doing general transactional work. I know the lateral market for transactional lawyers is hot but not as hot for juniors. I just want a change of scenery because my current firm is bleeding good associates / not giving great training imo / and just seems small. Would lateralling this early feasible? Would it look bad on my resume?

Are there any books or other resources that mid levels/seniors/counsel/partners on here have found helpful for the project management / managing junior attorney aspects of your job?

I am not finding a lot of stuff written for lawyers specifically , but there is a lot directed at “managers” in business generally that I imagine could be applicable.

Im a third year and my current firm isn't bad and I'm pretty comfortable here. Im satisfied most of the time. There is one firm I've been keeping my eyes on because of its similarities to where I currently am (nice people, similar hours, culture).

Im a bit burned out now and I would love to take a long break. I'm hoping I can take a break (2 months) between the transition but is this a good reason to move though? Would you move in my situation? Im sure there will be a signing bonus.

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?

How many billable hours in a month does it take for you to think you are billing a lot?

Let’s talk speed reading. I’m a slow reader and listened to a podcast recently on speed reading. I’m intrigued. Who here speed reads? How did you learn those skills, and what types of documents do you speed read in practice? I do mostly litigation and am thinking that speed reading would help with research but maybe not things like doc review where you need to review for both responsiveness and privilege.

Is it pandemic or burnout? Paralegals or admin staff are all trying to push work or bad attitude (FYI in transactions) more and more. Any similar experience?

Does biglaw give out swag bags to lateral hires working remotely?

What do you guys think of Magic Circle firms? Should I join them instead of another top 30 AmLaw firm?

Relatively “chill” practice group/firm in Chicago?

Ah, Fridays. The day partners decide they don't want to work all weekend and dump everything on you.

Anyone at Fried Frank know what day bonuses are usually paid on?

Looking for some therapy, frankly. Somehow I've tied my self worth to my salary over the years. About to take a pay cut and having trouble accepting it, though I know extra time and overall balance will be worth it. Help!

Kleinberg Kaplan thoughts anyone?