Where are all the people who are comfortable/happy with their jobs? What kind of work are you doing? Surely some of you are doing well for yourselves, right?

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For the most part those people don’t have a reason to really be on here.

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I do freelance. No more meetings. Wake up whenever. Great pay. But little security. Enjoying it while it lasts

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After several years of working at general market agencies, I got laid off and ended up at a Pharmaceutical agency. I hate it with all my soul; there’s no creative culture or willingness to improve. Landing a job at a regular agency seems impossible these days.

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The fact is, people usually don't talk about how well things are going at work or how happy their personal lives are. This could be seen as "bragging," and nobody likes a braggart -- especially if you're world is a bit more dark and rocky than theirs. People will complain when things are going bad because they need to vent and maybe, just maybe, someone with a sympathetic ear can help them with their lot to bear. Look at it this way: there are over 135 million full-time employees in the U.S. Go ahead and count how many posts we have in these forums. Go ahead. I'll wait.

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I’m pretty happy in my current 3+ year role. I’m in house at a national retail brand working on social content.
If I still had an advertising ego (wanting to be the best & win awards) I’d be really frustrated here. But I’m happy because I’m just here to do the job, 9-5, with nice & sane coworkers.
I’m starting to feel the greed pull that I should be making more $, but then I remember how miserable agencies are and how cushy this role is.

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Has anyone else felt like they were blindly drinking the “kool aid” about their PG/firm’s culture? As a 5th year associate who has only ever worked in one firm and has no point of reference for different “cultures”, I sometimes wonder if I’ve been brainwashed.

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I need some career advice. I finished my master's degree in international law (B.A.Sc international relations) but I am not sure where to go from here. I always wanted to join a big firm and I've applied to different vacancies in international firms/companies but got rejected from all of them.
Does anyone have any tips on certain job positions or companies where an LLM would prove to be useful with my background?
I'm starting to feel quite stuck in this situation and it's very demoralising.

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Hi all. I’m a new hire as an associate tech consultant, been here for ~2 weeks.

This week, I’ll be meeting my senior manager (who is also my counsellor) in a 1:1 virtual session. Any tips on specific questions I should ask? I’m meeting him for the first time and thought I might want to learn a lot from him!

Thanks :D

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New to this job. Cant tell if I’m doing well or just okay. How do you know when you’re doing well at work?

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Much respect to my fellow weekend warriors out there. Balancing work and service responsibilities your job doesn’t understand is no easy task.

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Glad to see cool heads prevail

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