Work is an emotional rollercoaster - change my mind.

Hi Fishes, I would like to know if any team here gets MacBook.

What is the starting salary for EY ITS Associate in Detroit?

I keep on being asked ‘are you open to full time after this contract is over?’ Is this also common for you or is it just me and my role? 🤔

Has anyone asked for a hike in the same company without any other offer in hand by letting them know that you deserve more (providing proof of work & awards)

P.S. I know everybody thinks they should receive more but just in case you really think you deserve it when compared to market standards, has anyone approached HR directly?

I want to be qualified / informed enough to be able to reasonably brand myself as an ML or/and IoT expert. (Consultant) what's the fastest way?

Does anyone know what redundancy packages firms have been offering in the last 6-12 months? Looking for comparisons

How is IBM for Full Stack Java developer role?

Is there any way whereby we can search vacancies in projects or we have to accept whatever offered to us?

Hi Fishes, Anybody know about knack systems? If yes, I would like to know more about it.

Anyone with Icici lombard help me with analytics interview questions or help me with tips?

What are some of the truly impactful, long-term cost curve bending opportunities you have worked on for health systems?

Mid-senior level transactional folks: how do you originate deals? The only deals I originate come from when one of my corporate clients randomly decides to sell a business. There has to be another way to land more deals, right?

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

I am looking for the post made by the junior associate with the voicemail from the female partner on a Friday night telling her how stupid she is. I didn’t bookmark the voicemail and I wanted to show it to a colleague to show her there are worse bosses than ours. Lol. It was circulating a couple of months ago. I believe it was a New York firm.

Gripe in here about Legal Assistants (more in comments)

When negotiating a sign on bonus with a new firm based on the fact that you were anticipating a bonus for that fiscal year and are leaving before that is paid out, do you have to do anything to prove you would have actually received a bonus/the amount of bonus you would have received?

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?

Looking for guidance: Can a company require its employees to sign a confidentiality agreement prohibiting disclosure/discussion of their individual wages/salary information? Does this run afoul of the NLRA (specifically Section 7)?

Does your firm give you credit for hours that were written off? Sometimes I feel if you don’t lose anything for hours cut from the bill, you have incentives not to be 100% honest w/ your timesheet.

How many bonuses come around in a year at the average law firm? Number of occurrences more importantly, but y’all can provide amount too if you like

Anyone else having one of those days where you just can’t seem to do anything right? I’m dropping balls left and right here

For those of you required to be in office- do people use the phone and email to contact you or do they still come by in person? People in my office seem not to understand how the phone works...

What is the expectation at your firms about coming into work after making your billable hours requirement? Asking especially for those who do not get a bonus per extra hour billed over the minimum.

Orally accepted a job offer that I’m excited about, but have another interview this week for a different job. I didn’t realize the first offer would come so quickly! Should I cancel the interview this week or go through with it? Small legal community- people talk.

What do people think about lawyers and beards -- totally fine? questionable? inappropriate?

Any family lawyers here?

How are 1st year litigation associates dealing with WFH? I’ve been having terrible anxiety/panic attacks, and pretty sure my billables wont exceed 110 for April. I’ve been super stressed about it and don’t know how to move on to May with the proper mindset to make up for as much time missed as possible. CA courts are still closed, and I’m worried I won’t be able to exceed (or even meet) my May goal after April.

I’m so bad at writing the background/ facts section for briefs… it always gets heavily edited and no one is giving me constructive feedback other than “advocate more”. In contrast, my legal argument section is generally without edits. For context, first defense lit job post appellate clerkship. Is this normal?? Any tips for getting better other than “advocating more”?

Curious to know what other firm's bonus structures are, particularly those with billable requirements of 1900 and below. Trying to understand what the norm is and figure out if associates at my firm are getting screwed. thanks

CHICAGO FIRST/SECOND YEAR ASSOCIATES, what is your 1) salary/bonus, 2) size of your law firm, 3) practice area, 4) billable hour requirement? Thanks!

Thinking about applying as a lateral to Quinn Emmanuel LA. Thoughts on hours, etc.?