Would any of you take a $20k pay cut to go from working at an insurance defense firm to working for an insurance carrier doing the same work? Just no billing, and “easier” cases to handle.

What percentage of your income do you save, invest and spend?

Rate my portfolio.
45% VTI
30% QQQ
5% GBTC
Leaves me with 20% left to invest what should I invest in. I am young and can be risky.

Guys I need some help:

Yesterday in the middle of a horrible hangover.. someone’s unit decided to flood and caused some damaged to mine. With that being said with little to no explanation 5 dudes kept coming in and out of my apartment. The results being them leaving 3 fans and awful smell to my apartment.

I didn’t get a good sleep and now I have to work with these fans going on. I’m livid to say the least because I just asked how long this would be going on for and they said it could be

Anyone get an offer from tiktok recently and know what the paybands are?

I have offers from CTS,Wipro and Xoriant.can you please suggest which company to join

We Indians are so poor we can't think anything else except money. Whole Fishbowl is all about YOe and Salary. No one interested about if any company doing any innovation or not. B-Tech colleges put ads with Package and Campusing only. Almost 99% Indian YouTube thumbnail is like "5 lakh to 40 lakh", "Interview Experience in bracket 50Lpa" etc.. Hardly we can see Foreign Editorial things marked with Packages.

#sharing thought.

Can I lie and tell HR that I have an counter-offer of X amount to negotiate the offered amount? Ya uska bhi proof dena padta hai ab?

Hi Tax Fishes,

Anyone can refer me to Deloitte for A2 M&A Tax Role?

Many thanks in advance 👏🏻

Idk who Dream is, but having #dreamfacereveal trend with HE'S UGLY on Twitter has to hurt 😕

On a related note, has anyone on here been a viral meme?

Any idea where I can get a recommendor guide? Like a document that I can send to my manager to help with writing my rec letter.

What’s your game plan post-MBA?

I'm interested interviewing for a position that was advertised as DOE. I understand this means depending on experience, but is there a range I should ask for? If they ask my desired salary, do I tell them? I haven't interviewed for a position like this before.

Midwest folks outside of Chicago!!! What is your industry, role, and salary?

Cleared the first round in kpmg,what to expect from the remaining technical rounds there?

Who here has Oracle Webcenter Sites CMS experience? If you do...apply on our site...good chance you get a job

Just saw an old coworker post bragging about how she graduated from the most prestigious University in the world. It was obviously the Harvard Extension School…cringe

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?

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

I want to get out of ID so badly. I don’t mind the work but the hours are just killing me. I just started at a new firm less than 6 months ago and I am already desperate to get out. It is not the firm or the people. I just hate the high billables. I have been applying to other jobs but I think I may need a recruiter for help. Any recommendation for a great recruiter in NYC?

How terrible is workers comp defense? Got laid off and I’m assessing what jobs I want to go after and which ones are backups if I get desperate.

What is the most “do as I say, not as I do” thing you’ve been told or punished/reprimaded for as an associate?

How do y’all deal with burnout? First year already billed 1900 since Jan. I feel like I’m tired and uninterested in work all the time now.

How competitve is a US district court clerkship?

Is 150 billable hours per month little/average/a lot?

How do you wind down after a rough day?

Is there an appropriate way to turn down an assignment because it is non-billable? Two of the partners I work for keep asking me to write client bulletins and articles with them, which is great, but now I’m starting to worry about meeting my billable hours requirement.

How often do temporary "might-become-permanent" type jobs (at small/mid size firms) actually become permanent?

What do you do when you feel the goalpost has been/is being moved re: billable requirements? Like there's a spoken vs unspoken? I chose this job based on billables vs salary and what I'm being told I'm expected to do now is 20-30% (at least) > than what was initially agreed upon. Given my other life responsibilities, this is creating a huge strain & I feel like this is slowly getting harder & harder on my spouse & kids. I'm grateful to have lots of good work but not sure how to course correct.

What is the scoop on med mal defense vs. plaintiff work? Is defense more respected by other practice areas if I were to switch somewhere else later?

I applied to a position that brands itself as civil litigation and apparently the role is med mal defense. Not sure what to go by but would like to do a little research before I call them back.

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

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 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?

Constantly worried I’m going to get fired because I don’t know where I stand at my mid sized law firm (second year associate).

Are new associates in your firm eligible for bonuses in their stump year?

What is a reasonable pay increase? This will be my first pay increase. I make 70k now and will be starting my second year at big law. I had 3 years of prior experience before joining the firm.

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.