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Partner criticized me for missing cross reference in SPA

Sends me 80 page stock purchase agreement at 9:30 pm and ask...
mildly autistic idiotic jap
  12/02/14
This is standard shit brah u know that by now
Self-absorbed hyperventilating legend stage
  11/01/15
Twist: this thread is almost a year old and I've since quit ...
mildly autistic idiotic jap
  11/01/15
hard finding a new job? ever miss the rigor of seeing how cl...
stirring public bath factory reset button
  11/01/15
Never plan on finding a job again. I much prefer working for...
mildly autistic idiotic jap
  11/01/15
awesome. i am abandoning biglaw after get bonus this year...
stirring public bath factory reset button
  11/01/15
ask him why he made the typo? phrase it "as my mentor, ...
Turquoise wrinkle
  12/02/14
180
at-the-ready temple
  12/02/14
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Beta turdskin circlehead
  12/02/14
180
mildly autistic idiotic jap
  12/02/14
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lascivious transparent indian lodge boistinker
  12/02/14
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carmine provocative box office digit ratio
  12/02/14
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Ungodly travel guidebook
  12/02/14
Worst part of law is that eventually you take the partner's ...
Jet nursing home blood rage
  12/02/14
I'm looking for a job outside of law come the new year
mildly autistic idiotic jap
  12/02/14
fuck, true
carmine provocative box office digit ratio
  12/02/14
this is deep
cordovan trip forum black woman
  12/05/14
Stop fucking up and whining about your hours
glittery yapping native
  12/02/14
(Future partner)
mildly autistic idiotic jap
  12/02/14
...
mildly autistic idiotic jap
  12/02/14
your pumo looks like a puddle that has eyes. I call you garb...
Mind-boggling coffee pot organic girlfriend
  12/02/14
Feeeed me.
mildly autistic idiotic jap
  12/02/14
LOL
haunting vivacious station faggot firefighter
  12/02/14
...
carmine provocative box office digit ratio
  12/02/14
You're on thin ice, mister
Sadistic Abode
  12/02/14
I hope. Would love to cop severance.
mildly autistic idiotic jap
  12/02/14
Better at least come up with a death in the family explanati...
Sadistic Abode
  12/02/14
The client is paying your biglaw hourly rate for secretarial...
indigo pungent halford space
  12/02/14
No because the client should just hire a secretary. It's...
mildly autistic idiotic jap
  12/02/14
You're a junior level associate, right? 1/3 of the revenue t...
indigo pungent halford space
  12/02/14
Lol at this broken fucking profession. You can dedicate your...
mildly autistic idiotic jap
  12/02/14
Good idea. If getting bitched at a little bit by a partner f...
indigo pungent halford space
  12/02/14
You guys must have had much better secretaries than I did be...
clear market
  12/02/14
3 out of 4 of my biglaw secretaries were awesome. One sucked...
indigo pungent halford space
  12/02/14
Opposite ratio here. 1 of 4 was good, but the partner monop...
wine chad
  12/02/14
I was very lucky. A great secretary makes biglaw life so muc...
indigo pungent halford space
  12/02/14
Mine was shitty but she covered for me. So I covered for he...
carmine provocative box office digit ratio
  12/02/14
So are you in charge of the J Shad schtick now? This is gre...
carmine provocative box office digit ratio
  12/02/14
That is the worst part of law. Partners don't hold themselve...
Rose painfully honest really tough guy lodge
  12/02/14
Obviously dickish behavior, but I don't think it's unreasona...
Dead spectacular library
  12/05/14
Um, no, that's not how it should work. If the partner is goi...
Rose painfully honest really tough guy lodge
  12/05/14
That's fair, assuming we're talking about similar types of w...
Dead spectacular library
  12/05/14
why should give anyone give a fuck about typos, really? they...
aqua disgusting patrolman genital piercing
  11/01/15
lol@"keep their trust" kill yourself now; you'v...
Tan party of the first part
  12/05/14
My experience has been that those types of partners basicall...
Dead spectacular library
  12/05/14
I just started a biglaw job a month ago. On two separate occ...
Seedy Jade Office
  11/01/15
please continue to post these as time goes on
stirring public bath factory reset button
  11/01/15
...
Ungodly travel guidebook
  11/01/15
I'm only acting like this because I can go back to my old fi...
Seedy Jade Office
  11/01/15
why take this personally? cash the checks and move on.
Fluffy irradiated lay
  11/01/15


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Date: December 2nd, 2014 1:09 PM
Author: mildly autistic idiotic jap

Sends me 80 page stock purchase agreement at 9:30 pm and asks for markups that night. I miss one incorrect cross reference.

Partner makes additional revisions to my version, sends to other side.

Partner criticizes me in the morning for not paying attention to detail and missing a cross reference at 10pm.

Meanwhile, partner's revision (sent to client and other side)has a big typo made by him. Lol this is like an XO flame. Law may actually be the worst profession on the planet.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842223)



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Date: November 1st, 2015 8:06 PM
Author: Self-absorbed hyperventilating legend stage

This is standard shit brah u know that by now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#29089688)



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Date: November 1st, 2015 8:11 PM
Author: mildly autistic idiotic jap

Twist: this thread is almost a year old and I've since quit that miserable shitshow of a job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#29089723)



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Date: November 1st, 2015 8:41 PM
Author: stirring public bath factory reset button

hard finding a new job? ever miss the rigor of seeing how clause 7.6 interacted with 9.2?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#29089987)



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Date: November 1st, 2015 8:53 PM
Author: mildly autistic idiotic jap

Never plan on finding a job again. I much prefer working for myself and now law isn't actually bad.

Nature of the assignment, brother.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#29090062)



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Date: November 1st, 2015 9:02 PM
Author: stirring public bath factory reset button

awesome.

i am abandoning biglaw after get bonus this year. glad to hear there is hope

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#29090144)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 1:10 PM
Author: Turquoise wrinkle

ask him why he made the typo? phrase it "as my mentor, sir, what was the strategy behind that typo? more billables? keep em guessing?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842231)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 1:28 PM
Author: at-the-ready temple

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842343)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 1:37 PM
Author: Beta turdskin circlehead



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842383)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 1:54 PM
Author: mildly autistic idiotic jap

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842462)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 2:00 PM
Author: lascivious transparent indian lodge boistinker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842483)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 5:59 PM
Author: carmine provocative box office digit ratio



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26843857)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 1:11 PM
Author: Ungodly travel guidebook



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842233)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 1:11 PM
Author: Jet nursing home blood rage

Worst part of law is that eventually you take the partner's side in this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842234)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 1:13 PM
Author: mildly autistic idiotic jap

I'm looking for a job outside of law come the new year

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842243)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 5:59 PM
Author: carmine provocative box office digit ratio

fuck, true

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26843859)



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Date: December 5th, 2014 9:59 PM
Author: cordovan trip forum black woman

this is deep

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26868096)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 1:31 PM
Author: glittery yapping native

Stop fucking up and whining about your hours

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842354)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 1:53 PM
Author: mildly autistic idiotic jap

(Future partner)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842460)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 1:53 PM
Author: mildly autistic idiotic jap



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842454)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 1:59 PM
Author: Mind-boggling coffee pot organic girlfriend

your pumo looks like a puddle that has eyes. I call you garbage monster pumo in my head and occasionally mouthed silently

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842479)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 2:07 PM
Author: mildly autistic idiotic jap

Feeeed me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842512)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 5:43 PM
Author: haunting vivacious station faggot firefighter

LOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26843770)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 5:59 PM
Author: carmine provocative box office digit ratio



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26843860)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 2:12 PM
Author: Sadistic Abode

You're on thin ice, mister

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842542)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 2:15 PM
Author: mildly autistic idiotic jap

I hope. Would love to cop severance.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842555)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 2:17 PM
Author: Sadistic Abode

Better at least come up with a death in the family explanation fast so they don't can you for outright incompetence and report you to the ABA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842563)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 2:54 PM
Author: indigo pungent halford space

The client is paying your biglaw hourly rate for secretarial work and you don't see the problem with that work containing errors?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26842790)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 5:10 PM
Author: mildly autistic idiotic jap

No because the client should just hire a secretary.

It's worse that they pay partner rates and get typos.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26843536)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 5:42 PM
Author: indigo pungent halford space

You're a junior level associate, right? 1/3 of the revenue that you generate for the firm is based on glorified secretarial work (editing documents, fixing section references, organizing exhibits, etc.). You have to be able to do that stuff without making mistakes. If the client would just "hire a secretary" to do that work, you wouldn't have anything to do.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26843757)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 5:44 PM
Author: mildly autistic idiotic jap

Lol at this broken fucking profession. You can dedicate your life to chasing commas at midnight. I'm going to do something enjoyable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26843783)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 5:51 PM
Author: indigo pungent halford space

Good idea. If getting bitched at a little bit by a partner for fucking up a cross reference bothered you this much, you've gotta get the hell out of biglaw.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26843831)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 5:46 PM
Author: clear market

You guys must have had much better secretaries than I did because none of mine could book a travel reservation, much less figure out how to check cross references in an SPA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26843789)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 5:52 PM
Author: indigo pungent halford space

3 out of 4 of my biglaw secretaries were awesome. One sucked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26843833)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 5:57 PM
Author: wine chad

Opposite ratio here. 1 of 4 was good, but the partner monopolized her with all kinds of personal business that his stay-at-home-wife apparently couldn't be bothered with, plus he likes to boss people around. I don't trust mine to do anything other than handle FedEx labels and to get me numbered tabs. Word Processing runs my changes, and I interface with Office Services directly for print jobs (or increasingly try to get juniors to do it).

I'm at this weird place where I increasingly don't give a shit because of how little much of what I do matters, but also trust people less and less.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26843849)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 6:02 PM
Author: indigo pungent halford space

I was very lucky. A great secretary makes biglaw life so much better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26843867)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 6:03 PM
Author: carmine provocative box office digit ratio

Mine was shitty but she covered for me. So I covered for her and did my own documents. Sort of a win win for billables.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26843877)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 6:00 PM
Author: carmine provocative box office digit ratio

So are you in charge of the J Shad schtick now? This is great stuff.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26843863)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 8:14 PM
Author: Rose painfully honest really tough guy lodge

That is the worst part of law. Partners don't hold themselves to their own standards. I used to work for a typo screamer. Every time there was a typo he'd come in and get red in the face and yell at people and say it was unacceptable and give you this whole lecture. Then you would look at his work and he would have typos, every single time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26844610)



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Date: December 5th, 2014 9:55 PM
Author: Dead spectacular library

Obviously dickish behavior, but I don't think it's unreasonable for a partner to expect an associate to focus more on detail than the partner does himself. I've worked with one or two partners who clearly think that's how it should work, and it can be fine so long as their not dicks, though you also have to be careful to keep their trust.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26868079)



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Date: December 5th, 2014 9:57 PM
Author: Rose painfully honest really tough guy lodge

Um, no, that's not how it should work. If the partner is going to send out sloppy shit to the client, the associates should be able to as well. You shouldn't demand a higher quality level of work from your subordinates than you do yourself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26868090)



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Date: December 5th, 2014 10:16 PM
Author: Dead spectacular library

That's fair, assuming we're talking about similar types of work product. But there can be a uniform standard for quality that still involves delegation of most of the details to associates (e.g., the partner can give an associate a rough markup/draft with an expectation that the associate will catch drafting errors/typos).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26868167)



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Date: November 1st, 2015 8:09 PM
Author: aqua disgusting patrolman genital piercing

why should give anyone give a fuck about typos, really? they don't affect the meaning of a document

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#29089709)



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Date: December 5th, 2014 10:00 PM
Author: Tan party of the first part

lol@"keep their trust"

kill yourself now; you've already lost

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26868104)



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Date: December 5th, 2014 10:11 PM
Author: Dead spectacular library

My experience has been that those types of partners basically deploy spot checking. If they don't find reason to doubt that you are on top of everything, they feel more comfortable letting you spot issues/handle substantive stuff. But if they find a couple errors, they freak out because they haven't been paying attention.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#26868143)



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Date: November 1st, 2015 8:00 PM
Author: Seedy Jade Office

I just started a biglaw job a month ago. On two separate occasions I've corrected the partner who hired me when he started criticizing me for shit I didn't do. We traveled across the country last week and I was booked at the wrong hotel and had to fix it after we already got out there. He started laying into me about how I need to check with his secretary about where we're staying. After talking to my secretary I learned partner was at the first hotel until a few days ago and changed it without saying anything. He mentioned this shit a second time and I said "actually my secretary did check with yours. You were staying at that hotel until s couple days ago and nobody said anything to me." This was in front of another partner and there was a good 45 second awkward silence. I'll probably be fired within a year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#29089643)



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Date: November 1st, 2015 8:40 PM
Author: stirring public bath factory reset button

please continue to post these as time goes on

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#29089983)



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Date: November 1st, 2015 8:44 PM
Author: Ungodly travel guidebook



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#29090008)



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Date: November 1st, 2015 8:59 PM
Author: Seedy Jade Office

I'm only acting like this because I can go back to my old firm in a second. This seems like the only way to do biglaw. So far I haven't stressed about shit and I'm just being myself because I don't give a fuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#29090116)



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Date: November 1st, 2015 8:50 PM
Author: Fluffy irradiated lay

why take this personally? cash the checks and move on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2744910&forum_id=2/#29090043)