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At what point did you lose your 'passion' for work and realized it was flame?
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:41 PM Author: outnumbered exhilarant site For me it had to be when I realized how many companies are very similar to each other culturally and nothing you experienced in the workplace was essentially unique. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045495) |
Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:42 PM Author: indecent public bath newt Second year of biglaw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045497) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:09 PM Author: grizzly hyperventilating legend telephone misspelled "day" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045733) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:42 PM Author: magenta frisky set immigrant Lol the second I started working an office job I died inside (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045504) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:44 PM Author: chest-beating soggy volcanic crater hai me
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:51 PM Author: outnumbered exhilarant site but SALES (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045597) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:45 PM Author: Supple Principal's Office 17 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045534) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:46 PM Author: chest-beating soggy volcanic crater LJL @ people that have a passion for their bullshit as self important office jobs
chefs, athletes, folks in the arts, coaches and even some teachers i get. being senior vp of ibm biz development or tax dept is laughable though |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:48 PM Author: Lilac Center So...you DON'T have a passion for discussing color codes for budgets in some spreadsheet????? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045565) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:50 PM Author: outnumbered exhilarant site Try telling workaholics about how this is flame and it makes for an interesting argument (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045585) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:09 PM Author: sable range Lol at this litfag. You mad you couldn't cop in-house lil brej? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045729) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:47 PM Author: dark menage First job in HS (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045557) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 3:55 PM Author: razzmatazz half-breed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34046767) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:51 PM Author: glittery saffron french chef school cafeteria objection. assumes facts not in evidence (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045599) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:51 PM Author: Ultramarine jet-lagged cruise ship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045604) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:53 PM Author: boyish locale laser beams The root of the word "passion" is suffering, so I feel that many of us have a great deal of passion in our work. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045617) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:02 PM Author: vibrant queen of the night law firms are kind of unique in the modern white collar world, in that they don't cram a lot of Rah-Rah Go Team! crap down your throat. This chick I know works for a company with a stuffed animal mascot that "travels" from department to department every month. When it's you're month your department all takes a picture with the stuffed animal and - not flame - writes a paragraph about what XYZCorp means to you. (The animal's name is XYZie of course). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045674) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:05 PM Author: Dashing travel guidebook church Agreed. I think most people in law firms are pretty blunt about how much the job sucks and they are just doing it for the money. Even rainmaker partners. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045694) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:09 PM Author: Appetizing space part of that is because they are all aspie to be fair. But yes it was nice that no one pretended that it was anyone's dream job (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045727) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:12 PM Author: grizzly hyperventilating legend telephone They also have a vested interest in burning out most of their new employees in 3-5 years and then harvesting a fresh crop, so it's not exactly coming from a place of honesty and good will. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045757) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:24 PM Author: vibrant queen of the night The attitude is very much, you're a professional, we expect you to act like professionals and deal with it. Lawyers are self-driven workaholics so it works.
If you tried that in 98% of office situations it would be chaos.
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 3:54 PM Author: outnumbered exhilarant site (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34046763) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:06 PM Author: abusive brunch The sooner you accept this, the sooner your life can begin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045703) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:07 PM Author: Appetizing space https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-21/people-start-hating-their-jobs-at-age-35 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045711) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 4:57 PM Author: Concupiscible shrine this checks out. though for me having a kid was the moment the switch really flipped. little dude seems so much more important than the relatively insignificant shit i deal with day in and day out. if i could not work and just hang with him all the time i would do it a f'n heartbeat. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34047262) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:16 PM Author: grizzly hyperventilating legend telephone Realizing work is flame has been very liberating for me. I used to wonder why I could get away with slacking sometimes and not others, and think my supervisors were, with few exceptions, supersmart workaholics. Now that I understand that they're all as mediocre and depressed as me and have basically developed different strategies to fake it with their peers and supervisors, it allows me to be a lot less anxious minute to minute and day to day at work. It's also hilarious to realize that this is how normal people think of work, and only aspie lawyers think they're "rigorous scholars" who earn every penny they make with the force of their intellects. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045795) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:17 PM Author: motley brethren theatre About 3 weeks into BIGLAW. Been that way ever since.
20 consecutive years of education in preparation for a "real" career, and 3 weeks into it I realized it was all flame and completely unhealthy. |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:19 PM Author: thirsty resort Haven't lost it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045826) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:23 PM Author: Bat-shit-crazy cyan institution 2nd divorce (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045877) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 3:55 PM Author: yellow office party of the first part all one needs to survive is a passion for distraction in some form, really (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34046771) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 4:00 PM Author: indigo curious fortuitous meteor dog poop 3 months in. It's usually some old geezer who's been there several years who complains to you about how shitty the organization is under the guise of showing you the ropes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34046822) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 4:24 PM Author: harsh multi-billionaire The sooner you realize that there is no such thing as "passion" for 99% of jobs out there, the better. The lower your expectations are on deriving meaning from your job, the better. To make good money but also have time to spend outside work with friends and family is the "passion." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34047015) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 4:53 PM Author: outnumbered exhilarant site (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34047233) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 4:59 PM Author: Swashbuckling shitlib private investor Before I ever started work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34047271) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 6:47 PM Author: outnumbered exhilarant site Ah, starting out ahead. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34048024) |