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For years people complained about the working conditions in biglaw
| Very tactful den love of her life | 01/17/18 |
| Yellow locale | 01/17/18 |
| fluffy brilliant orchestra pit | 01/17/18 |
| carnelian personal credit line principal's office | 01/17/18 |
| Very tactful den love of her life | 01/17/18 |
| sick doctorate | 01/17/18 |
| bearded step-uncle's house | 01/17/18 |
| Odious laser beams | 01/17/18 |
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Date: January 17th, 2018 8:24 PM Author: Very tactful den love of her life And then gradually people started admitting that you rarely work a full day, that the pay is great, etc. And people who switched out of biglaw didn't land in a more chill situation, missed the pay, etc.
Am I reading this right? Was all that complaining justified? Or were the complainers just bitchass millennials who didn't want to lift a finger? |
Date: January 17th, 2018 8:25 PM Author: Yellow locale the ww2 vet yellers and throwers left and it became merely passive-aggressive boomers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863183&forum_id=2#35179486) |
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Date: January 17th, 2018 8:28 PM Author: fluffy brilliant orchestra pit 2200 billables on call 24/7: this is considered good for the wagecucks? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863183&forum_id=2#35179503) |
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Date: January 17th, 2018 8:29 PM Author: carnelian personal credit line principal's office no1 is on call 24/7 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863183&forum_id=2#35179504) |
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Date: January 17th, 2018 8:31 PM Author: Very tactful den love of her life How much of that is padded? A lot of professional jobs have on call. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863183&forum_id=2#35179516) |
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Date: January 17th, 2018 8:29 PM Author: sick doctorate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863183&forum_id=2#35179505) |
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Date: January 17th, 2018 8:38 PM Author: bearded step-uncle's house My understanding is that biglaw post-2008 is different from biglaw pre-2008- we never got as busy as people were in 2007
The bad part of the job is the limited control - if you have a busy a month is largely out of your hands - whether you're working this weekend is largely out of your hands - etc.
But, I can't imagine it is that much better in house making 1/3rds as much |
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Date: January 17th, 2018 8:38 PM Author: Odious laser beams I enjoyed my time there until it got too boring/stressful and I went in house, but it really is pretty bad compared to the rest of the business world. It's normal to work a job where the weekdays are really busy as long as you can enjoy your weekends, or to have weekend work in an otherwise manageable job, but the combination is deadly - the weekend calls and emergencies prevent you from fully recovering from the week, and it grinds you down after a while. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863183&forum_id=2#35179568) |