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Non-NYC biglaw bros, do you get to expense meals at night?

I assumed every firm let you expense food essentially every ...
Pungent Idiotic School Cafeteria
  06/23/18
There is no biglaw outside of nyc
Spruce knife principal's office
  06/23/18
Not if you can't seamless.
Pungent Idiotic School Cafeteria
  06/23/18
Ya, went from NYC biglaw to non-SF/NYC biglaw and found this...
rambunctious garrison
  06/23/18
NON-MFH biglaw offices are empty at 630
galvanic overrated brunch
  06/23/18
Technically yes but it’s rarely if ever done - just like fre...
Lavender lodge
  06/23/18
You can but no one does it with the regularity you are askin...
Cerebral Grizzly Trailer Park Deer Antler
  06/23/18
not hard if you dont take it as an excuse to eat pizza and b...
Charismatic Fat Ankles
  06/23/18
I can but don't anymore because I got so sick of the deliver...
Chrome forum nibblets
  06/23/18
just to press, do non-NYC biglaw people work fewer hours or ...
boyish costumed therapy elastic band
  06/23/18
people definitely get into the office earlier and leave earl...
Chrome forum nibblets
  06/24/18
Based off these responses I guess NYC Biglaw does pay more. ...
Pungent Idiotic School Cafeteria
  06/23/18
good job spending so many of the nights and weekends of your...
Appetizing Drunken Stage
  06/23/18
, he smugly chuckled to himself on his car service ride back...
Mildly autistic personal credit line gas station
  06/23/18
No, you're missing the point. People are saying it's not nee...
Cerebral Grizzly Trailer Park Deer Antler
  06/23/18
We get in at 11 and don't work that much, if any, more hours...
Pungent Idiotic School Cafeteria
  06/23/18
Sometimes non NYC biglaw folks leave early enough to go to t...
elite business firm
  06/23/18
This is very possible in NYC too if you don't work at one of...
Pungent Idiotic School Cafeteria
  06/25/18
Yes. For long periods I just stopped buying food and ate al...
concupiscible sickened twinkling uncleanness
  06/23/18


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Date: June 23rd, 2018 1:40 AM
Author: Pungent Idiotic School Cafeteria

I assumed every firm let you expense food essentially every night but apparently this is not true outside NYC? Please explain.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36295193)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 1:42 AM
Author: Spruce knife principal's office

There is no biglaw outside of nyc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36295198)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 12:22 PM
Author: Pungent Idiotic School Cafeteria

Not if you can't seamless.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36296425)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 12:52 PM
Author: rambunctious garrison

Ya, went from NYC biglaw to non-SF/NYC biglaw and found this was totally gone. Still in place if you're at a predominantly NYC satellite office, e.g., DPW in DC or something.

Non-NYC firms have a lot less leverage and often lower billing rates, so containing costs is bigger. Clients are also tighter on expenses when it's not a big M&A thing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36296561)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 12:58 PM
Author: galvanic overrated brunch

NON-MFH biglaw offices are empty at 630

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36296588)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 1:06 PM
Author: Lavender lodge

Technically yes but it’s rarely if ever done - just like free car rides home at night. It’s a phantom perk.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36296617)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 1:18 PM
Author: Cerebral Grizzly Trailer Park Deer Antler

You can but no one does it with the regularity you are asking about in your OP. Not enough people stay that late.

Even when I stay late, I don't get food usually. I'd rather just wait, take a car at 10:00 p.m. and eat healthy stuff at home. Eating out 2x daily is a great way to get fat.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36296650)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 2:52 PM
Author: Charismatic Fat Ankles

not hard if you dont take it as an excuse to eat pizza and burritos every night

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36296989)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 1:20 PM
Author: Chrome forum nibblets

I can but don't anymore because I got so sick of the delivery options and I'd rather go home 30 minutes earlier than to stop working and walk somewhere good. Now I only order if I'm starving and can't wait.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36296656)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 1:27 PM
Author: boyish costumed therapy elastic band

just to press, do non-NYC biglaw people work fewer hours or perhaps work like 8:30-7 or something the skews earlier

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36296684)



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Date: June 24th, 2018 8:59 AM
Author: Chrome forum nibblets

people definitely get into the office earlier and leave earlier than in NYC

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36300522)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 2:07 PM
Author: Pungent Idiotic School Cafeteria

Based off these responses I guess NYC Biglaw does pay more. I probably get 5-10k per year in food/car fringe benefits alone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36296793)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 2:59 PM
Author: Appetizing Drunken Stage

good job spending so many of the nights and weekends of your fleeting youth staring at Word documents in your office

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36297018)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 3:01 PM
Author: Mildly autistic personal credit line gas station

, he smugly chuckled to himself on his car service ride back to his $4,200/month studio.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36297028)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 3:04 PM
Author: Cerebral Grizzly Trailer Park Deer Antler

No, you're missing the point. People are saying it's not needed most of the time because non-NYC work less. Your "fringe" benefit of a $25 seamless meal nets your firm $1000 extra in billables every night.

Also, NYC biglaw are a bunch of whining babies because they don't get into the office until 11 am everyday.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36297039)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 4:53 PM
Author: Pungent Idiotic School Cafeteria

We get in at 11 and don't work that much, if any, more hours. Yet we get the food and car service.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36297466)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 3:00 PM
Author: elite business firm

Sometimes non NYC biglaw folks leave early enough to go to the gym and eat dinner with friends and family.

It's awful.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36297026)



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Date: June 25th, 2018 1:03 AM
Author: Pungent Idiotic School Cafeteria

This is very possible in NYC too if you don't work at one of the major sweatshops.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36304433)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 3:22 PM
Author: concupiscible sickened twinkling uncleanness

Yes. For long periods I just stopped buying food and ate all my meals at the office.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008545&forum_id=2#36297107)