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Partner screamed at me for cc'ing him on an email. I'm tired of this shit.

Two weeks ago, a nerdy litigation partner asked me to work o...
Dark Concupiscible Police Squad
  07/20/18
Yeah, I'm sure the partner is the nerdy one given that you t...
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Eat a bag of dicks. (Was that short enough for you?)
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OP is not flame. I didn't make it seven months at my firm be...
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apart from law being generally TTT, it must suck working for...
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  07/20/18
If your boss is in DC I’ll punch him for you.
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Man is a writer floating an idea.
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This is TLS copypasta
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I am the Picasso of copypasta
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u know this used to be a law bort
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2008 is not coming back
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(Sherlock Holmes)
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He is very much in the hunt if he continues billing 2250+ ea...
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smoke some more crystal meth
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http://bitterempire.com/cc-this-bitch/
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Wtf? Did they just steal from us?
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This really isn't written in an xo style. Seems fraud
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  07/21/18
Why would a litigation partner send a client a term sheet?
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(Guy about to get shitcanned for inadequate Outlook skills)
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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:07 PM
Author: Dark Concupiscible Police Squad

Two weeks ago, a nerdy litigation partner asked me to work on a private equity investment for one of his clients. Simple enough, right? I’m a fifth-year associate and regarded as a competent transactional attorney. I’m not the class rock star, but I’ve been told I’m “very much in the hunt for partnership.”

Sounds exciting, but being in the hunt actually makes your life worse because you have to care what partners think of you. In other words, you have to make partners like you. And if they don’t? Well, you have to obsess over the fact they don’t like you and then do everything in your power to change their minds. Even when they’re dicks. Even when they scream at you for “CC-ing” them on an email rather than including them in the “From” line. That’s right, Nerdy Litigation partner yelled at me like I was his prison bitch because I didn’t include his name in the goddamn “From” line.

“This is reckless and thoughtless behavior!” he said, his tiny jaw twitching with petulance.

Here are the facts: Last Wednesday, I sent a draft term sheet to the client and CC-ed Nerdy Litigation Partner. It’s the kind of thing I do twenty times a day. I didn’t even think twice about it. Call me crazy, but that’s how I roll. Ten minutes later, NLP was in my office yelling.

“You don’t CC me. Understand?!”

“I’m sorry,” I said. I know, I’m a pussy. But I’m in the hunt. What am I supposed to do, ruin my career? But NLP didn’t give a rat’s ass about my apology.

“Every single piece of correspondence that goes to this client comes from me. Got it?! ”

I just looked at him. My heart was thumping. If we were in high school, I would have already thrown my first punch.

“I’m not sure I understand,” I said, with an deferential faux confusion associates in the hunt employ when asshole partners are screaming at them for no reason.

“The client needs to know that I’m integrally involved in this transaction and not just overseeing some junior associate’s work product. Understand now, or was that too abstract for you?! ”

I didn’t respond. I just stared at him, until he walked out.

Here’s the worst part: NLP is actually kind of important and now he hates me. He told an associate friend of mine the next day that I was a “loose cannon.”

A loose fucking cannon?! Really?! Because of a stupid CC! Really?! Just thinking about this makes me insane! I’ve worked my ass off for five years, and this petty son of a bitch is going to compromise—or flat out ruin—my chance at partner over this!?

If I didn’t have a fat student loan tab, I would have kicked his chubby ass right then and there. (Yes, I’m exaggerating. A little. And yes, I’m angry as hell and completely irrational. You would be too, if you were in the hunt and some d-bag called you out for something so petty.)

It’s times like these that I’m really glad I went to a top-five school, made law review and billed 2100 hours a year for the past five years. Now I suppose that the only good news about no longer being in the hunt is that I don’t have to care what assholes like NLP think of me anymore. So in a way, this whole Cc debacle was a victory.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469024)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:13 PM
Author: big geriatric french chef house

Yeah, I'm sure the partner is the nerdy one given that you took the time to write all of this shit out.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469053)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:15 PM
Author: Dark Concupiscible Police Squad

Eat a bag of dicks.

(Was that short enough for you?)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469060)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:18 PM
Author: big geriatric french chef house

(loose cannon)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469068)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:19 PM
Author: Razzmatazz chad



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469070)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:20 PM
Author: godawful razzle trailer park



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469074)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:21 PM
Author: Jet-lagged Mauve Ceo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469080)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:51 PM
Author: rough-skinned nursing home faggotry



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469155)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 2:26 AM
Author: nofapping indigo party of the first part chapel

Look who's here, the loser of losers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469549)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 5:08 AM
Author: Ocher knife

what is wrong with you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469677)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:26 AM
Author: sadistic tantric space private investor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469264)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:31 AM
Author: self-centered gold idiot useless brakes



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469295)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:35 AM
Author: pearl boyish queen of the night wrinkle



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469305)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 2:14 AM
Author: cheese-eating saffron hominid hell



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469531)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 2:16 AM
Author: Ocher knife



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469534)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 3:17 AM
Author: Insane mustard box office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469614)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 8:15 AM
Author: jade rigpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469852)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 9:01 AM
Author: sexy voyeur



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469963)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 11:33 AM
Author: hilarious resort gunner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470551)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 1:19 PM
Author: walnut coiffed mediation



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36471006)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 8:15 AM
Author: jade rigpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469851)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:12 PM
Author: talented bbw people who are hurt

Are you serious? Spent 7 years in a top ten big law firm and never had anything like this happen. Most mad a partner ever got was when I told a client she was on vacation when she was working remotely.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469044)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:29 PM
Author: histrionic indian lodge

OP is not flame. I didn't make it seven months at my firm before hearing multiple times about the importance of properly ordering names on the to line of emails by seniority.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470787)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:17 PM
Author: Razzmatazz chad

apart from law being generally TTT, it must suck working for those who were unliked dweebs in HS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469067)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:19 PM
Author: godawful razzle trailer park

If your boss is in DC I’ll punch him for you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469073)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:24 PM
Author: Carmine idea he suggested business firm

Man is a writer floating an idea.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469094)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:29 PM
Author: stirring dysfunction antidepressant drug

This is TLS copypasta

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469106)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:33 PM
Author: Dark Concupiscible Police Squad

I am the Picasso of copypasta

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469117)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 11:47 PM
Author: Duck-like Harsh Puppy Casino

u know this used to be a law bort

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469145)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 2:10 AM
Author: Dun Misanthropic Institution Elastic Band

2008 is not coming back

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469524)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 11:12 AM
Author: Pale Regret Messiness



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470468)



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Date: July 22nd, 2018 1:14 AM
Author: Duck-like Harsh Puppy Casino



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36473661)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:24 AM
Author: Cerise vigorous pit friendly grandma

Not sure if this is flame, but "very much in the hunt for partnership" sounds like a line of horseshit that they tell people that they aren't planning to make partners so that they'll consent to being worked to death.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469257)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 8:57 AM
Author: Free-loading ivory shrine old irish cottage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469950)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 9:47 AM
Author: Cracking Ruddy Native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470104)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 11:28 AM
Author: bateful white parlour

(Sherlock Holmes)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470528)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:31 PM
Author: histrionic indian lodge

He is very much in the hunt if he continues billing 2250+ each of the next five years and brings in his own clients and the economy doesn't tank and he doesn't get one wrong moved.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470798)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:34 AM
Author: Vibrant famous landscape painting

smoke some more crystal meth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469302)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 2:25 AM
Author: abusive zippy principal's office

http://bitterempire.com/cc-this-bitch/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469547)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:12 PM
Author: exhilarant sepia pervert

Wtf? Did they just steal from us?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470701)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 3:20 AM
Author: Elite Stage

This really isn't written in an xo style. Seems fraud

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469618)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 8:14 AM
Author: know-it-all stead

Why would a litigation partner send a client a term sheet?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469848)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 9:00 AM
Author: Supple Forum

have you found any secrets to smoking weed in a red roof inn?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36469961)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 10:13 AM
Author: Excitant Deranged Church

How do you put someone else's name in the "from" line of an email?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470226)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 10:19 AM
Author: stirring dysfunction antidepressant drug

(Guy about to get shitcanned for inadequate Outlook skills)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470255)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 11:31 AM
Author: racy olive orchestra pit

Its a permissions thing. Its a dropdown menu feature if you have permission to access his inbox.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470542)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 1:02 PM
Author: Excitant Deranged Church

Ok, got it, thanks. Yeah, my secretary has access to my inbox and occasionally I'll ask her to send an email or meeting invite for me. The "from" line will have my name but the email header also says something like "sent from <Hombre's Secretary> on behalf of Hombre 3000."

But I've never given any associates who work for me such access and I'd never expect them to do that when emailing a client. Pretty sure I've never seen a partner at my firm do that, but who knows.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470941)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:04 PM
Author: sienna heady set reading party

This was my first thought, too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470654)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 3:11 PM
Author: maroon fantasy-prone crackhouse brethren



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36471451)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 12:16 PM
Author: silver awkward range really tough guy

this is at least the third time this screed has been posted here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470721)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 1:15 PM
Author: Passionate Lodge

It’s about ten years old and has been posted more than 20 times.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36470982)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: rusted apoplectic scourge upon the earth dopamine

180 moniker

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36471032)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 7:48 PM
Author: Fear-inspiring Haunted Graveyard Trump Supporter

you posted this here already

http://law.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3630362&mc=43&forum_id=2&PHPSESSID=82d9597152b8e687a6af6d06cbd65e87#33426277

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36472544)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 7:51 PM
Author: Fear-inspiring Haunted Graveyard Trump Supporter

and here

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2246963&mc=57&forum_id=2&PHPSESSID=4a5f014e554b8cad58a06cf0ac9f1e84#23131737

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36472550)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 7:51 PM
Author: adulterous state coffee pot

BIGLAW needs Slack.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031420&forum_id=2#36472551)