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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: adventurous lodge brethren 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: white comical depressive locus 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: up-to-no-good box office 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: slimy scourge upon the earth 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: Twisted alcoholic skinny woman background story hai me
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:51 PM Author: adventurous lodge brethren 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: blue candlestick maker mental disorder 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: Twisted alcoholic skinny woman background story 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: Coral roommate 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: adventurous lodge brethren 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: deep buck-toothed orchestra pit 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: magenta garrison gaming laptop 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: Flirting boltzmann (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: internet-worthy degenerate generalized bond 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: Cerebral Ruby Church Building (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: clear parlor toaster 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: bull headed purple double fault regret 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: Boyish pozpig field 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: Passionate Honey-headed Stage Foreskin 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: up-to-no-good box office 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: bull headed purple double fault regret 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: adventurous lodge brethren (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: Stimulating Sepia National Water Buffalo 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: Passionate Honey-headed Stage Foreskin 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: Amethyst Big Round Eye 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: up-to-no-good box office 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: Mauve partner 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: Aromatic Hyperventilating Useless Brakes 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: fighting national security agency 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: floppy digit ratio fanboi 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: provocative indian lodge 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: Tan Becky 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: adventurous lodge brethren (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: poppy liquid oxygen abode 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: adventurous lodge brethren Ah, starting out ahead. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34048024) |