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At what point did you lose your 'passion' for work and realized it was flame?

For me it had to be when I realized how many companies are v...
Geriatric exciting indirect expression really tough guy
  08/22/17
Second year of biglaw
Nofapping rigor
  08/22/17
misspelled "day"
Blathering Nursing Home
  08/22/17
Lol the second I started working an office job I died inside
Cerebral Coldplay Fan
  08/22/17
hai me
Charismatic Infuriating Reading Party
  08/22/17
but SALES
Geriatric exciting indirect expression really tough guy
  08/22/17
17
Outnumbered market toaster
  08/22/17
LJL @ people that have a passion for their bullshit as self ...
Charismatic Infuriating Reading Party
  08/22/17
So...you DON'T have a passion for discussing color codes for...
rough-skinned electric location queen of the night
  08/22/17
Try telling workaholics about how this is flame and it makes...
Geriatric exciting indirect expression really tough guy
  08/22/17
Lol at this litfag. You mad you couldn't cop in-house lil br...
Talented glassy skinny woman native
  08/22/17
First job in HS
emerald mind-boggling resort factory reset button
  08/22/17
...
soul-stirring bearded piazza
  08/22/17
objection. assumes facts not in evidence
Shaky chapel
  08/22/17
...
Drab fragrant mother hell
  08/22/17
The root of the word "passion" is suffering, so I ...
Startling Dun Theatre Codepig
  08/22/17
law firms are kind of unique in the modern white collar worl...
Fiercely-loyal Chocolate Filthpig French Chef
  08/22/17
Agreed. I think most people in law firms are pretty blunt a...
violet shitlib corner
  08/22/17
part of that is because they are all aspie to be fair. But ...
flatulent clear lettuce regret
  08/22/17
They also have a vested interest in burning out most of thei...
Blathering Nursing Home
  08/22/17
The attitude is very much, you're a professional, we expect ...
Fiercely-loyal Chocolate Filthpig French Chef
  08/22/17
...
Geriatric exciting indirect expression really tough guy
  08/22/17
The sooner you accept this, the sooner your life can begin
Fantasy-prone deer antler field
  08/22/17
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-21/people-st...
flatulent clear lettuce regret
  08/22/17
this checks out. though for me having a kid was the moment ...
Razzle-dazzle sadistic cuckold
  08/22/17
Realizing work is flame has been very liberating for me. I ...
Blathering Nursing Home
  08/22/17
About 3 weeks into BIGLAW. Been that way ever since. 20 c...
Lavender Insane Center Gaping
  08/22/17
Haven't lost it
concupiscible trailer park ratface
  08/22/17
2nd divorce
flickering beady-eyed tanning salon trump supporter
  08/22/17
all one needs to survive is a passion for distraction in som...
vibrant volcanic crater
  08/22/17
3 months in. It's usually some old geezer who's been there s...
Diverse Crystalline Fortuitous Meteor Boistinker
  08/22/17
The sooner you realize that there is no such thing as "...
Territorial rose library philosopher-king
  08/22/17
...
Geriatric exciting indirect expression really tough guy
  08/22/17
Before I ever started work
Blue Forum
  08/22/17
Ah, starting out ahead.
Geriatric exciting indirect expression really tough guy
  08/22/17


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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:41 PM
Author: Geriatric exciting indirect expression really tough guy

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)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:42 PM
Author: Nofapping rigor

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: Blathering Nursing Home

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: Cerebral Coldplay Fan

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: Charismatic Infuriating Reading Party

hai me



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045531)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:51 PM
Author: Geriatric exciting indirect expression really tough guy

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: Outnumbered market toaster

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: Charismatic Infuriating Reading Party

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045543)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:48 PM
Author: rough-skinned electric location queen of the night

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: Geriatric exciting indirect expression really tough guy

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: Talented glassy skinny woman native

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: emerald mind-boggling resort factory reset button

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: soul-stirring bearded piazza



(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: Shaky chapel

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: Drab fragrant mother hell



(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: Startling Dun Theatre Codepig

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: Fiercely-loyal Chocolate Filthpig French Chef

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: violet shitlib corner

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: flatulent clear lettuce regret

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: Blathering Nursing Home

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: Fiercely-loyal Chocolate Filthpig French Chef

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.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045889)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 3:54 PM
Author: Geriatric exciting indirect expression really tough guy



(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: Fantasy-prone deer antler field

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: flatulent clear lettuce regret

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: Razzle-dazzle sadistic cuckold

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: Blathering Nursing Home

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: Lavender Insane Center Gaping

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045810)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:19 PM
Author: concupiscible trailer park ratface

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: flickering beady-eyed tanning salon trump supporter

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: vibrant volcanic crater

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: Diverse Crystalline Fortuitous Meteor Boistinker

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: Territorial rose library philosopher-king

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: Geriatric exciting indirect expression really tough guy



(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: Blue Forum

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: Geriatric exciting indirect expression really tough guy

Ah, starting out ahead.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34048024)