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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...
supple brilliant location halford
  08/22/17
Second year of biglaw
Awkward stain crackhouse
  08/22/17
misspelled "day"
Charismatic magenta bawdyhouse
  08/22/17
Lol the second I started working an office job I died inside
rough-skinned national security agency
  08/22/17
hai me
Smoky stage
  08/22/17
but SALES
supple brilliant location halford
  08/22/17
17
Floppy Amethyst Senate Volcanic Crater
  08/22/17
LJL @ people that have a passion for their bullshit as self ...
Smoky stage
  08/22/17
So...you DON'T have a passion for discussing color codes for...
dashing deep coffee pot black woman
  08/22/17
Try telling workaholics about how this is flame and it makes...
supple brilliant location halford
  08/22/17
Lol at this litfag. You mad you couldn't cop in-house lil br...
grizzly resort incel
  08/22/17
First job in HS
Red hell hunting ground
  08/22/17
...
Arousing theater stage
  08/22/17
objection. assumes facts not in evidence
bisexual sex offender
  08/22/17
...
walnut school international law enforcement agency
  08/22/17
The root of the word "passion" is suffering, so I ...
wonderful yapping box office
  08/22/17
law firms are kind of unique in the modern white collar worl...
Razzmatazz national
  08/22/17
Agreed. I think most people in law firms are pretty blunt a...
obsidian well-lubricated immigrant dog poop
  08/22/17
part of that is because they are all aspie to be fair. But ...
Motley vengeful legal warrant trailer park
  08/22/17
They also have a vested interest in burning out most of thei...
Charismatic magenta bawdyhouse
  08/22/17
The attitude is very much, you're a professional, we expect ...
Razzmatazz national
  08/22/17
...
supple brilliant location halford
  08/22/17
The sooner you accept this, the sooner your life can begin
Silver Indian Lodge Party Of The First Part
  08/22/17
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-21/people-st...
Motley vengeful legal warrant trailer park
  08/22/17
this checks out. though for me having a kid was the moment ...
beady-eyed codepig karate
  08/22/17
Realizing work is flame has been very liberating for me. I ...
Charismatic magenta bawdyhouse
  08/22/17
About 3 weeks into BIGLAW. Been that way ever since. 20 c...
shivering very tactful church
  08/22/17
Haven't lost it
Avocado outnumbered azn
  08/22/17
2nd divorce
Bateful greedy locus
  08/22/17
all one needs to survive is a passion for distraction in som...
gay cocky stead
  08/22/17
3 months in. It's usually some old geezer who's been there s...
cerebral internet-worthy multi-billionaire tank
  08/22/17
The sooner you realize that there is no such thing as "...
Hot idiot
  08/22/17
...
supple brilliant location halford
  08/22/17
Before I ever started work
aphrodisiac goyim piazza
  08/22/17
Ah, starting out ahead.
supple brilliant location halford
  08/22/17


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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:41 PM
Author: supple brilliant location halford

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: Awkward stain crackhouse

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: Charismatic magenta bawdyhouse

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: rough-skinned national security agency

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: Smoky stage

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: supple brilliant location halford

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: Floppy Amethyst Senate Volcanic Crater

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: Smoky stage

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: dashing deep coffee pot black woman

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: supple brilliant location halford

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: grizzly resort incel

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: Red hell hunting ground

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: Arousing theater stage



(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: bisexual sex offender

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: walnut school international law enforcement agency



(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: wonderful yapping box office

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: Razzmatazz national

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: obsidian well-lubricated immigrant dog poop

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: Motley vengeful legal warrant trailer park

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: Charismatic magenta bawdyhouse

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: Razzmatazz national

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: supple brilliant location halford



(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: Silver Indian Lodge Party Of The First Part

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: Motley vengeful legal warrant trailer park

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: beady-eyed codepig karate

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: Charismatic magenta bawdyhouse

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: shivering very tactful church

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: Avocado outnumbered azn

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: Bateful greedy locus

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: gay cocky stead

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: cerebral internet-worthy multi-billionaire tank

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: Hot idiot

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: supple brilliant location halford



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 4:59 PM
Author: aphrodisiac goyim piazza

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: supple brilliant location halford

Ah, starting out ahead.

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