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I am surprised I didn't legit kill myself in biglaw

I don't think I could do it again.
slippery senate
  10/18/17
I'm extremely, extremely sympathetic to current associates. ...
exhilarant angry pit hominid
  10/18/17
He probably fired his ass, or will soon one wrong move
slippery senate
  10/18/17
Probably not fired, just made his life unreasonably miserabl...
exhilarant angry pit hominid
  10/18/17
Lol. That happened with me. We were doing a presentation to ...
exciting range
  10/18/17
This was even worse than that. This was just about not readi...
exhilarant angry pit hominid
  10/18/17
JFC, you should tell that partner to treat his associates ni...
slippery senate
  10/18/17
Lol I don't have the authority to fire outside counsel and t...
exhilarant angry pit hominid
  10/18/17
did they not do biglaw? how could they not know most partner...
slippery senate
  10/18/17
People forget about what it was like. Even I find myself for...
exhilarant angry pit hominid
  10/19/17
Aren’t you a female? Were You ever single while in biglaw? H...
Grizzly office
  10/18/17
lol no, I haven't been single since high school The sing...
slippery senate
  10/18/17
Same here - I look back and am shocked that almost 7 yrs of ...
concupiscible snowy blood rage main people
  10/18/17
Did you gain weight or lose hair? I know some senior asso...
slippery senate
  10/18/17
I kept skinny. Had some fluctuations (20lbs up and down here...
concupiscible snowy blood rage main people
  10/18/17
I think I gained around 20 pounds, then immediately lost lik...
slippery senate
  10/18/17
Lasted 4 years. Wanted to killself after month 6 really
Fiercely-loyal kitchen cumskin
  10/18/17
Jump in front of a car? train? jump off a building? for s...
slippery senate
  10/18/17
train, make it look like an accident so my family could get ...
Garnet temple
  10/19/17
My concern is an amazing percentage of people hit by trains ...
slippery senate
  10/19/17
I’ve been in biglaw long enough that other associates have a...
floppy international law enforcement agency
  10/19/17
What do you tell them
yellow theatre alpha
  10/19/17
i tried but the buses would always slow down in time
transparent 180 university roommate
  10/19/17
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slippery senate
  10/19/17
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vigorous whorehouse
  10/19/17


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Date: October 18th, 2017 9:19 PM
Author: slippery senate

I don't think I could do it again.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34475257)



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Date: October 18th, 2017 9:21 PM
Author: exhilarant angry pit hominid

I'm extremely, extremely sympathetic to current associates. A biglaw partner came and gave us a presentation the other day. It wasn't what we wanted. Biglaw partner totally stared his associate down and threw him under the bus. I could only imagine the reaming out he gave him as soon as the presentation was over. I felt terrible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34475274)



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Date: October 18th, 2017 9:25 PM
Author: slippery senate

He probably fired his ass, or will soon

one wrong move

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34475317)



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Date: October 18th, 2017 9:30 PM
Author: exhilarant angry pit hominid

Probably not fired, just made his life unreasonably miserable for at least a few days. Biglaw partners are psychos.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34475370)



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Date: October 18th, 2017 9:31 PM
Author: exciting range

Lol. That happened with me. We were doing a presentation to an existing client and I fucked up the year: put 2090 instead of 2009 for the date of the act. Partner just noted the discrepancy and stared at me as he clicked to the next slide. Back at the office he gave me a 10 min talk about being detailed and said that stuff like this can cost us work. That's when I realized biglaw wasnt for me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34475383)



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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:30 PM
Author: exhilarant angry pit hominid

This was even worse than that. This was just about not reading the client's mind. I would have done the same thing if I were the associate. It was an afterthought thing, like "it would have been nice if you had projected this through X year instead of Y year." The partner immediately just threw his associate under the bus and said it was "on them" and that they would do another seminar for us, free of charge, of course. He was *very* visibly annoyed with the associate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34476397)



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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:31 PM
Author: slippery senate

JFC, you should tell that partner to treat his associates nicer or else you'll fire his ass

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34476402)



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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:36 PM
Author: exhilarant angry pit hominid

Lol I don't have the authority to fire outside counsel and they would know that. But yeah. I even mentioned it to more senior folk and they just brushed me off. I'm like that junior is gonna get REAMED OUT and the other inhouse bros were like "nooo [partner bro] is a really good guy he would never!!!" People are so naive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34476425)



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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:43 PM
Author: slippery senate

did they not do biglaw? how could they not know most partners are two-faced?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34476455)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 12:28 AM
Author: exhilarant angry pit hominid

People forget about what it was like. Even I find myself forgetting about it until shit like that happens.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34476777)



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Date: October 18th, 2017 9:21 PM
Author: Grizzly office

Aren’t you a female? Were You ever single while in biglaw? How do these shrews do it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34475278)



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Date: October 18th, 2017 9:23 PM
Author: slippery senate

lol no, I haven't been single since high school

The single shrews IME are all batshit crazy - one woman I knew who is still single at 34 in biglaw has bipolar disorder (no flame).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34475298)



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Date: October 18th, 2017 9:25 PM
Author: concupiscible snowy blood rage main people

Same here - I look back and am shocked that almost 7 yrs of my life were consumed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34475320)



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Date: October 18th, 2017 9:27 PM
Author: slippery senate

Did you gain weight or lose hair?

I know some senior associate women in biglaw who gained like 80 pounds plus started balding....don't they know a woman's value is mainly in her appearance? ljl

But yes, when you're in it, you are pretty much in a rabbit hole digging yourself deeper and deeper with no way out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34475337)



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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:27 PM
Author: concupiscible snowy blood rage main people

I kept skinny. Had some fluctuations (20lbs up and down here and there) but the lasting damage is psychological and the grey hair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34476376)



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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:29 PM
Author: slippery senate

I think I gained around 20 pounds, then immediately lost like 15 pounds right after I left

Yes, the worst was the suicidal ideation - legit wanted to killself daily

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34476387)



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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:33 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal kitchen cumskin

Lasted 4 years. Wanted to killself after month 6 really

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34476413)



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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:35 PM
Author: slippery senate

Jump in front of a car? train? jump off a building?

for some reason those 3 stuck in my mind, but it would be the worst if you didn't die quickly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34476420)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 12:23 AM
Author: Garnet temple

train, make it look like an accident so my family could get my surprisingly good AD&D insurance

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34476743)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 5:22 PM
Author: slippery senate

My concern is an amazing percentage of people hit by trains survive, but with terrible injuries

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34481598)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 12:26 AM
Author: floppy international law enforcement agency

I’ve been in biglaw long enough that other associates have asked me why I haven’t killed myself yet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34476758)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 2:16 AM
Author: yellow theatre alpha

What do you tell them

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34477230)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 12:27 AM
Author: transparent 180 university roommate

i tried but the buses would always slow down in time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34476776)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 11:49 AM
Author: slippery senate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34478919)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 1:16 PM
Author: vigorous whorehouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768183&forum_id=2#34479520)