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

I don't think I could do it again.
Curious dingle berry
  10/18/17
I'm extremely, extremely sympathetic to current associates. ...
Pale rehab
  10/18/17
He probably fired his ass, or will soon one wrong move
Curious dingle berry
  10/18/17
Probably not fired, just made his life unreasonably miserabl...
Pale rehab
  10/18/17
Lol. That happened with me. We were doing a presentation to ...
Henna misunderstood site genital piercing
  10/18/17
This was even worse than that. This was just about not readi...
Pale rehab
  10/18/17
JFC, you should tell that partner to treat his associates ni...
Curious dingle berry
  10/18/17
Lol I don't have the authority to fire outside counsel and t...
Pale rehab
  10/18/17
did they not do biglaw? how could they not know most partner...
Curious dingle berry
  10/18/17
People forget about what it was like. Even I find myself for...
Pale rehab
  10/19/17
Aren’t you a female? Were You ever single while in biglaw? H...
Floppy sex offender
  10/18/17
lol no, I haven't been single since high school The sing...
Curious dingle berry
  10/18/17
Same here - I look back and am shocked that almost 7 yrs of ...
Thriller bat shit crazy azn sanctuary
  10/18/17
Did you gain weight or lose hair? I know some senior asso...
Curious dingle berry
  10/18/17
I kept skinny. Had some fluctuations (20lbs up and down here...
Thriller bat shit crazy azn sanctuary
  10/18/17
I think I gained around 20 pounds, then immediately lost lik...
Curious dingle berry
  10/18/17
Lasted 4 years. Wanted to killself after month 6 really
Histrionic puce range
  10/18/17
Jump in front of a car? train? jump off a building? for s...
Curious dingle berry
  10/18/17
train, make it look like an accident so my family could get ...
Provocative Cyan Incel Dragon
  10/19/17
My concern is an amazing percentage of people hit by trains ...
Curious dingle berry
  10/19/17
I’ve been in biglaw long enough that other associates have a...
Razzmatazz bronze associate
  10/19/17
What do you tell them
Irradiated Indirect Expression Stead
  10/19/17
i tried but the buses would always slow down in time
Ruby church
  10/19/17
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Curious dingle berry
  10/19/17
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House-broken Ruddy Theatre Corn Cake
  10/19/17


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Date: October 18th, 2017 9:19 PM
Author: Curious dingle berry

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: Pale rehab

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: Curious dingle berry

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: Pale rehab

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: Henna misunderstood site genital piercing

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: Pale rehab

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: Curious dingle berry

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: Pale rehab

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: Curious dingle berry

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: Pale rehab

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: Floppy sex offender

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: Curious dingle berry

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: Thriller bat shit crazy azn sanctuary

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: Curious dingle berry

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: Thriller bat shit crazy azn sanctuary

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: Curious dingle berry

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: Histrionic puce range

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: Curious dingle berry

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: Provocative Cyan Incel Dragon

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: Curious dingle berry

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: Razzmatazz bronze associate

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: Irradiated Indirect Expression Stead

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: Ruby church

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: Curious dingle berry



(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: House-broken Ruddy Theatre Corn Cake



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