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JFC at this description of life at DPW

Mid level here, corporate. I wouldn’t really say it’s accura...
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*Milbank
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the difference between normal corporate jobs and BigLaw
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Date: June 7th, 2018 10:11 AM
Author: copper temple

Mid level here, corporate. I wouldn’t really say it’s accurate that perks have been cut back, they just never grew commensurate with our peers. The actual cuts have been in the support staff.

Some examples: our seamless budget is lower than our peers ($25 versus $35). They recently imposed a cap on callback lunches with 2Ls. Our high deductible health insurance deal kinda sucks but more firms are moving that way (but as counter point, S&C gets free health insurance). If we take a black car home at 8:15 instead of 8:30, we get a call from accounting asking why (even if we billed 10 hours+ that day). Our office situation for a lot of corporate groups is horrendous. We have senior associates (including 6th years) who still don’t have their own offices. Slightly different for litigators as there are less of them. They’re currently building internal offices but that will take some time to complete. Our laptops are legit from pre-2012 and the batttry life reflects that. We need to make special requests to enable the tethering on our firm phones for a specific period of time. Our holiday party is in the cafeteria. Many of our other social events are in the conference rooms, I think only the bigger summer events go offsite. We recently just got a tech stipend after associates committee complained for several years, but it still lags behind our peers who give a high dollar amount or reimburse home office expenses outright. Other instances of general cheapness and patronizing shit (e.g., M&A partners annoyed that people aren’t at their desks at 9:30 and now associates now up and down the seniority chain are being called in one by one and told to get to office earlier)

On the staff, first they got rid of assistants for all junior and mid level associates and moved to a shared pod system, which is in line with many firms. But then they replaced almost all of the non-partner assistants with non-DPW temp workers. They usually do shit work and aren’t reliable (prob cuz they get paid like shit with no benefits). Also, those temp assistants now walk around the floors every morning with a clipboard to mark who is in the office. There’s a legitimate reason why they need to do that but its irritating nonetheless. Then they made huge cuts to our word processing department to the point where it can take 1-2 days for simple formatting requests.

Tl;dr We’re not raising salaries unless Cravath makes us



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36199638)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 10:13 AM
Author: chestnut excitant space

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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36199646)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 10:16 AM
Author: territorial locale mental disorder

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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36199661)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 10:26 AM
Author: Thirsty Filthy Site Hominid

explain what tethering a firm phone is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36199696)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 10:27 AM
Author: opaque doobsian brunch hunting ground

using it as a Wi-Fi hot spot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36199698)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 11:46 AM
Author: Wild sooty set

Use it for wifi. If you're abroad you can get data this way without paying for roaming

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200213)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 5:52 PM
Author: Gaped step-uncle's house wagecucks

It refers to using the Wi-Fi capability, a hot spot in other words

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36202651)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 10:17 PM
Author: Nudist histrionic tattoo

I believe this was before WiFi hotspot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204335)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 10:27 AM
Author: shivering spectacular hell legal warrant

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tl;dr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36199699)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:00 PM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200772)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 10:43 PM
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Date: June 7th, 2018 10:59 AM
Author: copper temple



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Date: June 7th, 2018 11:01 AM
Author: walnut arousing principal's office

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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36199941)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 11:10 AM
Author: Soul-stirring hot field

Jfc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36199991)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 11:13 AM
Author: Exciting gay heaven mother

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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200005)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 11:14 AM
Author: Dun laughsome orchestra pit water buffalo

It’s on TLS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200016)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:06 PM
Author: Floppy gay wizard piazza

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=10315274#p10315274

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200812)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 2:31 PM
Author: lascivious indecent giraffe meetinghouse

shit show

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36201433)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 11:20 AM
Author: Crawly Vigorous Library Becky

"Slightly different for litigators as there are less of them."

Exercising their many exit options

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200046)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 11:21 AM
Author: Geriatric Flushed Skinny Woman

This is one of the best, most prestigious firms in the country, the sort of place people strive to get an offer from. Their profits per partner are $3.7 million per year. They probably bill their first year associates at $600 per hour.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200053)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 11:42 AM
Author: angry stage stain



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Date: June 7th, 2018 9:45 PM
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Date: June 7th, 2018 11:40 AM
Author: copper temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200166)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:05 PM
Author: Massive trailer park

lol at idiots choosing to go to firms like this instead of Bigfed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200339)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:00 PM
Author: Floppy gay wizard piazza

*Milbank

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200775)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 11:19 PM
Author: Massive trailer park

all biglaw is pretty much the same these days. garbage.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204721)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:07 PM
Author: Provocative pea-brained karate azn

lol holy shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200349)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:10 PM
Author: balding vibrant liquid oxygen business firm

Lol at partners nickel and diming everybody and protecting their PPP at all costs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200370)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:12 PM
Author: walnut arousing principal's office

It's always the little things that really set off employees, especially the skilled ones.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200398)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:35 PM
Author: unholy swashbuckling patrolman



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:43 PM
Author: balding vibrant liquid oxygen business firm

It’s amazing to me how partners don’t see that very little is needed to boost morale and keep people from walking. Up their seamless budget or keep more free food around the office, don’t give them shit for taking a car home 10 min before the official start, have a few office parties not in the conference rooms, and people will overlook the bigger things like bad health insurance and no office space. We are talking like a tiny tiny hit to partner comp to keep better associates from walking due to being treated like children at all times.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200644)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:54 PM
Author: Geriatric Flushed Skinny Woman

If you can get one more week out of one fourth year billing 40 hours at $720 an hour, you've netted thirty grand. If putting free sodas in the kitchen gets that fourth year to stay one more hour one time, you could pay for the sodas for the whole floor for a month.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200737)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:57 PM
Author: walnut arousing principal's office

great subthread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200753)



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Date: June 8th, 2018 2:11 AM
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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:02 PM
Author: ultramarine ticket booth

"very little is needed to boost morale and keep people from walking"

PSA: attrition is literally the model biglaw is built on. They NEED people to lead

Occasionally ppl leave too fast and can't be replaced in ime, so they raise salaries. Literally nothing else is important

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200784)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:03 PM
Author: walnut arousing principal's office

you're looking at this like an autist.

i really prefer working with certain junior people. a ton of turnover is annoying. and it's not like firms can't force people out. they do regularly.

and i like when people are in good spirits. why forego 3 cents of tartar sauce if it means unhappy workers?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200798)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:04 PM
Author: ultramarine ticket booth

lol, i'm literally telling you how the partner sthink about it, not my own perspective

oh you love working with certain junior people? great, why dont you give $1k of each of your paychecks to them so they stay? isnt that a good deal for you? win win right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200804)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:05 PM
Author: walnut arousing principal's office

and i'm telling you how i think about it and how other of my partners think about it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200808)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:30 PM
Author: Provocative pea-brained karate azn

I understand your perspective (the perspective you're representing from a hypothetical DPW partnership) but partners who think like that have succumbed to a shitty management philosophy that they excuse under the guise of "this is the structural model!" You can have--in spades, my lads, in spades--the attrition that is inherent to biglaw without the yet-further-morale-destroying features described in this article. Lots of partnerships (pacem Quinn) recognize that and don't sweat the small stuff, particularly in recognition of the already difficult environment that they know associates operate under. Of course, the pendulum can go too far the other way too--think Latham pre-ITE.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200966)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 4:37 PM
Author: ultramarine ticket booth

i think it's broader than that. an indivial partner may like certain associates because they make his life easier, but he isnt going to pay extra out of his own pocket for them to stay, and given his priorities it's way more work than it's probably worht to fight the rest of the partnership to agree to moar perks. so he may sigh and be a little upset if his top guys leave, but the mill must continue grinding, and he'll put up wiht hte short term pain and find another person or browbeat a diffeernt junior into working for his team

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36202197)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 5:11 PM
Author: Provocative pea-brained karate azn

Brother, I agree with you. Those warm bodies will be replaced, the deal will grind on, the litigation will march forward toward the mountain of Peak Warfare. But, from the perspective of how to run a law firm, that doesn't really advocate for (let alone justify) this extra-special niche QoL shitiness that certain firms like DPW and Quinn seem to have cornered the market on. If you think of the components of running a biglaw firm like an equation with various factors and weights--we're peak autist at this point, but let's row the boat together down the good river of neuroanatomical abnormality--then what poasters ITT are suggesting is that DPW is creating a unique and unnecessary adverse effect on certain of those weights to no good end. These will be marginal effects, to be sure, but they'll nonetheless manifest, particularly over iterated cycles of recruiting and operations. Your *undesired* defection rate will be higher, ceteris paribus; your recruitment win rate will be lower, cp; your petty theft rates will be higher, cp; whatever proxy measures you'd like to use for "collegiality" or "workplace happiness" will be lower, cp, etc. The net-net of those effects is not outweighed by whatever de minimis cost savings you're achieving by capping Seamless at $30 rather than $40, by being an asshole about black car reimbursement when someone is on the line of a designated time window, and so forth. That's pitiful, rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic sort of stuff; it's an indicator of a toxic management culture and/or a firm in a desperation spiral. The wisdom of the biglaw herd isn't always correct but in this case I think it is: it doesn't pay to sweat the small stuff, which is why there aren't *that* many tales like this coming out of the V25. *shoots self with grandfathers antique hunting rifle betaken from far cabin wall*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36202452)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 5:49 PM
Author: copper temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36202639)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 9:46 PM
Author: Thriller church persian

Wish I could bookmark this post and come back to read it later when I am more engaged

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204157)



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Date: June 8th, 2018 12:26 PM
Author: copper temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36207646)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:27 PM
Author: balding vibrant liquid oxygen business firm

They want attrition from the people who suck, which they do through performance reviews. They do want the superstar associates to stay and do get surprised and upset when they leave. after 8-10 years, the ones they wanted to stay are mostly gone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200943)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 11:21 PM
Author: Massive trailer park

THIS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204731)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:34 PM
Author: unholy swashbuckling patrolman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200588)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:11 PM
Author: out-of-control potus

what's the word processing dept. for? don't everyone have Word on their puter?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200381)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:27 PM
Author: Exciting gay heaven mother

the difference between normal corporate jobs and BigLaw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200534)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:52 PM
Author: Dull know-it-all corner

You can bill more if you dictate a brief to a typist.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200713)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:57 PM
Author: sadistic clear kitchen

Format discovery shells coming in a pdf, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36201215)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:15 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Duck-like Organic Girlfriend

Buddy works at DPW and he RAGES against their shitty healthcare

Also one of those firms that the partnership track (such as it is) is like 11 years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200416)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:26 PM
Author: copper temple

Aren’t they a lockstep Firm though? So no shitty service “partnerships” You get the real thing if you maek it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200522)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:56 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Duck-like Organic Girlfriend

Yep they are lockstep. So when you make it you MAEK it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200744)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:18 PM
Author: copper temple

Crrrr . Nobody should be gunning for breakfast at non lockstep firms

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200878)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:34 PM
Author: unholy swashbuckling patrolman

Shitty management. This sort of cheapness and micromanagement breeds long term malcontent.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200585)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:40 PM
Author: walnut arousing principal's office

totally agree, and I'll bet it barely affects the bottom line

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200621)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:46 PM
Author: Concupiscible multi-billionaire

I can't even imagine the level of ultra beta CUCK 6th year who doesn't have an office

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200667)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:50 PM
Author: passionate coral kitty

Link to thread? Want to see how the little TLS cucks responded

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200697)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:54 PM
Author: ultramarine ticket booth

man, sounds liek they treat associates horribly. i feel so bad for them. they should just head out onto the free market and get another 300k job with their poli sci degree and JD

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200736)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:58 PM
Author: Geriatric Flushed Skinny Woman

These are talented young attorneys we're talking about. Firms will surely get into bidding wars to attract their services.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200759)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: territorial locale mental disorder

presumably most dpw associates have other options.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200983)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 3:00 PM
Author: balding vibrant liquid oxygen business firm

(Dpw 5th year cap markets associate updating resume with latest 8-ks filed for in house job at GE)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36201612)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 12:57 PM
Author: Floppy gay wizard piazza

Repoast, repoast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cw-qiRXX88

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200755)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:08 PM
Author: Floppy gay wizard piazza

DPW Corporate Associate here: the attendance stuff is misleading and blown way out of proportion. The "internal directory" or "411" is used by literally every single person in the firm. Everyone updates it when they get in or go on vacation or are at a meeting, etc. so people know how to get in touch with you. Most people keep a list of all their active matters on there as well as alternative contacts for those matters in case a partner or client needs to reach out to you or someone on the team about it. For attorneys, your assistant updates the 411 for you. When 1-3 yr associates lost their assistants and were assigned to an assistant pool, those associates were asked to update their 411 themselves when they got in the office, went on vacation, working from home, etc. No one did, since we were all used to our assistants doing it for us. Then they tried having the assistant pool email their assigned associates and ask them to update their 411 for the day if they hadn't already. No one responded or did it. So then you had a situation where literally everyone in the firm kept their 411 up to date, except 1-3 yr associates (yes, I know that's a lot of people, but that's besides the point). That's why they now have an assistant from the pool for 1-3 yr associates walk around to see if their assigned associates are in, so they can update your 411. And they don't come exactly at 9:30 - on my floor, the assistant comes around 10, and again around 10:30-11.

Can't speak to M&A partners calling associates in their office to tell them to get in earlier, but I know there are egregious offenders. All of this is not to say that there haven't been cost cutting measures - there definitely have. It was annoying when they got rid of assistants. I'm sure senior associate are pissed they have to share offices (although as mentioned, they are rolling out new internal offices, about ~100 of them, so this should be fixed soon). $25 seamless budget is hardly a real limit - I've gone to $30-35 and haven't had any issues. Black car thing I did get dinged on once when I took it home before 8:30. But that's literally only for the black car service, since it's expensive as fuck and clients won't pay for it. If you've billed all day and take a cab home at 7:30, there's no issue with that.

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=10315316#p10315316

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200819)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:32 PM
Author: territorial locale mental disorder

sounds like a true believer wagecuck inadvertently affirming most of what was originally posted.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200992)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:33 PM
Author: Provocative pea-brained karate azn

"Holy shit dude! You've gone, $30, $35 on your seamless with no real issues? High fucking five!"

*jacks him into junior associate mainframe, his body quivering with electrical pulsations*

"Be one with the bill."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36200996)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:34 PM
Author: territorial locale mental disorder



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36201002)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:36 PM
Author: Mahogany weed whacker casino



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36201018)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:37 PM
Author: walnut arousing principal's office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36201024)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 2:06 PM
Author: Crawly Vigorous Library Becky



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36201292)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 6:36 PM
Author: saffron internal respiration



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36202994)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 9:43 PM
Author: razzmatazz bat-shit-crazy stag film



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204130)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 9:48 PM
Author: Thriller church persian



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204164)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 1:42 PM
Author: mind-boggling dilemma

When you have had no other job, you think it is normal and justifiable. Most of the partners are in the same boat - they've never worked anywhere else so they don't think it makes sense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36201076)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 6:39 PM
Author: rambunctious pearly chad

especially the shit where they get spied on, holy shit, what the fuck, about who is in and not in

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36203033)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 10:04 PM
Author: Curious boltzmann community account

what the hell is the "411" thing he's talking about? that literally sounds like a "clocking in" system--wtf?

i've worked at two nyc firms way shittier than DPW and always roll in at 10:30, charge $35 seamless meals and take black cars home early no problem.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204266)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 10:39 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Ceo Therapy

How many cocks has this guy taken

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204477)



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Date: June 8th, 2018 4:00 PM
Author: Carmine comical stage quadroon

"The whole ankle bracelet thing is totally cool. After a month you barely even feel it."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36209076)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 2:06 PM
Author: out-of-control potus

High five! On the flip side!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36201286)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 2:06 PM
Author: out-of-control potus

Don't leave me hangin'!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36201296)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 3:06 PM
Author: Anal Big Stead

I would love to poach some of these associates. Low hanging fruit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36201662)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 3:45 PM
Author: Exciting gay heaven mother

(Milbank 5th year stylin' on DPW has-beens)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36201926)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 6:13 PM
Author: Chartreuse School Cafeteria

I can't stop laughing at the temp worker thing. I'm just picturing some broke inner-city dude in the only collared shirt that he owns, and poorly-fitting khakis, going around from office to office with a clipboard saying "AYO WHAT'S UP MY MAN, JUST MAKING SURE YOU IN THE OFFICE TODAY."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36202786)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 6:33 PM
Author: Soul-stirring hot field



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36202953)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 6:34 PM
Author: Floppy gay wizard piazza

we coo? yea a'ite we coo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36202969)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 6:35 PM
Author: Chartreuse School Cafeteria

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36202977)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 9:42 PM
Author: razzmatazz bat-shit-crazy stag film



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204126)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 9:48 PM
Author: Thriller church persian

Rofl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204167)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 10:33 PM
Author: Chartreuse School Cafeteria

"AYO HOLD UP MY FRIEND, I SEEN YOU COME TO DA OFFICE AT 9:50 TODAY. NOW YOU KNOW YOU SUPPOSE TO BE HERE AT 9:30, MY MAN! IT COOL THOUGH, I'M NOT GON' TELL ON YA."

*Marks you as "Present" on clipboard*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204437)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 10:41 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Ceo Therapy

“inner-city dude in the only collared shirt that he owns, and poorly-fitting khaki”

So, TMF basically

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204485)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 11:14 PM
Author: Chartreuse School Cafeteria

i don't think an inner-city dude would own a Jeep Grand Cherokee though, that's only for extremely fancy and high-class people

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204685)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 11:20 PM
Author: Coiffed primrose death wish



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204726)



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Date: June 8th, 2018 3:16 PM
Author: Crawly Vigorous Library Becky

lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36208790)



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Date: June 14th, 2018 3:03 PM
Author: Navy vivacious university



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36246012)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 6:16 PM
Author: Overrated toaster

There's a reason the people running these firms got JDs and not MBAs, they run it like SHIT.

What kind of BIGLAW firm checks to see if you're @ your desk at 930

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36202799)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 6:35 PM
Author: copper temple

S&C has this MBA shrew manage the firm

http://www.leadersmag.com/issues/2016.1_Jan/Women%20Leaders/LEADERS-Karen-Braun-Sullivan-Cromwell.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36202984)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 6:37 PM
Author: Floppy gay wizard piazza

I want her to spit on my cock and call me worthless

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36203013)



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Date: June 8th, 2018 7:02 AM
Author: Mahogany weed whacker casino

Reads like she wrote both sides of that interview.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36205783)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 10:07 PM
Author: Curious boltzmann community account

like what if you're on a call, at depoisition, meeting, etc...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204278)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 6:36 PM
Author: Mahogany weed whacker casino

imagine being 30 years old, making $280K, and having to share a 10 x 12 office

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36203002)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 6:40 PM
Author: rambunctious pearly chad

just deal with it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36203042)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 9:49 PM
Author: Thriller church persian

Tbqf most office drones are stuck in cubicles even at 60

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204173)



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Date: June 8th, 2018 7:03 AM
Author: Mahogany weed whacker casino

When did this happen

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36205785)



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Date: June 12th, 2018 10:00 PM
Author: Cerebral market indirect expression

now its open office floor plans hehe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36234660)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 9:48 PM
Author: Thriller church persian

Classic xo itt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204168)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 10:08 PM
Author: Curious boltzmann community account

aren't assistants shared at basically every firm now (like 1 assistant for 1 or 2 partners/3 associates). why the fuck would they take the extra step and not give associates assistants at all? boomers can't share?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204288)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 10:12 PM
Author: walnut arousing principal's office

not to mention associates' needs wrt assistants are pretty light

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204308)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 10:16 PM
Author: Curious boltzmann community account

yeah mine left 5 months ago and i haven't even given one task to the replacement. usually just use them for reimbursement but haven't had too much to submit lately.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36204331)



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Date: June 12th, 2018 10:16 PM
Author: mind-boggling dilemma

Well now this is institutionalized

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36234776)



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Date: June 12th, 2018 10:05 PM
Author: wine son of senegal sweet tailpipe

Wait their senior associates have to share offices? LOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36234696)



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Date: June 14th, 2018 2:00 PM
Author: Floppy gay wizard piazza

https://abovethelaw.com/2018/06/another-biglaw-firm-raises-associate-salaries-this-is-the-standard-to-beat/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36245517)



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Date: June 14th, 2018 2:31 PM
Author: ungodly haunting plaza

Lol at that shithole.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36245751)



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Date: June 14th, 2018 2:55 PM
Author: Exciting gay heaven mother

(DPW alumnus performing defiant Cravath walk)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36245944)



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Date: June 14th, 2018 3:07 PM
Author: ivory stirring pistol antidepressant drug

LOL just LOL at 6th years in shared offices, or even “internal” offices for that matter. What’s an internal office, a closet with no windows?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36246032)



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Date: June 14th, 2018 4:21 PM
Author: copper temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36246487)



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Date: June 14th, 2018 3:09 PM
Author: Bossy idiot rehab

Worked across them multiple times. Never really got why law students liked the place so much and how it was so selective.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36246039)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 12:50 PM
Author: walnut arousing principal's office

Uh oh things about to get worse at Davis Polk

http://www.vault.com/company-rankings/law/vault-law-100/?sRankID=2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36278293)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 12:57 PM
Author: Floppy gay wizard piazza

Holy shit, these were supposed to come out tomorrow. 180!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#36278336)



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Date: June 21st, 2019 9:33 AM
Author: copper temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3995964&forum_id=2#38419884)