associate attrition statistic-to-be …
"This blog contains the observations, tribulations, and [occasional] triumphs of an anonymous junior associate who doesn't quite fit in ... and looks forward to the day when the law school loans are paid off and the freedom to do anything with a law degree becomes reality."
Author: "The statistic-to-be is a junior associate at a large law firm in a large city."
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…as a wave of sweet relief washes over me.
i don’t have to stress out anymore. i don’t have to stress out anymore about how much i hate my job. i don’t have to stress out anymore about how i’m going to break it…
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friday night!
i’m not spending a friday night in, reading up on programs for getting a master’s degree in computer science. that is not what i’m doing at all. i am definitely not crunching the numbers in…
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a freeing realisation
it finally sunk in recently that it’s not natural, it’s not logical, to spend every day wishing i could be laid off so i could start anew. i’ve been doing that every day for the…
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still no work…
things are still amazingly slow. i had one night a few weeks ago when i had to be at work until 2am. i spent fourteen hours working on a project that had to be done…
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work?
i billed seven hours today. by all law firm logic, that would be a light day. but, these aren’t logical times. my department is completely dead. seven hours is more than i’ve billed since i…
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no work
two days until i have to return to the office. i’ve been gone since christmas eve, faithfully checking my crackberry and making sure i’m not missing any urgent projects. i haven’t missed any urgent projects.…
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vacation
i haven’t been to work in a week. i check my crackberry less and less each day that i’m out of the office. i still need to enter my time, but the passive-aggressive part of…
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it’s a trap!
it’s christmas. i have no work to do. the office is closed, the courts are closed, and i am several states away. still, i have checked my crackberry no less than five times today just…
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blown?
i almost blew my cover today. i was chatting with my secretary, and i made the mistake of mentioning that i ran into a friend of mine during my lunch break, and that this friend…
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return on investment
i’ve been working this job for three months, since September. i’ve been storing up rants about it, planning to let them rot quietly away, and keep them off of the internet. so, what changed my…