Biglaw offices Forum

[Anonymous User]

Today was my first day at a biglaw firm (I practice at a midsize ID firm and the biglaw firm is co-counsel on a matter).

They had a (fcking) Barista in the reception area. Made me think - what other cool shit do these biglaw offices have?

[Anonymous User]

Milbank LA?

[Anonymous User]

No, this was a NYC office.

[estefanchanning]

Today was my first day at a biglaw firm (I practice at a midsize ID firm and the biglaw firm is co-counsel on a matter).

They had a (fcking) Barista in the reception area. Made me think - what other cool shit do these biglaw offices have?

This must be a flagship office to justify having a full-time barista.

[nixy]

Of course if you have a barista in reception, no one can use coffee as an excuse to leave the building.

[QContinuum]

The barista's pretty extra. I've never worked/been in/know of any friends working in a BigLaw office with an in-house barista!

In-house cafeterias, sure. But not specifically a barista.

[Anonymous User]

Milbank LA has a free barista bar but the schmucks in the NYC office gotta pay.

[icansortofmath]

When I was in one of the i banks in WTC, we had onsite barista and catered meals around the clock. MD straight up told me they started with baristas when Starbucks started taking over and people became unsatisfied with more traditional drip coffee then they realized free food and coffee are very helpful with keeping people working all day.

[Anonymous User]

Boies Schiller? I know the new NYC office has a full-time barista.

[Anonymous User]

Milbank LA has a free barista bar but the schmucks in the NYC office gotta pay.

Even in the new Hudson Yards office? Knew I should have picked somewhere else to SA

[FND]

Moore and Van Allen in North Carolina have on-site massage therapy, health screenings, and subsidized weight watchers

[Anonymous User]

Today was my first day at a biglaw firm (I practice at a midsize ID firm and the biglaw firm is co-counsel on a matter).

They had a (fcking) Barista in the reception area. Made me think - what other cool shit do these biglaw offices have?

This must be a flagship office to justify having a full-time barista.

You'd be surprised. Kirkland's glittering new DC office has a coffee bar with full-time barista. That's for an office with only about 250 lawyers.

[Wubbles]

Richards Layton in Delaware has a pretty nice gym in their office

[Anonymous User]

Today was my first day at a biglaw firm (I practice at a midsize ID firm and the biglaw firm is co-counsel on a matter).

They had a (fcking) Barista in the reception area. Made me think - what other cool shit do these biglaw offices have?

This must be a flagship office to justify having a full-time barista.

You'd be surprised. Kirkland's glittering new DC office has a coffee bar with full-time barista. That's for an office with only about 250 lawyers.

And Kirkland Houston has fresh nitro cold brew and other drinks on tap.

[FND]

it ain't biglaw, but my office has craft beer in the fridge

[Anonymous User]

Today was my first day at a biglaw firm (I practice at a midsize ID firm and the biglaw firm is co-counsel on a matter).

They had a (fcking) Barista in the reception area. Made me think - what other cool shit do these biglaw offices have?

White & Case NYC has one of these. It's a seriously nice office. But, as others have mentioned, I think it's becoming (weirdly) the norm for firms with newer/newly-renovated offices. In addition to keeping people trapped in the sky prison, I assume it's nice to be able to offer guests a decent cappuccino in meetings.

[JHP]

keeping people trapped in the sky prison

Truer words have never been said. I didn't leave the office for 3 days in a row at one point--isn't it great having food, showers, and sleeping areas available in-building so we never have to get sunshine again?

[UsernameNotTaken]

keeping people trapped in the sky prison

Truer words have never been said. I didn't leave the office for 3 days in a row at one point--isn't it great having food, showers, and sleeping areas available in-building so we never have to get sunshine again?

Well at that point I'd consider the savings on rent a fringe benefit.

[JHP]

keeping people trapped in the sky prison

Truer words have never been said. I didn't leave the office for 3 days in a row at one point--isn't it great having food, showers, and sleeping areas available in-building so we never have to get sunshine again?

Well at that point I'd consider the savings on rent a fringe benefit.

At this point, my apartment is a VERY expensive storage unit.
Unrelated, but can one rent a storage unit and sleep in it every once in a while, or nah?

[UsernameNotTaken]

keeping people trapped in the sky prison

Truer words have never been said. I didn't leave the office for 3 days in a row at one point--isn't it great having food, showers, and sleeping areas available in-building so we never have to get sunshine again?

Well at that point I'd consider the savings on rent a fringe benefit.

At this point, my apartment is a VERY expensive storage unit.
Unrelated, but can one rent a storage unit and sleep in it every once in a while, or nah?

If your firm lets you expense a black car, maybe you can just have it drive in a circle for 8 hours.

[Anonymous User]

A&P NYC has a barista.

[Anonymous User]

My firm was co-counsel with Watchtell once. We went to their offices for an all day meeting and during lunch a butler came into the room and asked what we wanted for food. No menu. Order literally anything you want (within reason, e.g., can't get In-N-Out burger on the East Coast) and he'll bring it to you.

[Anonymous User]

A&P NYC has a barista.

So does A&P DC actually.

[JHP]

My firm was co-counsel with Watchtell once. We went to their offices for an all day meeting and during lunch a butler came into the room and asked what we wanted for food. No menu. Order literally anything you want (within reason, e.g., can't get In-N-Out burger on the East Coast) and he'll bring it to you.

Sooo...what did you order?

[estefanchanning]

A&P NYC has a barista.

So does A&P DC actually.

are they drinks good? I feel I wouldn't make use of it that often because milk has calories and those add up...