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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:38 pm

Anon - I took that out because it's very personal. Apt find. But the basic point is that Bill in that video (the recruitment manager/hiring partner) has a million things going on, and while it's natural for you to obsess over every detail of the conversation, the other person is probably forgetting it 10 minutes later assuming you didn't threaten to kill them or impersonate Beavis and Butthead,

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by Nekrowizard » Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:39 pm

I think the degree of how weird it is depends partly on whether you're a man or woman.

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by thesealocust » Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:48 pm

Winter is Coming wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:some serious fckn pansies on these forums
Pretty sure I'm gonna make my new shtick calling out anon abuse.
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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by Nebby » Fri Oct 09, 2015 6:38 am

You'll be doing a lot more cryng once you're an associate, so it's good to get it out early.

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by Danger Zone » Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:47 am

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rpupkin wrote:In the future, you'll learn that crying should be done alone at 10 p.m. in one's office, particularly when working at one's "dream firm."
How does this work in a shared office? Should I ask my officemate to leave if I need a good 10PM cry? Trying to prepare for the inevitable here
Best to share the cry. Better believe that your office mate will need a good one too
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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by Kratos » Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:27 am

Nebby wrote:You'll be doing a lot more cryng once you're an associate, so it's good to get it out early.
good one!

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by Nebby » Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:59 am

Kratos wrote:
Nebby wrote:You'll be doing a lot more cryng once you're an associate, so it's good to get it out early.
good one!
I'm an idiot and didn't read anything beyond OP. It appears I was heavily scooped.

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by grand inquisitor » Fri Oct 09, 2015 9:02 am

you cried when you came into the world, and you'll cry when you leave it. given that this experience will be approximately 4x more traumatic overall, crying is perfectly justified.

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by silenttimer » Fri Oct 09, 2015 9:43 am

This is incredibly sad to me. It's just a job representing big corporations. :roll: I'd recommend really reflecting on what's important in your life.

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by grand inquisitor » Fri Oct 09, 2015 9:45 am

silenttimer wrote:This is incredibly sad to me. It's just a job representing big corporations. :roll: I'd recommend really reflecting on what's important in your life.
lol yes having job security, a high salary, and a preftigious firm handed to you during 2L is nothing you should be excited about, op.

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by Thrive » Fri Oct 09, 2015 10:00 am

grand inquisitor wrote:
silenttimer wrote:This is incredibly sad to me. It's just a job representing big corporations. :roll: I'd recommend really reflecting on what's important in your life.
lol yes having job security, a high salary, and a preftigious firm handed to you during 2L is nothing you should be excited about, op.
Yep. Especially when a significant people on TLS has spent the last several years preaching the death of legal employment and "HYS-or-bust"

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by CanadianWolf » Fri Oct 09, 2015 11:39 am

A long time ago, an opposing attorney cried after I rejected a settlement offer. This, in my judgment, was not an effective negotiating technique.

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by Thrive » Fri Oct 09, 2015 12:07 pm

CanadianWolf wrote:A long time ago, an opposing attorney cried after I rejected a settlement offer. This, in my judgment, was not an effective negotiating technique.
Or maybe it was the best kind of negotiating technique.

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by NotMyRealName09 » Fri Oct 09, 2015 12:30 pm

Desert Fox wrote:Job security? Lol.
Yeah, this. But congratulations OP, seriously, all your hard work is going to pay off. You should celebrate if you haven't already!

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by rpupkin » Fri Oct 09, 2015 12:36 pm

silenttimer wrote:This is incredibly sad to me. It's just a job representing big corporations. :roll: I'd recommend really reflecting on what's important in your life.
How do you know that the firm represents corporations? For all you know, this place was the OP's "dream firm" because it represents class-action plaintiffs or other non-corporate clients.

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by grand inquisitor » Fri Oct 09, 2015 1:12 pm

Desert Fox wrote:Job security? Lol.
i meant it in the sense of knowing you'll have a job waiting when you graduate, not that op won't be canned within 3 years

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:40 pm

What is a "dream firm," exactly? They all seem to suck the same to me.

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by Danger Zone » Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:44 pm

Anonymous User wrote:What is a "dream firm," exactly? They all seem to suck the same to me.
DING DING DING
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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by rpupkin » Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:48 pm

Anonymous User wrote:What is a "dream firm," exactly?
A firm that doesn't rescind your offer when you start sobbing uncontrollably over the phone.

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by 20160810 » Mon Oct 12, 2015 1:29 am

If OP is a dude he's screwed. If a woman this will be funny but not career suicide.

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by 052220152 » Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:19 pm

I don't understand the people who cry. I see people crying during finals and stuff and it makes no sense. You're fucked professionally if you cry super easy

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by A. Nony Mouse » Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:32 pm

Jim Jones wrote:I don't understand the people who cry. I see people crying during finals and stuff and it makes no sense. You're fucked professionally if you cry super easy
It's not something people usually have a lot of control over. I don't think anyone sets out to be someone who cries easily.

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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by Danger Zone » Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:35 pm

A. Nony Mouse wrote:
Jim Jones wrote:I don't understand the people who cry. I see people crying during finals and stuff and it makes no sense. You're fucked professionally if you cry super easy
It's not something people usually have a lot of control over. I don't think anyone sets out to be someone who cries easily.
I don't think he was blaming them for it, but it's undoubtedly NAGL
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Re: Cried accepting an offer

Post by rpupkin » Mon Oct 12, 2015 3:08 pm

Danger Zone wrote:
A. Nony Mouse wrote:
Jim Jones wrote:I don't understand the people who cry. I see people crying during finals and stuff and it makes no sense. You're fucked professionally if you cry super easy
It's not something people usually have a lot of control over. I don't think anyone sets out to be someone who cries easily.
I don't think he was blaming them for it, but it's undoubtedly NAGL
Like a lot of things in life, it's something that people learn to control better as they mature. Saying "it doesn't make sense" is a non-sequitur.

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