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I havent seen my wife in like a week because she's in bed when I get home and in bed when I leave in the morning. I work all the fucking time but am still behind and still get yelled at for taking too long to write briefs or write summaries of documents.

I think you're looking for autoadmit.com

What firm do you work at?

Working long hours for $40k and no health insurance is depressing too.

Tsispilos wrote:I havent seen my wife in like a week because she's in bed when I get home and in bed when I leave in the morning. I work all the fucking time but am still behind and still get yelled at for taking too long to write briefs or write summaries of documents.

I used to work between 70-100 hours every week (average 10 hours a day 7 days a week with spikes due to the incompetence of employees) for a $45,000 per year salary plus a performance bonus every quarter with somewhat crappy benefits and no prestige with little room for advancement and 20 year able-to-work lifespan without a pension or 401k matching.

STFU and enjoy it or scroll through the website that has people holding up their signs about their families (99% or something) and get a clue.

Tsispilos wrote:I havent seen my wife in like a week because she's in bed when I get home and in bed when I leave in the morning.

Don't worry. I've been seeing a lot of her in bed between when you leave and when you get back, too.

Renzo wrote:

Tsispilos wrote:I havent seen my wife in like a week because she's in bed when I get home and in bed when I leave in the morning.

Don't worry. I've been seeing a lot of her in bed between when you leave and when you get back, too.

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Tsispilos wrote:I havent seen my wife in like a week because she's in bed when I get home and in bed when I leave in the morning.

Tell her to stay up later.

Ugh these responses. Hang in there, OP.

Obviously, in the range of life outcomes, biglaw is not so bad.

However, to those mocking the OP, there is something uniquely difficult about putting in long hours in a professional services environment that requires detail-orientedness to an absurd degree and doesn't provide for meaningful autonomy for a number of years.

Good luck dude, hope it gets better soon.

Tsispilos wrote:he's in bed when I get home and in bed when I leave in the morning.

Clearly, you're doing it right.

I guess I'm not at "biglaw" but I think it's somewhat comparable (hours target is well north of 2000, salary is above market, just more of a boutique in a non-NYC/Chi/DC market). My hours haven't been bad (a little over 2 months in). Billing 50-55/week and not working much, if at all, on weekends. Longer weekdays, but still have time to do dinner/other things with the lady and friends on weeknights (I think my savior is that I like to wake up really early).

WTF did you think you were getting yourself into? STFU.

Do you get time in for a good cardio workout at least 5 times a week?

Mavraides87 wrote:Do you get time in for a good cardio workout at least 5 times a week?

He says his wife is asleep when he gets home.

True, depressing and stressful life circumstances can lead to ED so I didn't consider that.

I hope you are able to work out 5-10 hours a week even though you are putting in bigtime hours.

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lawloser22 wrote:I think you're looking for autoadmit.com

Autoadmit doesn't actually have employed lawyers poasting anymore.

Mavraides87 wrote:Do you get time in for a good cardio workout at least 5 times a week?

He should only be doing SQUATS and sprints

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When I was a biglaw paralegal, my SO would get a nap in during the afternoon and wait until I got home to wake up and have dinner. Maybe see if that is something y'all could try.

I find your whining extremely depressing.

YourCaptain wrote:

Mavraides87 wrote:Do you get time in for a good cardio workout at least 5 times a week?

He should only be doing SQUATS and sprints

OATZ! SQUATZ!

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Does anybody working in biglaw NOT find it extremely depressing?

Does your firm offer VPN access? Perhaps you could use it to work from home at night.


[insert joke here about the types of access his wife offers while he's away]