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(how) should i respond to a holiday gift from SA law firm
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:07 pm
by Anonymous User
Current 2L received a fleece from the firm I will be an SA at. Should I send a thank you card/email? Do I even need to respond? If I do send an email/card, who should I send it to? Recruiting?
Thanks for the help.
Re: (how) should i respond to a holiday gift from SA law firm
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:08 pm
by kaiser
You don't respond to it
Re: (how) should i respond to a holiday gift from SA law firm
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:11 pm
by sunynp
It never hurts to say thank you and wish people a happy holiday. I would always respond with a thank you for a gift just so they know you received it.
Send a two or three line thank you email to recruiting.
Re: (how) should i respond to a holiday gift from SA law firm
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:42 pm
by lawfirmrecruiter
sunynp wrote:It never hurts to say thank you and wish people a happy holiday. I would always respond with a thank you for a gift just so they know you received it.
Send a two or three line thank you email to recruiting.
Completely agree with this response.
Re: (how) should i respond to a holiday gift from SA law firm
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:55 pm
by Anonymous User
lawfirmrecruiter wrote:sunynp wrote:It never hurts to say thank you and wish people a happy holiday. I would always respond with a thank you for a gift just so they know you received it.
Send a two or three line thank you email to recruiting.
Completely agree with this response.
Moments when I realize I have bad manners: now.
Re: (how) should i respond to a holiday gift from SA law firm
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:56 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:lawfirmrecruiter wrote:sunynp wrote:It never hurts to say thank you and wish people a happy holiday. I would always respond with a thank you for a gift just so they know you received it.
Send a two or three line thank you email to recruiting.
Completely agree with this response.
Moments when I realize I have bad manners: now.
Re: (how) should i respond to a holiday gift from SA law firm
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:01 pm
by ben4847
And legal recruiters across the country are wondering why all the thank you notes for the holiday gifts came within 1 hour.
Re: (how) should i respond to a holiday gift from SA law firm
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:13 pm
by thesealocust
Guys, when Mitt Romney says corporations are people too, you're not supposed to take him that seriously.
If you have a relationship with the recruiting department or it's clear it came from one individual, thanks may be in order. But if you're talking about your average Vault Ranked Corporate Megadeath Law Firm there isn't even an appropriate entity to thank. Somebody in recruiting send a list of names and addresses to a company that specializes in meaningless holiday gifts. They're doing it to look good to future recruits, not because they love you.
Re: (how) should i respond to a holiday gift from SA law firm
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:29 am
by shmoo597
Anything less then sending them a gift back is bad form. HTH.
Re: (how) should i respond to a holiday gift from SA law firm
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:01 pm
by Borhas
thesealocust wrote:Guys, when Mitt Romney says corporations are people too, you're not supposed to take him that seriously.
If you have a relationship with the recruiting department or it's clear it came from one individual, thanks may be in order. But if you're talking about your average Vault Ranked Corporate Megadeath Law Firm there isn't even an appropriate entity to thank. Somebody in recruiting send a list of names and addresses to a company that specializes in meaningless holiday gifts. They're doing it to look good to future recruits, not because they love you.
lol pretty awesome post
Re: (how) should i respond to a holiday gift from SA law firm
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:19 pm
by lawfirmrecruiter
Maybe I am too Southern, but why do you ever question whether to say thank you when someone sends you a gift?? Even if it is from a "Vault Ranked Corporate Megadeath Law Firm" ...
Re: (how) should i respond to a holiday gift from SA law firm
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:20 pm
by delusional
I think that you now have to buy a fleece jacket for the entire firm.
Re: (how) should i respond to a holiday gift from SA law firm
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:38 pm
by Borhas
lawfirmrecruiter wrote:Maybe I am too Southern, but why do you ever question whether to say thank you when someone sends you a gift?? Even if it is from a "Vault Ranked Corporate Megadeath Law Firm" ...
because you aren't thanking a person
and even if it was, the "person's" motive isn't your welfare
Re: (how) should i respond to a holiday gift from SA law firm
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:46 pm
by ben4847
Borhas wrote:lawfirmrecruiter wrote:Maybe I am too Southern, but why do you ever question whether to say thank you when someone sends you a gift?? Even if it is from a "Vault Ranked Corporate Megadeath Law Firm" ...
because you aren't thanking a person
and even if it was, the "person's" motive isn't your welfare
I heard a firm no-offered someone for not sending a thank you. They said it showed he was irresponsible. Now he is doing doc review.
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:17 pm
by Borhas