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WHJTMG178 · Post by **WHJTMG178** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:00 pm

Do exit options actually make your life that much better than biglaw?

FSK · Post by **FSK** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:03 pm

You realize that "exit options" means any career that you can possibly get after biglaw, right? Your question is impossibly vague - can you rephrase?

WHJTMG178 · Post by **WHJTMG178** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:05 pm

flawschoolkid wrote:You realize that "exit options" means any career that you can possibly get after biglaw, right? Your question is impossibly vague - can you rephrase?

Is being in house corporate counsel that much better than big law?

A. Nony Mouse · Post by **A. Nony Mouse** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:09 pm

Heh. A friend of mine just went in-house from biglaw. She's getting paid a little more than at her firm, she works 8-6 but gets every other Friday off, and gets 8 weeks of vacation a year. Okay, she admits no one takes 8 weeks a year. But it sounds pretty good to me (if you want to negotiate contracts/leases and do other in-housey things).

(And yes, I know, it's one anecdote. I just wanted to gloat for her.)

WHJTMG178 · Post by **WHJTMG178** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:10 pm

A. Nony Mouse wrote:Heh. A friend of mine just went in-house from biglaw. She's getting paid a little more than at her firm, she works 8-6 but gets every other Friday off, and gets 8 weeks of vacation a year. Okay, she admits no one takes 8 weeks a year. But it sounds pretty good to me (if you want to negotiate contracts/leases and do other in-housey things).

(And yes, I know, it's one anecdote. I just wanted to gloat for her.)

Wow, that sounds absolutely incredible. How long was she at her firm? And what region was this?

A. Nony Mouse · Post by **A. Nony Mouse** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:12 pm

Two years at her firm. She got seconded to the company for part of that. Not NYC/DC/LA/Chicago.

WHJTMG178 · Post by **WHJTMG178** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:14 pm

A. Nony Mouse wrote:Two years at her firm. She got seconded to the company for part of that. Not NYC/DC/LA/Chicago.

Right. I am wondering if in house jobs are more intense in the big cities.

FSK · Post by **FSK** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:18 pm

A. Nony Mouse wrote:Heh. A friend of mine just went in-house from biglaw. She's getting paid a little more than at her firm, she works 8-6 but gets every other Friday off, and gets 8 weeks of vacation a year. Okay, she admits no one takes 8 weeks a year. But it sounds pretty good to me (if you want to negotiate contracts/leases and do other in-housey things).

(And yes, I know, it's one anecdote. I just wanted to gloat for her.)

She won the lottery.

FSK · Post by **FSK** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:20 pm

WHJTMG178 wrote:
A. Nony Mouse wrote:Two years at her firm. She got seconded to the company for part of that. Not NYC/DC/LA/Chicago.
Right. I am wondering if in house jobs are more intense in the big cities.

Every white collar job is.

84651846190 · Post by **84651846190** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:33 pm

There are all kinds of in house jobs from incredibly shitty ones to incredibly awesome ones.

A. Nony Mouse · Post by **A. Nony Mouse** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 5:29 pm

WHJTMG178 wrote:
A. Nony Mouse wrote:Two years at her firm. She got seconded to the company for part of that. Not NYC/DC/LA/Chicago.
Right. I am wondering if in house jobs are more intense in the big cities.

It's a big-ish city (as you'd expect for an international company), just not one of the above.

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