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Thinking about accepting. Anybody have any general thoughts before I pull the trigger? It's my only offer, so it's not really a choice. But I still want to hear opinions on office culture, market perception, relative exit options, anything. Let's hear it! Thanks in advance.

Anonymous User wrote:Thinking about accepting. Anybody have any general thoughts before I pull the trigger? It's my only offer, so it's not really a choice. But I still want to hear opinions on office culture, market perception, relative exit options, anything. Let's hear it! Thanks in advance.

People are nice, hardworking culture, exit options were to other firms across the vault spectrum both in and out if NY, also to clients or gov.

What are your other options? It's big; you'll get on some big matters; you'll have solid exit options because it's fairly well recognized.

OP here. Heard it's a sweatshop though. Markedly worse than other biglaw firms?

Anonymous User wrote:OP here. Heard it's a sweatshop though. Markedly worse than other biglaw firms?

You heard correctly, especially in the NY and Miami offices. The firm has a reputation as a sweatshop, and from the GT associates I know, this is generally true across practice areas. That being said, there really should be nothing stopping you form accepting the offer...it's your only one.

Exit options are about what you'd expect...ability to lateral to peer firms and those down the vault rankings, government (depending on practice area), and perhaps to clients/in-house. (Of course, in-house exit options aren't as plentiful/desirable as those you would land from firms higher up the vault food chain with greater name recognition).

Take the offer, work hard, and network.

have heard horror stories. esp. NY.

This thread is a couple years old. Is the information still accurate? Anyone with experience specifically in their lit department?

Bump.

Anything change with respect to culture at GT's NY office? Considering a lateral move there.

How about the Chicago office? Does it have the same sweatshop reputation?

I didn't love it there (not New York). But I put in my time and was able to lateral to a way better ranked firm. The thing about GT is their sales pitch to clients is basically they can do the same work as bigger name firms for significantly cheaper. They do that by being cheap and paying associates less. When your pay and productivity are the things that allow the firm to cut costs, don't expect the firm to be too generous in terms of pay and lifestyle. That was at least my takeaway.