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Hi everyone, I'm an incoming NYC Biglaw SA, and I very aware that most NYC firms (as well as Paul Hastings apparently) make you share an office for at least a year.

My question is that are office-mates always of the same sex, do firms just usually split offices along gender lines, or is there really just no preference/anything goes? Just curious! thanks!

Anon b/c I rather not have this attached to my username

Why does this matter? Are you planning on taking your pants off in the office? Either way, it's still considered poor form.

I thought the 0Ls were getting pretty aspie but damn

OP here, it was just a question

And we're not in grade school anymore, there are dumb questions. Why does the sex of the person you share an office with matter to you?

zacharus85 wrote:Why does this matter? Are you planning on taking your pants off in the office? Either way, it's still considered poor form.

++++++ 10000's !!!!

pretty sure its co-ed. sorry?

Positive it can be coed

I had one same gender and another different gender, it's completely random at my firm

They'll send you a form where you talk a little bit about yourself and what you're looking for in an officemate (dietary restrictions, favorite bands, sleeping preferences) so you could probably list your gender preference on that.

dixiecupdrinking wrote:They'll send you a form where you talk a little bit about yourself and what you're looking for in an officemate (dietary restrictions, favorite bands, sleeping preferences) so you could probably list your gender preference on that.

You probably shouldn't list your gender preference on a form like that...

scottidsntknow wrote:

dixiecupdrinking wrote:They'll send you a form where you talk a little bit about yourself and what you're looking for in an officemate (dietary restrictions, favorite bands, sleeping preferences) so you could probably list your gender preference on that.

You probably shouldn't list your gender preference on a form like that...

indeed friend

dixiecupdrinking wrote:They'll send you a form where you talk a little bit about yourself and what you're looking for in an officemate (dietary restrictions, favorite bands, sleeping preferences) so you could probably list your gender preference on that.

but can you make bunk desks so there is more room for activities?

gender is a social construct.

jbagelboy wrote:gender is a social construct.

So are clothes. Which is why I never wear them. Which is why I need a same-sex officemate.

(No, I'm not actually the OP)

Rarely, the co-ed office can be exquisitely awkward. My (much beloved) officemate was a woman, and once she got a call back from a doctor, asked the guy to hold, and said something to the effect of "this is my ob/gyn, I've been waiting a week for him to call back, and we're having this conversation now, so, sorry", and then they spoke about things that, generally, would not be shared with a man in the room. I would imagine that some of my friends would've been a bit squeamish about that one.

Anonymous User wrote:Rarely, the co-ed office can be exquisitely awkward. My (much beloved) officemate was a woman, and once she got a call back from a doctor, asked the guy to hold, and said something to the effect of "this is my ob/gyn, I've been waiting a week for him to call back, and we're having this conversation now, so, sorry", and then they spoke about things that, generally, would not be shared with a man in the room. I would imagine that some of my friends would've been a bit squeamish about that one.

Woe is you bro, woe is you.

my firm keeps it same sex.

Maybe OP is tryna get it in?

rahulg91 wrote:Maybe OP is tryna get it in?

Yeah, obviously people never get it in with members of the same sex.

scottidsntknow wrote:

rahulg91 wrote:Maybe OP is tryna get it in?

Yeah, obviously people never get it in with members of the same sex.

scottidsntknow wrote:

rahulg91 wrote:Maybe OP is tryna get it in?

Yeah, obviously people never get it in with members of the same sex.

Can you go play transninja justice warrior somewhere else?

wiz wrote:

scottidsntknow wrote:

rahulg91 wrote:Maybe OP is tryna get it in?

Yeah, obviously people never get it in with members of the same sex.

Can you go play transninja justice warrior somewhere else?

Scoobers is on break so I have to step up, thanks.

There's a difference between the "transninja justice warrior" shit or whatever you want to call it, which is literally just "political correctness," and then forcing it down someone's throat when they're asking about a situation at work and never once tried to implicate gender preference. Please don't bring that drivel into the on-topics when someone is asking a very legitimate question.

Edit: this is directed at scottydoesntknow
Edit 2: OP, I'm a 1L but in callbacks with two different NYC offices I was told it's anything goes, pretty much. Like another poster mentioned, there are questionnaires but to my knowledge it doesn't include gender preference.

Anonymous User wrote:There's a difference between the "transninja justice warrior" shit or whatever you want to call it, which is literally just "political correctness," and then forcing it down someone's throat when they're asking about a situation at work and never once tried to implicate gender preference. Please don't bring that drivel into the on-topics when someone is asking a very legitimate question.

Edit: this is directed at scottydoesntknow

Nice anon abuse bro