Biglaw firing tendencies Forum

[wreek]

I thought I smelled boomer.

Not a boomer. Feels like it though!

at the very youngest you're 50 and at the oldest, you're idk let's say 70

that's close enough to boomer for me

I take it no one likes boomers around here? lol

[wreek]

I thought I smelled boomer.

Not a boomer. Feels like it though!

Just a child prodigy. Nothing to see here, folks. A 35 y.o. with 30 years of prosecutorial experience.

Now I'm just going to mess with guys about my age. I'm between 45 and 49.

I'd LOVE to be 35 again!!!

[NYSprague]

^^^
We have an interesting and informative thread on Boomer hate you may want to peruse are some point.

[wreek]

Ah, I see. I may be close to being a boomer but I always thought like a blue-collared, Gen-X stoner. Made for some very interesting office conversations. And lots of arguing and headbutting!!

[Hutz_and_Goodman]

Is specializing in litigation as a biglaw associate a suicide mission?

[anyriotgirl]

Ah, I see. I may be close to being a boomer but I always thought like a blue-collared, Gen-X stoner. Made for some very interesting office conversations. And lots of arguing and headbutting!!

you still smell like a boomer to me

[heythatslife]

Ah, I see. I may be close to being a boomer but I always thought like a blue-collared, Gen-X stoner. Made for some very interesting office conversations. And lots of arguing and headbutting!!

Hate to break it to you, old man, but here you sound exactly like a boomer trying to fit in so hard and so awkwardly with a younger crowd.

[El Pollito]

Hey wreek I think you have undisguised borderline personality disorder.

[Theopliske8711]

Damn, the attention whore is going hard in this thread.

[09042014]

There seems to be a lot of people who say that associates don't last long in large firms.

I guess I just want more elaboration on this topic. I understand there are long hours as well as large and sometimes boring workloads. So I'm not too curious about why people might leave of their own volition. What I'm more curious of is why do large firms tend to fire so many associates? Or is this exaggerated? I haven't seen statistics on this but it seems to be a real concern on this forum.

Disclaimer: 0L

As a practical matter, firms need large numbers of junior associates to do drudge work, smaller number of midlevels to do substantive work, and smaller still numbers of senior associates to supervise. So they hire large entry-level classes, then depend on voluntary or sometimes involuntary attrition to "right size" each class year. Firms don't generally fire people. Instead, they encourage people to leave gradually through negative performance reviews, and talks about how they don't have a future at the firm.

You might ask: why don't they just keep people around doing the same work? The danger of that is that without a chance of advancement, your good people will leave, while those who can't find anything better will stick around.

Firms will fire people. Not on the spot, but they'll give you 3-6 months to find something else or you get fired.

All so the firm doesn't make headlines for mass firings and we don't have to list being fired on our resumes. What a swell deal.

It's not just headlines. If you just got fucking sacked without warning, everyone would be afraid as fuck to get fired. They'd leave ASAP. This way you at least know when you are going to get taken to the farm, you'll have time to prepare.

[84651846190]

Is specializing in litigation as a biglaw associate a suicide mission?

What do you mean by this?

[wreek]

Ah, I see. I may be close to being a boomer but I always thought like a blue-collared, Gen-X stoner. Made for some very interesting office conversations. And lots of arguing and headbutting!!

Hate to break it to you, old man, but here you sound exactly like a boomer trying to fit in so hard and so awkwardly with a younger crowd.

*shrugs*

I have never fit in anywhere. That's a good thing.

[wreek]

Hey wreek I think you have undisguised borderline personality disorder.

Ooh, flaming. Nice.

[wreek]

Damn, the attention whore is going hard in this thread.

Oh, you, too? Whatever.

[wreek]

Ah, I see. I may be close to being a boomer but I always thought like a blue-collared, Gen-X stoner. Made for some very interesting office conversations. And lots of arguing and headbutting!!

you still smell like a boomer to me

Probably because I'm nearly twice your age. I'm very curious about this boomer hate. What gives?

[El Pollito]

Hey wreek I think you have undisguised borderline personality disorder.

Ooh, flaming. Nice.

No, I'm serious.

[wreek]

Hey wreek I think you have undisguised borderline personality disorder.

Ooh, flaming. Nice.

No, I'm serious.

Well, if you're serious, get it right. I have an authority issue.

I'm curious about this boomer hate. Do tell.

[ScottRiqui]

Hey wreek I think you have undisguised borderline personality disorder.

Was the bolded an autocorrect from "undiagnosed"? Because if so, that's pretty 180.

[El Pollito]

Hey wreek I think you have undisguised borderline personality disorder.

Was the bolded an autocorrect from "undiagnosed"? Because if so, that's pretty 180.

Yup, I didn't even notice until now.

[Gooner91]

Ah, I see. I may be close to being a boomer but I always thought like a blue-collared, Gen-X stoner. Made for some very interesting office conversations. And lots of arguing and headbutting!!

you still smell like a boomer to me

I saw someone refer to this as being an Uncle Xavier in the other thread.