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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgSJUzYCGtc

So what is your opinion on this video. Does it convince you?

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It's not surprising to me that the work-life balance is tilted toward work. It is surprising to me that they (or their marketing people) would keep such an ineffective sales pitch on youtube for 8 years.

On balance, this Video tilted me toward thinking that their work/life balances are imbalanced.

kcdc1 wrote:It's not surprising to me that the work-life balance is tilted toward work. It is surprising to me that they (or their marketing people) would keep such an ineffective sales pitch on youtube for 8 years.

Why do they care? It's not like they are hurting for applicants.

Theopliske8711 wrote:

kcdc1 wrote:It's not surprising to me that the work-life balance is tilted toward work. It is surprising to me that they (or their marketing people) would keep such an ineffective sales pitch on youtube for 8 years.

Why do they care? It's not like they are hurting for applicants.

They also didn't upload it themselves.

It really is a 180 video.

"Now that technology is so great, I am able to spend a full 1 hour with my family each night."

"The firm no longer forces me to remain at work, away from my family, even when I have no work to do. They are kind masters."

What does "making the effort" mean? Is that like sneaking out of the office when nobody is looking?

This video is eerily similar to the scene in Michael Clayton where Tilda Swinton's character is practicing her work/life balance speech in front of a mirror and it just comes out as an incoherent mess. "There's your balance!"

I feel like I should mention that I googled their names, and the lady passed away at like 37 years old. That's why I edited above. Just so you know...

olive16 wrote:I feel like I should mention that I googled their names, and the lady passed away at like 37 years old. That's why I edited above. Just so you know...

This was already brought up in another thread.

Theopliske8711 wrote:What does "making the effort" mean? Is that like sneaking out of the office when nobody is looking?

I think it means forcing yourself to nod along to whatever your child is saying at dinner even though you're on the backend of an all-nighter and all you want to do in the world is pass out face-first in the spaghetti your nanny made for everyone.

Theopliske8711 wrote:

olive16 wrote:I feel like I should mention that I googled their names, and the lady passed away at like 37 years old. That's why I edited above. Just so you know...

This was already brought up in another thread.

Sorry, I don't have a working comprehensive knowledge of all threads ever posted on TLS about this video.

"and especially now that we have a much *pause* better technology system..."

Am I the only one who thinks during that pause he is considering ending it all right then and there?

They're probably thinking about all the billable time they're missing because they have to say something for the video. Maybe that's why they look like zombies.

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A. Nony Mouse wrote: Take some time off because you're a racist for making a joke about slavery. I'm also locking this thread.

Elston Gunn wrote:"The firm no longer forces me to remain at work, away from my family, even when I have no work to do. They are kind masters."

Cogburn87 wrote:This video is eerily similar to the scene in Michael Clayton where Tilda Swinton's character is practicing her work/life balance speech in front of a mirror and it just comes out as an incoherent mess. "There's your balance!"

that movie is probably the best representation of the legal industry because it shows it's full of overworked psychopaths

arklaw13 wrote:

A. Nony Mouse wrote: Take some time off because you're a racist for making a joke about slavery. I'm also locking this thread.

Elston Gunn wrote:"The firm no longer forces me to remain at work, away from my family, even when I have no work to do. They are kind masters."

Was meant more in a Dickensian master-serveant kind of way, but happy to delete if it's offensive.

Elston Gunn wrote:

arklaw13 wrote:

A. Nony Mouse wrote: Take some time off because you're a racist for making a joke about slavery. I'm also locking this thread.

Elston Gunn wrote:"The firm no longer forces me to remain at work, away from my family, even when I have no work to do. They are kind masters."

Was meant more in a Dickensian master-serveant kind of way, but happy to delete if it's offensive.

I was joking. Not offended.

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