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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dickinson then Penn. They are second year associate at a Biglaw firm in M&A.  Got out early (6 pm) on Thanksgiving. We saved them a plate and then they had dessert with us.

Total comp this year will be $260k. So we talked about that for 45 minutes and then they took Metro back to their apartment in CityCenterDC.  [/quote]

Sounds miserable.[/quote]

Sounds troll . . . and false.

Big law shuts down Wed-Sun on Thanksgiving week.  Unless there is a deal ------ and if there was -- DC associates would not be working Thanksgiving.

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Big law shuts down on holidays just like it shuts down on weekends. As an associate, you are completely at the mercy of the partners you are working for and the workload of the cases/deals you are on. Golden handcuffs.

OP, if you kid chooses this life on their own, support them in every way possible. But please don’t push it on them. For many of us, this road is not a happy one.[/quote]

Of the five BigLaw partners I know, all are doing everything possible to ensure their own kids don’t follow the path (short of handing them tons of $$$s).

They figure at least if the kid does follow, the kid will know exactly how mind-numbing and painful the job may be so no pollyannish view.

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