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Op, unemployed lawyer here. It is entirely possible that she was pushed out of her job, given the current market, and just doesn't was to admit it. It's also possible she is depressed about the situation but doesn't want to be whiny about it so is putting up a good front. The legal market sucks right now. I think you should withhold judgment.

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Plus one. How do you know if she is applying for jobs or not?
Plus, she saved money at her job post college and from her law firm. She went thru three years of law school, passed th bear, and spent several years in big law. Doesn't sound like a slacker to me

+1. And you don't know how brutal big law can be unless you have been there. I managed to stay for three years but nearly killed myself doing it. I rarely got home before 11 at night, pulled all nighters on a weekly basis and worked almost every weekend. Fortunately I found another job but I often considered leaving before finding one to save my sanity and physical health. OP, don't be so judgmental.

I am not the PP but this thread is not about you. Yes... most people think you Big Law is stressful people are a bunch a big babies. So many professions have worse hours, worse working conditions and not even close to the same pay. Stop sounding like an entitled brat! Collect trash, nurse the ill, go to war .... then come back and tell me how "stressful" your law job was.

I get you did not like it, and you are wealthy so you got to just "got out" ... lucky you. Grow up.

Shove it. Just because there are other stressful jobs doesn't mean law is any less stressful. Collecting trash? I have respect for all kinds of jobs but collecting trash doesn't create the same stress that closing a $1 bill financing does. You just sound jealous because of the pay.

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How the fuck is collecting trash stressful??

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Op, unemployed lawyer here. It is entirely possible that she was pushed out of her job, given the current market, and just doesn't was to admit it. It's also possible she is depressed about the situation but doesn't want to be whiny about it so is putting up a good front. The legal market sucks right now. I think you should withhold judgment.

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Plus one. How do you know if she is applying for jobs or not?
Plus, she saved money at her job post college and from her law firm. She went thru three years of law school, passed th bear, and spent several years in big law. Doesn't sound like a slacker to me

+1. And you don't know how brutal big law can be unless you have been there. I managed to stay for three years but nearly killed myself doing it. I rarely got home before 11 at night, pulled all nighters on a weekly basis and worked almost every weekend. Fortunately I found another job but I often considered leaving before finding one to save my sanity and physical health. OP, don't be so judgmental.

I am not the PP but this thread is not about you. Yes... most people think you Big Law is stressful people are a bunch a big babies. So many professions have worse hours, worse working conditions and not even close to the same pay. Stop sounding like an entitled brat! Collect trash, nurse the ill, go to war .... then come back and tell me how "stressful" your law job was.

I get you did not like it, and you are wealthy so you got to just "got out" ... lucky you. Grow up.

Shove it. Just because there are other stressful jobs doesn't mean law is any less stressful. Collecting trash? I have respect for all kinds of jobs but collecting trash doesn't create the same stress that closing a $1 bill financing does. You just sound jealous because of the pay.

I am not jealous of a big baby! You sound pathetic - nobody is jealous or wants to be like you.

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Anonymous wrote:MYOB. I doubt she will ever try to mooch off of you and your dh. You sound jealous.

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+25. I'd be jealous too.

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Op, unemployed lawyer here. It is entirely possible that she was pushed out of her job, given the current market, and just doesn't was to admit it. It's also possible she is depressed about the situation but doesn't want to be whiny about it so is putting up a good front. The legal market sucks right now. I think you should withhold judgment.

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Plus one. How do you know if she is applying for jobs or not?
Plus, she saved money at her job post college and from her law firm. She went thru three years of law school, passed th bear, and spent several years in big law. Doesn't sound like a slacker to me

+1. And you don't know how brutal big law can be unless you have been there. I managed to stay for three years but nearly killed myself doing it. I rarely got home before 11 at night, pulled all nighters on a weekly basis and worked almost every weekend. Fortunately I found another job but I often considered leaving before finding one to save my sanity and physical health. OP, don't be so judgmental.

I am not the PP but this thread is not about you. Yes... most people think you Big Law is stressful people are a bunch a big babies. So many professions have worse hours, worse working conditions and not even close to the same pay. Stop sounding like an entitled brat! Collect trash, nurse the ill, go to war .... then come back and tell me how "stressful" your law job was.

I get you did not like it, and you are wealthy so you got to just "got out" ... lucky you. Grow up.

Shove it. Just because there are other stressful jobs doesn't mean law is any less stressful. Collecting trash? I have respect for all kinds of jobs but collecting trash doesn't create the same stress that closing a $1 bill financing does. You just sound jealous because of the pay.

Whether she’s entitled or not, is or is not looking for a job, was or was not pushed out -- it isn’t your business until and unless she ever asks for money. It isn’t unheard of in certain fields like biglaw and i-banking to work hard for a while, be done with the job or have the job not work out, and then take a break for as much as a year or more while you figure out the next step. They do it for lots of reasons -- sometimes they don’t just want to jump from one firm to another one that’s exactly the same and need some time and distance to figure it out; frankly sometimes they do it because they are just done with the job and have enough money that they can coast for a few years and travel. You especially see this happen before there are kids to support. I really don’t think she’s acting abnormally or that this is predictive of what her career will look like in a year or 5 years so you may just be borrowing trouble.

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Anonymous wrote:You lost me when you placed sarcasm quotes around the word 'stress.' Do you have any idea how brutal biglaw can be?

Oh boo hoo, I'm tired of the woe is me lawyers on this forum. "WAAAH! I'm a lawyer and I only make $150,000! WAAAH! It will take me 7 years to make partner and rake in my $1M."

You realize in most other fields, a lateral hire will result in lower pay? Only in law do you guys feel entitled to similar pay when you jump ship to another firm.

While I have no great love or sympathy for BigLaw slaves, sentiments like these above are often expressed by people who couldn't cut it in another field. Based on my conversations with the 3 doctors in my family your assumption couldn't be more wrong, they have all dealt with relatively inexperienced and entitled young MD's who have the same feeling. I think your stereotype is weak, to say the least.

So you're saying my stereotype is weak because it applies to medicine as well? I think that strengthens it. We live in an entitled society. True, it's not just Big Law