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Anyone ever move firms and totally fucking regret it?

I feel like I got bait and switched pretty fucking bad.
exhilarant university
  04/26/19
yeh, its annoying as fuck you just have to serve your min...
canary alcoholic pocket flask lettuce
  04/26/19
I guess. I feel like a clown calling my old firm but fuck ma...
exhilarant university
  04/26/19
what's wrong with the new firm? you think your old firm w...
Topaz dog poop yarmulke
  04/26/19
New firm’s whole pitch was “yes you’re tak...
exhilarant university
  04/26/19
Just go back and start looking again
Razzle-dazzle Violent Giraffe Pistol
  04/26/19
what are the hours like relative to your old big law positio...
Appetizing thirsty rehab quadroon
  04/26/19
So far better. Biglaw was odd. Sometimes I was grinding. I h...
exhilarant university
  04/26/19
sounds like you were at your old firm for awhile. not sure w...
Topaz dog poop yarmulke
  04/26/19
holy shit quinn sucks
Provocative Nursing Home
  04/26/19
Practice area? Besides lit
mind-boggling violent space
  04/26/19
It’s been healthcare false claims act for my whole car...
exhilarant university
  04/26/19
Yep. Laterals often don’t work out—last one in ...
Razzle-dazzle Violent Giraffe Pistol
  04/26/19
I doubt I’m out but who knows. This place isn’t ...
exhilarant university
  04/26/19
Can you just go back without any firm commitment to stay? T...
Razzle-dazzle Violent Giraffe Pistol
  04/26/19
why would his old firm do this?
Topaz dog poop yarmulke
  04/26/19
If you were well liked they might be open to it
Razzle-dazzle Violent Giraffe Pistol
  04/26/19
even if you were liked you'd be seen as the ultimate flight ...
Topaz dog poop yarmulke
  04/26/19
don't go back. find a third new firm.
obsidian judgmental dragon lay
  04/26/19
Why would that be credited? Best to bounce around fewer rat...
Razzle-dazzle Violent Giraffe Pistol
  04/26/19
if you do this it has to happen FAST otherwise you'll look l...
Appetizing thirsty rehab quadroon
  04/26/19
going back to the old firm is awkward and everyone is going ...
obsidian judgmental dragon lay
  04/26/19
Lateral moves often don’t work out. Being a known qua...
Razzle-dazzle Violent Giraffe Pistol
  04/26/19
No one
sapphire wonderful field
  04/26/19
Well my second firm was dewey so we all know how that worked...
razzle balding striped hyena
  04/26/19
You got lucky because the firm actually blew up. There are ...
Razzle-dazzle Violent Giraffe Pistol
  04/26/19


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Date: April 26th, 2019 5:55 PM
Author: exhilarant university

I feel like I got bait and switched pretty fucking bad.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148084)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 5:57 PM
Author: canary alcoholic pocket flask lettuce

yeh, its annoying as fuck

you just have to serve your minimum term (a year?) and start looking again

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148087)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 6:41 PM
Author: exhilarant university

I guess. I feel like a clown calling my old firm but fuck man.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148240)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 6:54 PM
Author: Topaz dog poop yarmulke

what's wrong with the new firm?

you think your old firm will take you back?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148281)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 7:11 PM
Author: exhilarant university

New firm’s whole pitch was “yes you’re taking a step down in pay and prestige and level of work but we go to trial all the time and you’ll get so much more responsibility.”

I got here and they were right about the shit pay and types of cases they get, but guess what they were wrong about: I have the same role in cases as I had at biglaw, and I go to court LESS than I did in biglaw. Also, the work this place puts out is utter fucking trash, and people act like I’m nuts when I’m like “hey we should fucking spell check and read these cases we cite, which actually don’t help us.”

Firm would probably take me back but I don’t want to float that until I’m 100% sure. I moved across the country for this “opportunity” so moving back will be a huge pain.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148341)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 7:27 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Violent Giraffe Pistol

Just go back and start looking again

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148415)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 8:12 PM
Author: Appetizing thirsty rehab quadroon

what are the hours like relative to your old big law position?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148576)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 8:27 PM
Author: exhilarant university

So far better. Biglaw was odd. Sometimes I was grinding. I had some 2200-2500 years and I had some 2000-2100 years. This’ll be like 2100 at my current pace.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148617)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 8:30 PM
Author: Topaz dog poop yarmulke

sounds like you were at your old firm for awhile. not sure why you left bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148629)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 8:27 PM
Author: Provocative Nursing Home

holy shit quinn sucks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148615)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 8:28 PM
Author: mind-boggling violent space

Practice area? Besides lit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148620)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 11:09 PM
Author: exhilarant university

It’s been healthcare false claims act for my whole career. This is more small city general litigation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38149297)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 6:56 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Violent Giraffe Pistol

Yep. Laterals often don’t work out—last one in first one out etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148289)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 7:17 PM
Author: exhilarant university

I doubt I’m out but who knows. This place isn’t my style at all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148370)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 7:26 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Violent Giraffe Pistol

Can you just go back without any firm commitment to stay? That’s sometimes a decent option.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148405)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 8:20 PM
Author: Topaz dog poop yarmulke

why would his old firm do this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148602)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 8:22 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Violent Giraffe Pistol

If you were well liked they might be open to it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148606)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 8:30 PM
Author: Topaz dog poop yarmulke

even if you were liked you'd be seen as the ultimate flight risk

i guess if they really need someone they would bring him back

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148633)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 8:10 PM
Author: obsidian judgmental dragon lay

don't go back. find a third new firm.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148568)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 8:12 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Violent Giraffe Pistol

Why would that be credited? Best to bounce around fewer rather than more often at firms before you locate your true career opportunity (hopefully not at a firm at all).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148578)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 8:12 PM
Author: Appetizing thirsty rehab quadroon

if you do this it has to happen FAST otherwise you'll look like someone who just hops firms every 2 years after people realize you're incompetent.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148579)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 8:14 PM
Author: obsidian judgmental dragon lay

going back to the old firm is awkward and everyone is going to put you under a microscope. you'll end up anxious and paranoid and inevitably will fuck something up and get blamed.

a new firm will just be a normal lateral move, which usually works out fine.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148585)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 8:15 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Violent Giraffe Pistol

Lateral moves often don’t work out. Being a known quantity somewhere can help.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148587)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 8:11 PM
Author: sapphire wonderful field

No one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148571)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 8:22 PM
Author: razzle balding striped hyena

Well my second firm was dewey so we all know how that worked out.

And when they were all jumping ship and negotiating moves, they told me I couldn’t come with the group because I was a lateral.

Lol when I think back and realize that was a blessing in disguise.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148607)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 8:23 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Violent Giraffe Pistol

You got lucky because the firm actually blew up. There are lots of less fortuitous ways for lateral moves to go wrong.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249566&forum_id=2#38148609)