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MFH biglaw adopts CUBICLES.

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/08/27/lawyer-cubicles-are-comi...
Outnumbered hyperventilating incel
  08/31/15
Seems long overdue since 2nd years aren't chatting up client...
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  08/31/15
(yes sir, I dun lov dis new bed. thank yah masta thank ya)
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Impertinent national fat ankles
  09/03/15
(PH partner)
Mahogany nudist roast beef dog poop
  08/31/15
Like clients ever come to offices anyway. Biglaw would rath...
slate school puppy
  09/03/15
Closing my door and venting against shitheads is my only out...
Floppy Rigpig Gunner
  08/31/15
Oh Hai me!
dun parlor kitty cat
  08/31/15
Now they'll just all bitch together and make each other more...
cracking up-to-no-good goyim
  08/31/15
IDK bro. My first year office mate and I got shit on by the ...
Floppy Rigpig Gunner
  08/31/15
wtf is an office mate? did you work at mcdonalds?
Motley transparent school cafeteria
  08/31/15
Rerun the equation with the type of BigLaw female associates...
cracking up-to-no-good goyim
  08/31/15
It sounds like you lucked out. Now imagine that, instead, yo...
Painfully honest stage prole
  08/31/15
This, and I am not interested in hearing others bitch about ...
exciting theater stage mediation
  09/03/15
If you polled associates, the percentage choosing cubicles o...
Mahogany nudist roast beef dog poop
  08/31/15
People should be quiet as fuck though I assume. Do 1-2 years...
hairless onyx rehab
  08/31/15
They will usually dial in to calls from the more senior pers...
Vibrant Degenerate Pistol
  08/31/15
There will be farts.
Dark thriller dragon
  08/31/15
JFC. One of the few ways that law firm conservatism benefit...
fragrant crystalline church building
  08/31/15
Those are the couches I always sleep on during all-nighters....
Floppy Rigpig Gunner
  08/31/15
the existence of those offices were infuriating.
very tactful hospital sweet tailpipe
  08/31/15
As everyone knows the only reason they're doing this is to s...
flickering lime masturbator
  08/31/15
If law firms were innovative, then they could do a lot of th...
fragrant crystalline church building
  08/31/15
I agree with you, though collaborating in person and being i...
flickering lime masturbator
  08/31/15
(Flexner FUMING)
exciting theater stage mediation
  09/03/15
Law firms are one of those things that actually need an offi...
hairless onyx rehab
  08/31/15
Ljl.
fragrant crystalline church building
  08/31/15
Agreed. That's why you have an office in MFH that has 40% o...
flickering lime masturbator
  08/31/15
BAM! Partners needs to convene a WAR ROOM ASAP with 8-10 tru...
hairless onyx rehab
  08/31/15
There is no such thing as a trusted second year.
aquamarine area selfie
  11/05/15
Ljl even grocery managers get an office. Have fun in your &q...
Indecent locus pisswyrm
  08/31/15
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provocative ladyboy
  08/31/15
I'd be perfectly okay with this if I got to work from home s...
yapping alpha
  08/31/15
I'd be perfectly okay with this if my salary were $160,000 p...
Dark thriller dragon
  08/31/15
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  08/31/15
The burnout rate will skyrocket or people will start telecom...
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  08/31/15
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provocative ladyboy
  08/31/15
"All are nods to millennials’ preference for sustainabi...
Outnumbered hyperventilating incel
  08/31/15
Holy shit - read the comments to this article. Boomers are a...
yapping alpha
  08/31/15
Rofl "God damn millennial brats takin ARE offices!!!...
Cream Ape State
  09/01/15
lol no shit literally last week i heard the same story from ...
Diverse henna people who are hurt
  09/01/15
I did once try to work out an arrangement where I would leav...
appetizing sepia newt rigor
  09/03/15
LOL, holy shit. You go into law for the prestige, eh?
aphrodisiac effete reading party
  08/31/15
Fucking lol
Ebony faggot firefighter
  08/31/15
ahahahahahaha
jade goal in life
  08/31/15
Way to ensure that all the best law grads do not chose your ...
Dashing coffee pot
  08/31/15
First years would never be fired!
hairless onyx rehab
  09/01/15
The "best" law grads don't go to law school.
Dark thriller dragon
  09/01/15
The "best" law grads spend a year or two (if any t...
startling locale
  09/01/15
I think this is MFCR. Next, lower the starting salaries to ...
Dark thriller dragon
  09/01/15
Cr millennials prefer simplicity
Lemon field
  09/01/15
There would still be a massive oversupply even at 80k only t...
boyish violent theatre really tough guy
  09/01/15
LOL!
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  09/01/15
In house at the big banks its all cubicles or open floor BS....
boyish violent theatre really tough guy
  09/01/15
Yes but in legal at a bank you are also working 9-5, no week...
Vibrant Degenerate Pistol
  09/01/15
This is the problem with ManhaTTTan. My in house job has ...
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  09/01/15
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fragrant crystalline church building
  09/01/15
In house at normal places means all attorneys have their own...
aphrodisiac effete reading party
  09/14/15
But but but we add value! We should be protected from what w...
sick pozpig
  09/01/15
it was my first interview in mfh. the big city. i rememb...
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  09/01/15
ATTENTION LAW STUDENTS This is absolutely something that ...
shivering razzle-dazzle heaven quadroon
  09/01/15
YUP THIS
Vibrant Degenerate Pistol
  09/01/15
Yeah this. Even shitlaw firms give their associates offices.
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  09/01/15
Latham has done this too? God damn.
Impertinent national fat ankles
  09/01/15
Come on brother
Cream Ape State
  09/01/15
Latham always forced first-years to share offices (even afte...
Impertinent national fat ankles
  09/01/15
I think he may be referring to the infamous "Lathaming&...
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  09/03/15
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aquamarine area selfie
  09/13/15
Is it because the millennials demanded it?
Outnumbered hyperventilating incel
  09/13/15
Undoubtedly. The fact that it increases equity partners' bo...
aquamarine area selfie
  09/14/15
>> “I really do believe first- and second-years will b...
flickering lime masturbator
  09/01/15
I do not think "privacy" means what you think it m...
aquamarine area selfie
  09/13/15
The world is moving in this direction unfortunately. In Lond...
alcoholic set fanboi
  09/03/15
I don't think open plan offices is right for law firms. T...
flickering lime masturbator
  09/03/15
Agreed on both counts. If you want to save money, just own i...
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  09/03/15
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aquamarine area selfie
  09/13/15
but how do you poast?
slate school puppy
  09/03/15
You just do it - everyone uses fb, gmail, whatever now and t...
alcoholic set fanboi
  09/03/15
re-read this post in a yean man, you have some stockholm shi...
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Rereading my post, I think you are right. But honestly it...
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  09/14/15
For the best and the brightest.
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  11/04/15


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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:17 PM
Author: Outnumbered hyperventilating incel

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/08/27/lawyer-cubicles-are-coming-to-new-york/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662463)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:26 PM
Author: hairless onyx rehab

Seems long overdue since 2nd years aren't chatting up clients IRL. At least you get a window view so it's not completely terrible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662527)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:28 PM
Author: Motley transparent school cafeteria

(yes sir, I dun lov dis new bed. thank yah masta thank ya)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662537)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:29 PM
Author: big primrose jewess



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662539)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:29 PM
Author: Floppy Rigpig Gunner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662543)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:30 PM
Author: hairless onyx rehab



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662549)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:30 PM
Author: dun parlor kitty cat



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662554)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 5:43 PM
Author: Bearded Lascivious Range



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662968)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 6:05 PM
Author: Outnumbered hyperventilating incel



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28663047)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 10:19 PM
Author: Ebony faggot firefighter



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28664603)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 10:20 PM
Author: aphrodisiac effete reading party



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28664606)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 7:31 AM
Author: Free-loading indian lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666495)



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Date: September 3rd, 2015 8:21 AM
Author: spruce genital piercing piazza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28679754)



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Date: September 3rd, 2015 9:12 AM
Author: Impertinent national fat ankles



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28679883)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:29 PM
Author: Mahogany nudist roast beef dog poop

(PH partner)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662538)



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Date: September 3rd, 2015 9:22 AM
Author: slate school puppy

Like clients ever come to offices anyway. Biglaw would rather have 50 conference rooms, only 20% of which are occupied at a given time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28679926)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:29 PM
Author: Floppy Rigpig Gunner

Closing my door and venting against shitheads is my only outlet at work. If they took that away from me I'd go berserk in two weeks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662542)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:31 PM
Author: dun parlor kitty cat

Oh Hai me!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662555)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:34 PM
Author: cracking up-to-no-good goyim

Now they'll just all bitch together and make each other more miserable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662577)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:41 PM
Author: Floppy Rigpig Gunner

IDK bro. My first year office mate and I got shit on by the same senior associate and when we worked late we'd just laugh about what a tool the guy was for an hour, then talk about the plans we had to bang chicks over the weekend, and billed the whole time for it. Was always 180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662613)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:44 PM
Author: Motley transparent school cafeteria

wtf is an office mate? did you work at mcdonalds?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662628)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:48 PM
Author: cracking up-to-no-good goyim

Rerun the equation with the type of BigLaw female associates who are going to work at the NY office of a firm like Paul Hastings.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662648)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 9:57 PM
Author: Painfully honest stage prole

It sounds like you lucked out. Now imagine that, instead, your office mate were a really loud and vapid person. Wouldn't that drive you crazy? You'd end up buying those Bose noise-cancelling headphones just so you could get some work done.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28664422)



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Date: September 3rd, 2015 9:09 AM
Author: exciting theater stage mediation

This, and I am not interested in hearing others bitch about people who are irrelevant to me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28679875)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:29 PM
Author: Mahogany nudist roast beef dog poop

If you polled associates, the percentage choosing cubicles over offices would be less than 5%. I love the delusional boomers claiming "millennials want to be around eachother" as the foundation for doing these sorts of things.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662545)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:35 PM
Author: hairless onyx rehab

People should be quiet as fuck though I assume. Do 1-2 years ever talk on the phone with clients?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662589)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 5:55 PM
Author: Vibrant Degenerate Pistol

They will usually dial in to calls from the more senior person's office, but yes there will be calls, there will be dumb hallway conversations, there will be typing, there will be food smells....the privacy of an office and ability to shut the door when making personal phone calls/having a mental breakdown are what make big law barely sustainable. It's is bad enough as is, I can only imagine how much worse it would be in a cubicle.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28663007)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 8:14 PM
Author: Dark thriller dragon

There will be farts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28663731)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:37 PM
Author: fragrant crystalline church building

JFC. One of the few ways that law firm conservatism benefited associates is det. What's the over/under on the number of almost-always-empty partner-sized offices, nominally used by people who "split their time between offices" or never come in because they're always doing "business development?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662598)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:39 PM
Author: Floppy Rigpig Gunner

Those are the couches I always sleep on during all-nighters. There needs to be at least one.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662604)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 10:21 PM
Author: very tactful hospital sweet tailpipe

the existence of those offices were infuriating.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28664613)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:38 PM
Author: flickering lime masturbator

As everyone knows the only reason they're doing this is to save on rent.

Personally, I've been saying for years that these biglaw firms (save for maybe the very top ones) should move like 60% of their space outside Manhattan. Now THAT would be a big cost savings.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662603)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:44 PM
Author: fragrant crystalline church building

If law firms were innovative, then they could do a lot of things to cut costs. But they're not.

On paper, the legal profession would be a very easy one to make mostly remote. In my experience, most law firms consist of people who come to one building, each has their own office, then doesn't see each other in person except in the hallways. There is really no good reason that a law firm couldn't have a much smaller office and adopt the policy that people only come in when needed, with allowing proven lawyers to work completely remote from anywhere in the world. The reason this isn't really happening is entirely cultural.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662623)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:46 PM
Author: flickering lime masturbator

I agree with you, though collaborating in person and being in an office with a colleague while on a call together can be helpful (talking over points while on mute, etc).

But with the amount of partners who live outside the city, it certainly makes sense to move a significant portion of the physical plant outside the city, sorta like Boies Schiller. The cost savings must be astronomical. At the very least, moving all the back office stuff 30 mins outside the city is worthwhile.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662638)



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Date: September 3rd, 2015 9:20 AM
Author: exciting theater stage mediation

(Flexner FUMING)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28679913)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:44 PM
Author: hairless onyx rehab

Law firms are one of those things that actually need an office downtown by the courthouse and by clients.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662627)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:46 PM
Author: fragrant crystalline church building

Ljl.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662637)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:47 PM
Author: flickering lime masturbator

Agreed. That's why you have an office in MFH that has 40% of your attorneys plus conference space plus some extra offices.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662641)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:48 PM
Author: hairless onyx rehab

BAM! Partners needs to convene a WAR ROOM ASAP with 8-10 trusted 2nd years.

*carries hundreds of pounds of files on Subway*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662644)



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Date: November 5th, 2015 12:16 AM
Author: aquamarine area selfie

There is no such thing as a trusted second year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#29114088)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:51 PM
Author: Indecent locus pisswyrm

Ljl even grocery managers get an office. Have fun in your "cubicles" lawyers!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662657)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 5:38 PM
Author: provocative ladyboy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662947)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 4:51 PM
Author: yapping alpha

I'd be perfectly okay with this if I got to work from home say, 50 percent of the time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662662)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 8:15 PM
Author: Dark thriller dragon

I'd be perfectly okay with this if my salary were $160,000 per year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28663737)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 8:22 PM
Author: Self-centered bbw



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Date: August 31st, 2015 10:18 PM
Author: aphrodisiac effete reading party

The burnout rate will skyrocket or people will start telecommuting every other day. $160k/year for recent law grads with huge debt working in cubicles will absolutely not feel like they're making great money justifying huge sacrifices.

The other thing is that if law students have options between a cubicle law firm and one that gives them real office I don't think there's going to be any question which one they choose.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28664598)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 5:37 PM
Author: provocative ladyboy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28662943)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 6:10 PM
Author: Outnumbered hyperventilating incel

"All are nods to millennials’ preference for sustainability"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/the-end-of-the-corner-office-a-big-dc-law-firm-designs-its-new-space-with-idealistic-millennials-in-mind/2015/06/21/8851f3e6-15e5-11e5-9518-f9e0a8959f32_story.html



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28663072)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 9:30 PM
Author: yapping alpha

Holy shit - read the comments to this article. Boomers are absolutely unhinged with fury at millennials

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28664237)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 10:01 AM
Author: Cream Ape State

Rofl

"God damn millennial brats takin ARE offices!!!"

gas them all

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666837)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 10:17 AM
Author: Diverse henna people who are hurt

lol no shit literally last week i heard the same story from a DIFFERENT boomer than ever before about the millennial who demanded his work stop at 4pm so he could go to yoga

I asked the two millennials standing next to me at this party "uh, have you ever thought about doing that?" and they were both like "fuck no"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666895)



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Date: September 3rd, 2015 9:07 AM
Author: appetizing sepia newt rigor

I did once try to work out an arrangement where I would leave work at 5 one day a week, go to a professional networking event I was helping to organize, and then log back on around 830 and do a couple more hours work. Keep in mind I was grunt level making about 55k.

This was brought up negatively at my next performance review.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28679870)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 10:15 PM
Author: aphrodisiac effete reading party

LOL, holy shit. You go into law for the prestige, eh?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28664571)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 10:19 PM
Author: Ebony faggot firefighter

Fucking lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28664601)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 10:20 PM
Author: jade goal in life

ahahahahahaha

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28664609)



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Date: August 31st, 2015 10:23 PM
Author: Dashing coffee pot

Way to ensure that all the best law grads do not chose your firm.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28664638)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 3:25 AM
Author: hairless onyx rehab

First years would never be fired!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666319)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 7:27 AM
Author: Dark thriller dragon

The "best" law grads don't go to law school.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666489)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 10:07 AM
Author: startling locale

The "best" law grads spend a year or two (if any time at all) in large firm settings. The top three or so students at t14s clerk and teach or clerk and do other government work or go into business. Ljl at the idea of the Harvard Law valedictorian spending a day in his or her life in a small office or cube.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666857)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 7:28 AM
Author: Dark thriller dragon

I think this is MFCR. Next, lower the starting salaries to a more realistic $80,000 and then the masses of lemmings will stop going to law school.

Uh-oh, a shortage of lawyers! How will society survive??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666492)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 7:39 AM
Author: Lemon field

Cr millennials prefer simplicity

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666508)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 7:54 AM
Author: boyish violent theatre really tough guy

There would still be a massive oversupply even at 80k only the cohort that made up the talent pool would be far dumber.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666541)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 7:51 AM
Author: hairraiser fluffy box office cuckoldry

LOL!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666534)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 7:53 AM
Author: boyish violent theatre really tough guy

In house at the big banks its all cubicles or open floor BS. I've worked at two mega banks now and nobody short of an ED has their own office. Law firms shouldnt be more luxurious than their biggest clients.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666538)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 8:01 AM
Author: Vibrant Degenerate Pistol

Yes but in legal at a bank you are also working 9-5, no weekends, have chill coworkers and bosses, and having a cubicle is just part of being back office/support staff.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666559)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 9:19 AM
Author: ruby immigrant

This is the problem with ManhaTTTan.

My in house job has offices for everyone down to the paralegals.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666716)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 9:21 AM
Author: fragrant crystalline church building



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666717)



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Date: September 14th, 2015 3:00 PM
Author: aphrodisiac effete reading party

In house at normal places means all attorneys have their own office.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28753158)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 7:54 AM
Author: sick pozpig

But but but we add value! We should be protected from what we have helped inflict on millions of American workers!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666539)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 9:10 AM
Author: Insanely Creepy Circlehead

it was my first interview in mfh. the big city.

i remember interviewing at ph and walking down the hall with some partner.

i saw a first year office - glass partition in the middle - and two sad looking associates sitting on either side. i asked the partner "what's that about?" he chuckled and said "oh they like it."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666690)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 9:48 AM
Author: shivering razzle-dazzle heaven quadroon

ATTENTION LAW STUDENTS

This is absolutely something that you should weigh when choosing a firm. Everything else is flame but layoffs and having your own office are the one thing that differs between firms that can really affect your career and mental health. I know this place isn't prefstegious anymore so most of you have no options, but the ones that do, DON'T CHOOSE LATHAM OR PAUL HASTINGS. Fuck firms that do this shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666799)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 9:56 AM
Author: Vibrant Degenerate Pistol

YUP THIS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666826)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 10:14 AM
Author: Stimulating mildly autistic clown

Yeah this. Even shitlaw firms give their associates offices.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666879)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 10:16 AM
Author: Impertinent national fat ankles

Latham has done this too? God damn.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666889)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 10:18 AM
Author: Cream Ape State

Come on brother

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666898)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 10:18 AM
Author: Impertinent national fat ankles

Latham always forced first-years to share offices (even after massacring half of them) so I guess it's not a shock.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666904)



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Date: September 3rd, 2015 9:18 AM
Author: exciting theater stage mediation

I think he may be referring to the infamous "Lathaming" incident of 2008.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28679907)



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Date: September 13th, 2015 11:16 PM
Author: aquamarine area selfie



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28750163)



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Date: September 13th, 2015 11:28 PM
Author: Outnumbered hyperventilating incel

Is it because the millennials demanded it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28750213)



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Date: September 14th, 2015 12:23 AM
Author: aquamarine area selfie

Undoubtedly. The fact that it increases equity partners' bottom line is merely incidental.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28750558)



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Date: September 1st, 2015 10:17 AM
Author: flickering lime masturbator

>> “I really do believe first- and second-years will benefit from true collaboration—they feed off each other,” said Barry Brooks, the chair of the firm’s New York office. “I don’t feel bad about it.”

The open zones will be cordoned off from the rest of the office by a wall of glass, and dividers will separate each desk. “There’s plenty of privacy,” Mr. Brooks said. <<

Cot damn, this is just so disingenuous and scummy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28666891)



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Date: September 13th, 2015 11:17 PM
Author: aquamarine area selfie

I do not think "privacy" means what you think it means

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28750168)



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Date: September 3rd, 2015 3:26 AM
Author: alcoholic set fanboi

The world is moving in this direction unfortunately. In London, everyone shares offices (even partners), with junior people sitting with senior people. Some places over here are moving to open plan offices. US firms in London are starting to adopt that, and it's only a matter of time before they ship it back over to the US.

I moved from having my own office to sharing one when I switched firms and it is definitely pretty annoying in some ways, but you get used to it, and it is kind of nice how much more social everything is, vs. sitting in your own office and never seeing another human ever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28679504)



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Date: September 3rd, 2015 9:22 AM
Author: flickering lime masturbator

I don't think open plan offices is right for law firms.

That said, what is most bothersome is the suggestion that this is about collaboration or about doing something that millennials prefer -- no it's not, it's about fucking money. Just fucking say that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28679924)



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Date: September 3rd, 2015 9:32 AM
Author: alcoholic set fanboi

Agreed on both counts. If you want to save money, just own it, and open plan is wayyyy shittier than sharing an office with a door you can close to shut out hallway chatter.

Also, in the UK firms, part of the rationale is training - trainees are put with partners and not even the managing partner would rate a solo office. Clumping a bunch of first years together at the end of the hallway doesn't help the first years any.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28679971)



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Date: September 13th, 2015 11:19 PM
Author: aquamarine area selfie



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28750182)



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Date: September 3rd, 2015 9:23 AM
Author: slate school puppy

but how do you poast?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28679933)



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Date: September 3rd, 2015 9:30 AM
Author: alcoholic set fanboi

You just do it - everyone uses fb, gmail, whatever now and then. As long as you're not fucking around when you shouldn't be, who gives a fuck that you're watching tv on your phone or something while you're working. Might be different at a douchier firm/office though. We've got these screen protector things as well, which make it impossible to see what's on a screen unless you are at the right angle, but they give me a headache so I don't use them.

In terms of other stuff, I miss being able to take a quick nap in the office, or have personal phone calls, but it's not that big a deal - most of the time I was only making personal calls after hours anyway and even now it's rare that both I and my officemate are working late at the same time. It's a little awk for stuff like calling the doctor, but I realize that no one gives a fuck about my medical issues just like I don't give a fuck about anyone else's. Obviously I couldn't take calls from recruiters/apply to new jobs, but I just moved here so that hasn't been a problem yet.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28679964)



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Date: September 13th, 2015 11:20 PM
Author: avocado contagious casino

re-read this post in a yean man, you have some stockholm shit just laying there below the surface

"yeah it sucks but it doesn't suck but when it COULD suck, well, it hasn't yet"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28750184)



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Date: September 14th, 2015 2:56 PM
Author: alcoholic set fanboi

Rereading my post, I think you are right.

But honestly it's hard to get too worked up over sharing an office with one other person, when everyone else in the corporate world (including the MDs at Goldman, etc.) are sitting in open plan offices. Plenty of things are annoying about biglaw but honestly sharing an office is NBD.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#28753145)



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Date: November 4th, 2015 11:04 PM
Author: Outnumbered hyperventilating incel

For the best and the brightest.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2977676&forum_id=2#29113561)