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Partner screamed at me for cc’ing him on an email. FML.

Two weeks ago, a nerdy litigation partner asked me to work o...
Comical black woman
  10/15/18
wow man, tough break
citrine deranged lay
  10/15/18
tyft
Comical black woman
  10/15/18
...
Comical black woman
  10/15/18
what an asshole
Glittery chocolate church building rigpig
  10/15/18
what year did this story first appear on xo?
Cyan halford
  10/15/18
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spectacular rough-skinned hissy fit
  10/15/18
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Territorial legend
  10/16/18
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Provocative market
  10/16/18
it's older than the great bort but timeless in its indictmen...
Bossy Abode
  10/16/18
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frum tripping cuck
  11/10/18
I've seen this posted before, but a question I've had is wha...
aqua people who are hurt
  10/15/18
“That’s right, Nerdy Litigation partner yelled a...
Comical black woman
  10/15/18
Is this something that can be done? I've literally never se...
aqua people who are hurt
  10/15/18
I never understood that either, I guess at this fictional bi...
opaque vigorous famous landscape painting
  10/16/18
why ppl work in private practice is beyond me.
startling low-t love of her life cuckoldry
  10/15/18
Didn’t read. Summary?
sapphire chad
  10/15/18
“That’s right, Nerdy Litigation partner yelled a...
Comical black woman
  10/15/18
is this a repoast?
odious brethren heaven
  10/15/18
Yes, from a couple months ago. And I swear it was around yea...
at-the-ready old irish cottage lodge
  10/15/18
I am the Picasso of copypasta
Comical black woman
  10/15/18
...
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Glittery chocolate church building rigpig
  10/16/18
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odious brethren heaven
  10/16/18
"From" line? WTF? I've been sending biglaw emails ...
bearded cerebral police squad gas station
  10/15/18
Unacceptable, according to the partner
Comical black woman
  10/15/18
This is what I don't understand about this. I've never seen...
aqua people who are hurt
  10/15/18
was waiting for either: A) Fresh Prince or B) "...
thriller main people
  10/15/18
?
Comical black woman
  10/15/18
State your height and bench press. Couldn't imagine a grown ...
Impressive Stead
  10/15/18
5’5” 65 pounds
Comical black woman
  10/15/18
....it didn't happen.
brass mildly autistic digit ratio
  10/16/18
...
Comical black woman
  10/15/18
Repost
fishy talking gay wizard corner
  10/15/18
My poasts are like fine wine. They get better with age.
Comical black woman
  10/16/18
uh this is definitely a rip off of some old thread with tons...
disturbing school
  10/16/18
Isn’t this a repost?
Territorial legend
  10/16/18
mods please close this thread and merge it with the older on...
citrine deranged lay
  10/16/18
...
learning disabled indigo incel dopamine
  10/16/18
If you don’t like it, don’t read it. It&rsquo...
Comical black woman
  10/16/18
we don;t tolerate 'zombie' threads around these parts, amigo...
citrine deranged lay
  10/16/18
Gimme a link, hoss
Comical black woman
  10/16/18
Dude yes I remember this from a few months back
razzle locus boiling water
  10/16/18
that was also a repost, the original is far older iirc
disturbing school
  10/16/18
im sad that several itt didnt know the repost nature of this...
yapping circlehead
  10/16/18
Hey bros, it's me...
Provocative market
  10/16/18
Biglaw fanfic is the best
topaz school cafeteria reading party
  10/16/18
i can't imagine working with people so gay that they'd expli...
galvanic submissive windowlicker
  10/16/18
this is written in xo 2007 style
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  10/16/18


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Date: October 15th, 2018 10:57 PM
Author: Comical black woman

Two weeks ago, a nerdy litigation partner asked me to work on a private equity investment for one of his clients. Simple enough, right? I’m a fifth-year associate and regarded as a competent transactional attorney. I’m not the class rock star, but I’ve been told I’m “very much in the hunt for partnership.”

Sounds exciting, but being in the hunt actually makes your life worse because you have to care what partners think of you. In other words, you have to make partners like you. And if they don’t? Well, you have to obsess over the fact they don’t like you and then do everything in your power to change their minds. Even when they’re dicks. Even when they scream at you for “CC-ing” them on an email rather than including them in the “From” line. That’s right, Nerdy Litigation partner yelled at me like I was his prison bitch because I didn’t include his name in the goddamn “From” line.

“This is reckless and thoughtless behavior!” he said, his tiny jaw twitching with petulance.

Here are the facts: Last Wednesday, I sent a draft term sheet to the client and CC-ed Nerdy Litigation Partner. It’s the kind of thing I do twenty times a day. I didn’t even think twice about it. Call me crazy, but that’s how I roll. Ten minutes later, NLP was in my office yelling.

“You don’t CC me. Understand?!”

“I’m sorry,” I said. I know, I’m a pussy. But I’m in the hunt. What am I supposed to do, ruin my career? But NLP didn’t give a rat’s ass about my apology.

“Every single piece of correspondence that goes to this client comes from me. Got it?! ”

I just looked at him. My heart was thumping. If we were in high school, I would have already thrown my first punch.

“I’m not sure I understand,” I said, with an deferential faux confusion associates in the hunt employ when asshole partners are screaming at them for no reason.

“The client needs to know that I’m integrally involved in this transaction and not just overseeing some junior associate’s work product. Understand now, or was that too abstract for you?! ”

I didn’t respond. I just stared at him, until he walked out.

Here’s the worst part: NLP is actually kind of important and now he hates me. He told an associate friend of mine the next day that I was a “loose cannon.”

A loose fucking cannon?! Really?! Because of a stupid CC! Really?! Just thinking about this makes me insane! I’ve worked my ass off for five years, and this petty son of a bitch is going to compromise—or flat out ruin—my chance at partner over this!?

If I didn’t have a fat student loan tab, I would have kicked his chubby ass right then and there. (Yes, I’m exaggerating. A little. And yes, I’m angry as hell and completely irrational. You would be too, if you were in the hunt and some d-bag called you out for something so petty.)

It’s times like these that I’m really glad I went to a top-five school, made law review and billed 2100 hours a year for the past five years. Now I suppose that the only good news about no longer being in the hunt is that I don’t have to care what assholes like NLP think of me anymore. So in a way, this whole Cc debacle was a victory.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37031763)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 10:59 PM
Author: citrine deranged lay

wow man, tough break

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37031777)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:00 PM
Author: Comical black woman

tyft

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37031787)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:04 PM
Author: Comical black woman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37031818)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:05 PM
Author: Glittery chocolate church building rigpig

what an asshole

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37031833)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:06 PM
Author: Cyan halford

what year did this story first appear on xo?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37031844)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:35 PM
Author: spectacular rough-skinned hissy fit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37032052)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 4:02 AM
Author: Territorial legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033109)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 4:10 AM
Author: Provocative market



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033127)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 5:47 AM
Author: Bossy Abode

it's older than the great bort but timeless in its indictment of biglaw betas

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033243)



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Date: November 10th, 2018 7:08 PM
Author: frum tripping cuck



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37205681)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:06 PM
Author: aqua people who are hurt

I've seen this posted before, but a question I've had is what is the expectation? That the associate sends drafts of the email to the partner to send out?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37031845)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:09 PM
Author: Comical black woman

“That’s right, Nerdy Litigation partner yelled at me like I was his prison bitch because I didn’t include his name in the goddamn “From” line.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37031872)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:15 PM
Author: aqua people who are hurt

Is this something that can be done? I've literally never seen this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37031923)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 5:06 AM
Author: opaque vigorous famous landscape painting

I never understood that either, I guess at this fictional biglaw firm associates (even ones in different departments you never work with) are like your secretary and have access to your email account so they can send messages as you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033201)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:07 PM
Author: startling low-t love of her life cuckoldry

why ppl work in private practice is beyond me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37031854)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:10 PM
Author: sapphire chad

Didn’t read. Summary?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37031879)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:11 PM
Author: Comical black woman

“That’s right, Nerdy Litigation partner yelled at me like I was his prison bitch because I didn’t include his name in the goddamn “From” line.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37031901)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:18 PM
Author: odious brethren heaven

is this a repoast?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37031938)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:33 PM
Author: at-the-ready old irish cottage lodge

Yes, from a couple months ago. And I swear it was around years and years ago.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37032035)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:34 PM
Author: Comical black woman

I am the Picasso of copypasta

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37032045)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 4:57 AM
Author: big vengeful marketing idea shrine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033189)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 11:19 AM
Author: Glittery chocolate church building rigpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37034416)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 5:52 PM
Author: odious brethren heaven



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37036962)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:19 PM
Author: bearded cerebral police squad gas station

"From" line? WTF? I've been sending biglaw emails every day for 6+ years and never seen this shit. Always copy partner (and everyone else who is part of of the group "sending" the email) in the CC line.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37031940)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:19 PM
Author: Comical black woman

Unacceptable, according to the partner

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37031945)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:21 PM
Author: aqua people who are hurt

This is what I don't understand about this. I've never seen this done. I've seen partners request that I draft an email for them to send out, but I didn't even know that this was something that could be done.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37031955)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:29 PM
Author: thriller main people

was waiting for either:

A) Fresh Prince or

B) "...noticed that all the other partners had stripped nude and put on Aquasox for traction..."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37032008)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:31 PM
Author: Comical black woman

?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37032020)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:32 PM
Author: Impressive Stead

State your height and bench press. Couldn't imagine a grown man yelling at me over something like that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37032025)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:32 PM
Author: Comical black woman

5’5”

65 pounds

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37032031)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 5:08 AM
Author: brass mildly autistic digit ratio

....it didn't happen.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033208)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:37 PM
Author: Comical black woman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37032074)



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Date: October 15th, 2018 11:56 PM
Author: fishy talking gay wizard corner

Repost

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37032215)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 3:59 AM
Author: Comical black woman

My poasts are like fine wine. They get better with age.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033100)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 3:54 AM
Author: disturbing school

uh this is definitely a rip off of some old thread with tons of poasts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033073)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 4:02 AM
Author: Territorial legend

Isn’t this a repost?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033107)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 4:04 AM
Author: citrine deranged lay

mods please close this thread and merge it with the older ones.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033114)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 4:06 AM
Author: learning disabled indigo incel dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033122)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 4:08 AM
Author: Comical black woman

If you don’t like it, don’t read it.

It’s fun to watch people take the bait.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033124)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 4:20 AM
Author: citrine deranged lay

we don;t tolerate 'zombie' threads around these parts, amigo. please do read the full set of rules on the wiki before poasting again.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033142)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 4:21 AM
Author: Comical black woman

Gimme a link, hoss

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033145)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 4:11 AM
Author: razzle locus boiling water

Dude yes I remember this from a few months back

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033133)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 4:21 AM
Author: disturbing school

that was also a repost, the original is far older iirc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033143)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 4:06 AM
Author: yapping circlehead

im sad that several itt didnt know the repost nature of this post.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033120)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 4:10 AM
Author: Provocative market

Hey bros, it's me...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033130)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 7:06 AM
Author: topaz school cafeteria reading party

Biglaw fanfic is the best

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37033347)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 11:21 AM
Author: galvanic submissive windowlicker

i can't imagine working with people so gay that they'd explicitly state that they care about that email shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37034427)



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Date: October 16th, 2018 11:33 AM
Author: obsidian tanning salon

this is written in xo 2007 style

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4107599&forum_id=2#37034513)