Featured Job Survey: Putting The Phat Back In Big Law (but with different spelling)
We received over 1,600 responses to yesterday's ATL / Lateral Link survey on your law firm weight gain. Overall, you've gained a ton. Or more.
As one commenter put it:
NY to 350!...lbs. that is...
Well, ok, it wasn't quite that bad, but two thirds of you who are currently practicing law have gained weight:
* 13.78% of respondents gained 1 to 5 pounds.
* 13.36% of respondents gained 6 to 10 pounds.
* 14.13% of respondents gained 11 to 15 pounds.
* 6.78% of respondents gained 16 to 20 pounds.
* 6.71% of respondents gained 21 to 25 pounds.
* 4.59% of respondents gained 26 to 30 pounds.
* 7.35% of respondents -- and roughly a fifth of respondents who graduated in 2002 or earlier -- gained more than 30 pounds.
Just under 12% of you stayed the same. And a fifth of you are bastards reported that you lost weight:
* 5.72% of respondents lost 1 to 5 pounds.
* 4.73% of respondents lost 6 to 10 pounds.
* 3.82% of respondents lost 11 to 15 pounds.
* 1.55% of respondents lost 16 to 20 pounds.
* 1.55% of respondents lost 21 to 25 pounds.
* 0.71% of respondents lost 26 to 30 pounds.
* 2.69% of respondents lost more than 30 pounds.
Most respondents are eating in the office, grabbing food from restaurants, and enjoying a sedentary lifestyle:
* About three quarters of respondents who are currently practicing law eat at least five meals a week at their firms.
* About two thirds get at least five meals a week from restaurants.
* Although roughly two fifths of respondents said their firms have gyms (25% have free gyms, 15% are at firms with subsidized gyms, and 2% are at firms with no discount), 60% of these respondents "never" use their firm gym, and 20% work out only once or twice a week.
Law students fared better, but still not that well, with roughly 55% gaining weight, and just under a third losing weight. Law students were just about as likely as practicing attorneys to gain 15 or fewer pounds, but a bit less likely to gain more, and a bit more likely to lose 15 or fewer pounds. Clearly, there's room for more recruiting lunches.
So, overall, don't you feel better about yourself now?
(38) Comments
Who's on first?
FIRST to wheel myself out of the office at night.
Are those David's feet?
I don't know who that is on the scale, but it depresses me. I'd love to see 155 on the scale again :-(
Those are some ugly feet. Skinny dude, ugly feet.
Early deaths from obesity are good recruiting tools - you can get rid of dead weight without having to report layoffs.
Judging by those nasty mangled feet and the scale reading of 155, I must conclude that a giant mutant troll is on the scale.
Those feet look like they are from an NYC subway/AM New York podiatrist ad - gross.
C'mon fatties, start having heart attacks. Increase my partnership odds.
Them are some ugly little piggies.
I wash myself with a rag on a stick
"So, overall, don't you feel better about yourself now?"
Yes, knowing that I don't have feet like that.
what the f is 155 doing on the scale? shouldn't it show like 4 super quintillion pounds? or like your weight=the sun. lol!
To 12:08 guest: Just wait until ATL tries to riff on the Dr. Z ads.
how do you possibly gain weight in law school? i had time to go to the gym 2-3 hours a day, do my work, and go out every night. i can count on one hand the number of even 40 hour weeks i had in those three years (all in the ramp up to finals).
I've lost 60 lbs in law school, but unfortunately I started at 295
what is hotter: plump chick wearing victorian garb (not nasty) or super skinny chick addicted to coke (little dirty)
Once you start practicing and reading the state bar magazine it is noteworthy how many lawyers in their mid fifties are just dropping dead from heart attacks and cancer.
Every week I see another announcemnt from some law firm grieving the passing of partner X. Is it really worth it?
My preference is coke whores.. Just sayin'.
What's with the hairless hobbit feet in the pic?
Tisk, tisk. To be meaningful, we also have to know--bare minimum--the weight gains/losses for individuals who did *not* work in law firms over the same period in their lives. It would also be good to account for gender differences, geographic differences, law school GPA, etc.
After all the funny comments I post on this site, that is the one they choose for a block quote? Still, I'm flattered.
Thanks, Justin!
What the heck is with the headline? Should it be "put the 'Big' back in BigLaw?" Don't make me come down there are edit everything for you.
lol those are def. david's feet! He's clearly about 155 lb.
Listen. I am a Big Law third year. I have 6% body fat and weigh 195. I am pure, lean muscle. Today some secretary asked me how I stayed in shape as she stood there with doughnut on her plate. I just looked at her, looked at her doughnut, then looked at her again.
Message to fat people: You are gross. Stop acting like victims and step the hell away from the donuts. It's not that hard.
hahahah. i love it, 2:25. it's a little harsh. it's a little egotistical. but it's still classic! "I am pure, lean muscle."
Oh, so Frodo weighs 155. Great pedicure, he must have sold that dump in the shire and moved to NY!
I just want to point out that just because we don't use our firms' gyms doesn't mean we don't work out. Not only does my firm's gym suck compared to the one in my apartment building, but it's ridiculously expensive considering I have access to a decent gym for free. Further, I'm not about to put on short shorts and pound it out on the stairmaster in front of male partners. It's not like I work at SAB or something.
I judge you when you are fat. America should tax fat people for using extra resources.
I agree with 4:37. Last week I was on a smaller-sized plane, and two fat guys were wedged in next to each other, with their enormous guts spilling onto the other's lap. The stewardess made me switch with one of them, hence punishing me because I'm small. What a crock.
4:51: Outrage! Seriously. They should MAKE the fatties sit next to each other so each of them can feel what it's like having your co-passenger's fat ebbing over and under the little divider armrest thing. Oh, and don't even get me started on the armrest because you know when you are next to a fat, they will inevitably monopolize it with their doughy arm. Ugh.
I judge you when you are skinny - on a scale of 1 to 10 where 10 is "delicious."
"GET IN MY BELLY!!"
-Fat Bastard
Everyone gains weight when they transition to a desk job, law firm or not. Anyone who thinks this is firm-specific clearly didn't have a real job before going to law school.
2:25 and 5:28 - I'm eating a stack of thin mints right now just for you!
"Everyone gains weight when they transition to a desk job"
Yeah, everyone except those of us who hit the fucking gym religiously now and watch what the hell we eat BECAUSE we're now riding a desk and we know it.
"Everyone gains weight when they transition to a desk job, law firm or not."
Not me; I've never really cared for eating.
I like coke and booze, though.
Posted by guest | Permalink Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5:28 PM
4:51: Outrage! Seriously. They should MAKE the fatties sit next to each other so each of them can feel what it's like having your co-passenger's fat ebbing over and under the little divider armrest thing. Oh, and don't even get me started on the armrest because you know when you are next to a fat, they will inevitably monopolize it with their doughy arm. Ugh.
"doughy arm" HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
I'm dying. f*ing hilarious - and so true
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insurance/Advice/WhatIfNoOneWereFat.aspx