Legal Recruiter Made Me Cry
In this economy, legal recruiters remind me of benevolent clergymen:
YOU: I’m just so confused … so afraid.
RECRUITER: Do not despair my child. Open your heart and mind to Us and We will show you opportunities of great satisfaction.
YOU: But I have been forsaken!
RECRUITER: We see all, We help all. Come with Us and take back your rightful share of the glory.
Recruiters can be helpful, but they are almost always soothing. We expect recruiters to make us feel better about ourselves, and in times of strife self-confidence becomes really important.
We don’t expect recruiters to make us sad or mournful. But one recruiter did just that with a visual reminder of terrible mistakes that should remain in the past.
See the pics after the jump.
A tipster received this email from a recruiter this week:
Good morning,I write today to ask a quick question:
Would you rather work:
Here (A):
OR HERE (B):
If you chose “B”, we may have an outstanding opportunity for you to achieve your goal! Our client is seeking to hire a transactional corporate and securities attorney with 3+ years’ experience at a major NYC law firm. Prior experience on cross border debt and equity transactions preferred.
Really? Was there really a need to point out how cold and miserable NYC is this time of year, right in the middle of an economic crisis that’s turning the purchasing power of an NYC associate into a joke?
Don’t remind people that the Manhattan Biglaw paradigm is crumbling, and don’t give people the false hope of having a better life on a lovely tropical beach.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go weep softly as I regard the lovely vista of grey brick and asphalt that is the only view I get from my one-bedroom, non-rent controlled apartment.
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Comments
WHOA IS ME!
FirsTTT again!
zib
It didn't even snow all of last year. And its 61 degrees in NYC today.
Second?
zib
I found the picture comparison to be cute. Doesn't make me weep. Elie, be strong!
I like the cold and snow. Its invigorating, and it builds character. I don't think it snows enough in NYC. So there.
There once was a man from NantuckeTTT....
What the hell does "the Manhattan Biglaw paradigm is crumbling" mean?
Elie - You can't get by throwing out glib expressions. How did you get through law school?
Con Law Professor: Mr. Mystal, what is the substance of Scalia's dissent in Casey?
Elie: Well, Roe is just some liberal crap.
so much depends
upon
a C+ student's
delusion
william careless williams
Worthless post.
Worthless post.
recruiters make us feel better?? not the folks at Kinney Asia, who eagerly respond to ananymous inquiring minds on ATL message boards and routinely ignore emails from potential clients. That's not soothing.
It is very warm outside in NYC today. This is a horrible post.
THIS POST ABSOLUTELY SUCKs and is an incredible waste of time for anyone reading it.
How is the economy turning the purchasing power of a NYC associate into a joke? If anything, with all the finance layoffs, those who are ARE nyc associates will have HIGHER purchasing power as rents fall.
I'd rather work in choice A. The money will certainly be better, and I don't have to work all day in a tropical paradise . . .constantly being reminded of how much fun I could be having.
I'll take it....whereever it is....just get me the hell out of my half-Skadden shithole!
i love this post. thank you :) know of any openings like this in antitrust litigation/m&a?
I'll take New York f'ing City over some humid TTT with nothing happening outside the walls of some crappy resort.
First to say MysTTTal
is that Bangalore?
i am pretty sure that is Bondi Beach, Australia - sidley is the firm looking for an attorney down there....
No one would get any work done with Choice B.
11 was an English major.
Tropical paradises are seriously overrated as places to live. Good to vacation at for a week or so, but you would get bored as hell living there. Everyone I know who grew up in Hawaii refuses to go back, because you live on an island where everyone knows each other, where you have limited outlets from the same old crap, and where sitting on the beach for 10 hours a day every weekend gets boring.
Does this mean Major, Lindsey & Africa won't be sponsoring the next ATL happy hour?
wow is there really no news today? why don't you talk about the NJ civil union commission finding http://www.nj.gov/oag/dcr/downloads/CURC-Final-Report-.pdf or the iowa arguments yesterday http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081209/NEWS/81209018?
What about Chadbourne & Parke's hiring freeze and stealth layoffs? I'd even take another post about Drier. anything but a ridiculous post like this.
19 - Be careful what you wish for, the knives are coming out in January for reals this time.
Yeah, it actually is really warm in NYC today, sending out such an email on such a day is an EPIC FAIL
In my day we used to have to walk 15 miles in the snow to get to our office...uphill both ways. It was a lot colder then too!
-old partner dood
llb '52
29, don't you know Drier's old news until the firm officially announces dissolution? Now if only ATL will post more about Rod's senator for sale scheme...
23, you ignorant slut. Bangalore is nowhere near the ocean! Try 'Mumbai' or something if you want to make a half-intelligent joke.
That's definitely Sydney. Makes me homesick.
Regarding your use of "regard," you'll need more than just a thesaurus if you want use those fancy twenty-five cent words, Elie.
Second to say MysTTTal
And if you want TO use them, you'll need even more than that.
Second to say MysTTTal
Every time I hear the whining of Big Law folks, I feel better about my existence. I gave up big law to work for a 7 person litigation firm. Took a bit of a pay cut, but not terrible. And so while everyone in big firms are stressing that their clients are going bankrupt, they're getting shitty bonuses and are going to lose their jobs (while they sit in their offices reviewing documents and writing memos), we have more work than we can handle (but we all leave at six), I'm in court every week, I wear jeans to work, and my job is secure. I just wish I'd jumped from slavery early.
That would be pretty freaking hilarious on any other site, but I hold ATL to a higher standard.
One bedroom? You mean a whole, separate room... just for your bed? Truly, miracles will never cease! Now I've got something to work towards...
Dear New Yorkers:
Suck it.
Love,
Florida Attorneys who make more then you do when cost of living is taken into consideration.
Worst Post Ever.
I don't know what bitter and miserable people 27 has been talking to, but I grew up in Hawaii and have every intention of going back, debt-free and armed with BigLaw NYC credentials, which will empower me to basically write my own ticket.
Tell your friends that grew up in Hawaii and "refuse" to go back to go ahead and stay away. If you can't appreciate it, you don't deserve to live there.
MysTTTal.
What really is making Elie weep is that now recruiters aint buying him no more free lunches.
45- even the top Hawaii firms pay crap compared to mainland firms and the cost of living there is not low. You can work in NYC and go back "armed" with your BIGLAW credentials but they will count crap there when you're making 85k a year and working with UH grads. I know at least a half dozen people who grew up in Hawaii who never went back. Oh and there also is that President-elect dude also.
Elie: Yes, one more please.
Recruiter: Elie, really, three pieces of pie? Really?
Mel-a-noma.
Professor Paula Franzese NEWS!
Professor Paula Franzese NEWS!
She's in Chicago as Keynote Speaker at the "30th Annual COGEL (Council on Governmental Ethics Laws) Conference."
Pretty good timing for Chicago to host a governmental ethics conference!!
Is it me or is Elie the most negative person in the world? Wow, he's always trying to spin every story in the most negative light, by second-guessing the thrust of the message of the subject of the story (in this case, the recruiter's email). Elie, how about trying a positive spin for a change?
On another level, since when did spam emails become reportable subject matter for this blog?
Agree w. 8. I like snow and hate when we don't get any all winter.
Washington DC weather will balls hot summers and almost no snow is, dare I say it, TTT?
Recruiter: So will you be sending along your resume?
Elie: That was some mighty fine rhubarb.
27, awful example. Working in paradise (with, I presume, the option to leave after a few years) is not the same as growing up in Hawaii. Its just a stupid comparison.
40, early or late, who's to say?
Me, I am so smart. Its a shame I have no work and instead am stuck here with you clowns.
43 - Yeah, but then you have to live with the mouth-breathers who inhabit Florida.
Only good thing about that place is the weather (debatably). Its a big, old, sweaty wasteland.
For culture, they have Cuban food (admittedly good), Disney, Best Buy and cocaine.
56- and where would NYC be without that cocaine?? You should thank God every day for Miami.
-43
56,
Don't forget about the all mighty Walmart...
Hail to thee home of cheap 46 inch TVs!
Lawyers, without exception, are cocksucking pigfuckers, and the world would be a better place if every one of them died a hideous and painful death.
Legal recruiters are worse than lawyers.
56,
Don't forget about the all mighty Walmart...
Hail to thee home of cheap 46 inch TVs!
34, geography really gets you going, eh? Jerk.
This post is ridiculous. This counts as news?!
Elie MysTTTal Made Me Waste My Time
Bring back Lat. You suck Elie. You suck.
Elie=Epic Fail
56: The also have beaches. The financial district in Miami is great, too. It's also cheaper.
pic A is 58th and madison.
Would an umbrella really protect you from all that dust that was expelled when the twin towers collapsed??
56, u r just jealous cause we chilling in pimp penthouses on brickell where the bank tellers look like models. we got the sickest beaches and the finest hos north of the equator. and u'll be amazed how people will mistake u for a millionaire around here when ur 26 and clearing 5gs after taxes every other friday.
56, u r just jealous cause we chilling in pimp penthouses on brickell where the bank tellers look like models. we got the sickest beaches and the finest hos north of the equator. and u'll be amazed how people will mistake u for a millionaire around here when ur 26 and clearing 5gs after taxes every other friday.
66, would an umbrella really protect you from the six hurricanes that hit Florida every year?
The real reason Elie cried:
Recruiter: How do you feel about sun and beaches?
Elie: Plums and peaches? Is there a Krispy Kreme?
That's why I love living in SoCal.
OK, 40, I'll bite. Where do you work?
40 -- How do you deal with all the unicorns that come into your office seeking counsel?
72 and 73: Small firm in Beverly Hills. I work 1800, paid 150k (I'm a 4th year), bonus between 10-20 (this is my first year; I was at a big CA-based firm). We have smaller cases but they're all interesting, I have much more responsibility than I did at biglaw, I'm in court all the time. I wear jeans to work most days, as do the partners. I've worked one weekend day this year. And small firms generally do well in recessions; my firm's been around decades and always gets through recessions with no problems.
I think Elie is askin' for a MusTTTache ride? Anyone disagree?
Only a DB would think that NYC is cold this time of year.
FIRST, 1st baby, 1st baby, oh yeah
71, that isn't SoCal. And its raining buckets right now.
This thread is the most fun I've had all day.
43, I would agree with you but suggest that here in Las Vegas we have the added benefit of a lack of hurricanes and Jurassic sized insects.
59, I'm a legal recruiter, but since I'm known in Sin City as The Shark Pimp, I'll actually take your comments as a compliment. I'm perfectly happy to be the target of jaded humor and vile disgust to lawyers, in the same manner lawyers are to everyone else, so long as my fees keep coming.
Shameless pimp promotion: I need mid-level to senior BK and IP associates. Decent schools, no retail hacks.
Jordan