Originally Posted by Unregistered

being a lawyer sucks. decent grades in sch + do 3/4 years of law sch + 1/2 years of training and bar = earning less than your fboy yolo friends in finance or banks

glut of assocs compounded by a crappy economy = employers market now. also, super long hours, unhelpful seniors, low pay compared to peers, tethered to work phone/outlook on holidays and weekends, etc.

need to make partners and seniors happy, need to make clients happy, need to make staff happy. remember the recent law soc anti-bullying pact or agreement or whatever? - just look at some of the signatories or participating firms lol.

need to compete with white horse colleagues, need to compete with chio colleagues playing the 'game', need to compete with useless colleagues leeching on your work and stealing your credit, etc

need to sayang your bf/gf asking you why always no time to pak tor