I am not sure if you're working in the legal industry but the negative vibe stems from the nature of work involved and the fact that hours/salary, you're getting peanuts.

So what does the work entails? Why is it so bad? You can ask your friends in law but they include things like carrying boxes to courtroom as trainees, comparing word for word if two documents are different and counting the number of pages in a document manually.

There is no glam factor. As one poster has said, the banker completes the deal at 8pm then calls you in to handle the paper work before popping champagne with the client at after party. You are at their whim and fancy, and are expected to work round the clock to make sure the piece of work gets done. You don't get involved in any strategic or execution work unlike consultants and the corporate staff who implement them, you just make sure their memos are fine. You aren't a player, you are that kid who carries the ball for the golfers (entrepreneurs, corporate bosses) to play ball while at the same time having to take orders from their managers (bankers) and staff (corporate executives).