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Originally Posted by Unregistered

lol. so? even the courts believe in free movement of labour
what can you boss do?

Badmouth you la. Tell the Boss A of Firm XX that this associate sucks, smear your reputation and discredit you.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Are those chinatown law firms or what? Dont need to worry that much. He will not be that free to keep stalking on you and which firms you are going. Just do what you should/want and not be bother by all this crap.

Cheers.

This is a firm that is in the pool of firms below (I cannot name it directly otherwise it is too obvious):

— Big four, CC, Baker

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Badmouth you la. Tell the Boss A of Firm XX that this associate sucks, smear your reputation and discredit you.

bad mouth what?

if you aren’t sucky
what’s there to bad mouth?

if you are sucky, why bother staying put?
i don’t understand

that aside,
all bosses are objective in their assessment, I believe

How come CC baker n big 4 only? What abt A&O and Links? CC isn’t the only MC firm in town

Can't wait for my TC to end and GTFO of this toxic industry. It is not worth it to waste my youth away and spend days on end in a chair, crouched over my computer. When im old and grey and look back at my youth, I do not want to have no memory of my twenties/thirties besides generic work related stuff. I had an epiphany while watching Up the other day. There is a scene in the movie where the life of the old man was broken down into snapshots of his life. If I continue in this industry, the snapshots of my life will be the one and same picture of me crouched over the computer, under the fluorescent light of the office. That is unacceptable to me. Life is so much more than work. I feel that too many people are drawn into the sunk cost fallacy.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

bad mouth what?

if you aren’t sucky
what’s there to bad mouth?

if you are sucky, why bother staying put?
i don’t understand

that aside,
all bosses are objective in their assessment, I believe

What if one is not good. But still need to make a living?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Can't wait for my TC to end and GTFO of this toxic industry. It is not worth it to waste my youth away and spend days on end in a chair, crouched over my computer. When im old and grey and look back at my youth, I do not want to have no memory of my twenties/thirties besides generic work related stuff. I had an epiphany while watching Up the other day. There is a scene in the movie where the life of the old man was broken down into snapshots of his life. If I continue in this industry, the snapshots of my life will be the one and same picture of me crouched over the computer, under the fluorescent light of the office. That is unacceptable to me. Life is so much more than work. I feel that too many people are drawn into the sunk cost fallacy.

Hep trainee-right? Was in your shoes last year in one of the large firms. Had the same thoughts as you since March 2017. Left in August 2017. But then what’s next?
Was wandering for 6 months. After that still went back legal practice exp the same thing.
Morale of the Story? We all need a job

Originally Posted by Unregistered

bad mouth what?

if you aren’t sucky
what’s there to bad mouth?

if you are sucky, why bother staying put?
i don’t understand

that aside,
all bosses are objective in their assessment, I believe

You're naive if you think bosses can't sabotage you. Whether you are sucky or not, there are bosses out there who are petty enough to bad mouth you to your new employer.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

You're naive if you think bosses can't sabotage you. Whether you are sucky or not, there are bosses out there who are petty enough to bad mouth you to your new employer.

That’s why I ask myself everyday if I want to work in such a sucky environment

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Are those chinatown law firms or what? Dont need to worry that much. He will not be that free to keep stalking on you and which firms you are going. Just do what you should/want and not be bother by all this crap.

Cheers.

i guess just nice the firm he was applying to, the partner saw his resume and knows the current boss he is working for... then meet up for lunch and also ask about you casually lor...

to the original poster, you really think your current boss so free to meet / talk bad about you to everyone he knows? he deals with so many associates come and go... just take it easy lar...

even if he really did badmouth you, you just have to try your luck somewhere else. life's like that... everybody will have their time one... who knows one day your childhood friend is a partner or starting his own practice and offer you an opportunity to join him along the way...