I have a $1.2M net worth as a 3rd year NYC mid level (including home equity) yet I still feel broke and empty. Majority of paycheck simply goes into retirement accounts, mortgage or index funds. Not interested in dating/relationships and most days I just eat a six piece chicken McNuggets on the way home from work for dinner and rice and beans at home on weekends. No traveling, no vacations, not close with family (not interested in any of that). Anyone else similar? I can’t be the only one

Is it common for written evaluation to list every mistake you made on a case, including a one-time typo on internal email? I was considered below expectation in my last review, and while the mistakes cited did occur, they were put in a very negative narrative even though none was a repeating issue. The practice leader (who I didn’t work with last year) told me that his first-hand experience with me has been great and he’s seeing none of the issues from my review. Should I still be concerned?

A summer associate at my firm just told me that they can’t assist with a light duty 30 min research request by COB because they have a lunch scheduled. 😭

Being continuously asked “why” you do certain things by seniors when the answer is obvious makes me unreasonably angry. Maybe if you just applied half a second of critical thinking, you’d understand. And no, this is not one of those “asking why to make sure I understand what I’m doing and why” — it’s just laziness. Happy Monday

Why would a v5 firm take down a new lateral’s profile after a week? Website shows “lawyer no longer at the firm.”