...Well knock me over with a feather. I can safely say that I did not see that coming.
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[NOTE: I am not ripping on the many attorneys who read GT, who I know are NOT as I describe below. I am talking about my specific experiences as a female associate of color, working in a big law firm in the early to mid nineties, where all the partners, and practically all the associates were white males.]
Yes, exactly! thank you. Allowing lawyers to use time out spent helping a co-worker count toward billable hours is very fair. This isn't about being "nice" to people, making friends or helping folks feel welcome, it's about specifically making sure that all young lawyers are getting access to the same kinds of…
As a woman of color (in healthcare) who must also account for productivity, and is also initially treated as support staff, I honestly don't see anything wrong here. I'm not angry, I wish hospitals would try this. There are a lot of older white men in my field who wouldn't even think to do it if someone didn't…
Yeah honestly I don't see what's terribly wrong with this. This is clearly from a big law firm, a field where diversity recruiting and retention is very important. Having worked at one as an LGBT person, I can tell you that they go out of their way to make you feel comfortable, probably because of memos like this.…
As a Black attorney who worked in Big Law, this memo would have been a great improvement in the firm culture where Black summer associates and attorneys were routinely ignored and mistaken for admin. staff since others couldn't even process that we were attorneys.
I kind of agree with you. There are well-documented mentorship and inclusion gaps for people who basically aren't white males. And speaking from personal experience, if co-workers perceive you to be a "diversity hire", there can be interpersonal retaliation or exclusion. I'm not sure I love the way this is written,…
But the subject of the memo is specifically how to help with the firm's diversity initiative. Who else would you reach out to in order to do that other than the diverse hires?
Does anyone else actually edit his or her work like this? The second draft of every paper I've ever written is full of brackets that say [CHANGE THIS TO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT THE MOST ASININE SENTENCE EVER PUT INTO PRINT, YOU WORTHLESS FUCKING IDIOT.]
Whenever they lose their structural integrity.
I can still hear grandma's voice, "What if you get into an accident..." Like, I wouldn't have shit myself or something. Anyway, I probably keep underwear around way longer than I should.
"Please," I asked Roger, "just look at the tape." I suspected he would see what I had seen. He did, and an opening was created.
If you don't want to go, DON'T GO. What's worse: inviting someone to celebrate an important event with you, spending thousands of dollars to throw a nice party for everyone who comes? Or being bitter and snarky because someone inconveniently invited you to attend?
"Many Americans have friends and family scattered all over the country, which makes it harder to tie the knot on the cheap."
Aren't groom 50% responsible for this phenomenon? I know it goes against our cultural expectations that brides are wedding crazy and grooms just show up at the alter, but in several of my friends' weddings the bride wanted to elope and the groom was pushing for a huge wedding. Men like parties too....
Mine too! Now I'm obsessed with finding Emily Goodhand!
That skateboard is his Rosebud.
Maybe they created this whole story shoddily on purpose because they knew a fake cheating scandal was more scandalous than a real cheating scandal. INCEPTION.
They should fire all of their assistants, nannies, housekeepers, and even agents. Sell whatever mansion(s) they're living in and move into a very nice suburban home. Sell all the cars but 2 practical, useful ones. Quit buying designer clothes. Take 1-2 nice family vacations a year and fly commercial. Put all the cash…