Comments on: The Greatest Achievment http://lawshucks.com/2009/07/the-greatest-achievment/ A self-deprecating look at life in and after BigLaw Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:35:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: FOARP http://lawshucks.com/2009/07/the-greatest-achievment/#comment-969 FOARP Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:29:09 +0000 http://lawshucks.com/?p=2575#comment-969 Yep, a refreshing break from the incredibly self-engrossed and self-impressed talk of senior partners/management (at a party last Saturday I spoke to a woman who told me her job as a corporate psychologist was "empowering CEOs" - as if they need her help!). To be frank, I'm sickened by some of the talk you hear - especially from recruitment people - of people who have been laid off as being, essentially, losers who deserved it. I guess these people have never had to face unemployment, and I'm hoping they'll have an opportunity to have a bit of an attitude re-adjustment in that regard in the next year or so. No doubt after that a lot of them will simply go back to their previous attitudes, but one can always hope. Even worse is the fate of students (like myself) coming on to the job market at this time, there's simply no way I'm going to be able to find work in law at the moment, no matter how good my CV is. The few people I know who have found work have almost all done so through their parent's connections - so much for meritocracy! Yep, a refreshing break from the incredibly self-engrossed and self-impressed talk of senior partners/management (at a party last Saturday I spoke to a woman who told me her job as a corporate psychologist was "empowering CEOs" – as if they need her help!). To be frank, I'm sickened by some of the talk you hear – especially from recruitment people – of people who have been laid off as being, essentially, losers who deserved it. I guess these people have never had to face unemployment, and I'm hoping they'll have an opportunity to have a bit of an attitude re-adjustment in that regard in the next year or so. No doubt after that a lot of them will simply go back to their previous attitudes, but one can always hope.

Even worse is the fate of students (like myself) coming on to the job market at this time, there's simply no way I'm going to be able to find work in law at the moment, no matter how good my CV is. The few people I know who have found work have almost all done so through their parent's connections – so much for meritocracy!

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