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Had a friend who graduated from Georgetown with a law degree and went to work at a NYC white shoe law firm. Shortly before his first meeting with a client, his boss dragged him into the office and opened a drawer in his desk. The man had half a dozen different watches, none of which were less than $10k/ea. He matched one with my friend's suit and sent him back out. Apparently, clients at that level simply won't take you seriously unless you've got that much on your wrist.
That said, this was at an office on the penthouse floor of a lower Manhattan sky-rise. Nobody making cold calls out of a boiler room in Cincinnati cares that you overpaid for a watch.
Yeah, Cincinnati lawyers don't know what time it is as a point of pride. They woo their clients by springing for a full 5 way.
Read an anecdote of someone in a similar station who had a client file a complaint against them because their watch was too nice. See, he's the employee who is servicing the client. He's beneath the client. He can't be wearing nicer stuff than the client.
I don't know how these people look at themselves in the mirror every morning.
Fuck Big Law.
The whole thing is a ponzi scheme built on the backs of overworked associates.
Sure, you can make money... But you're gambling on becoming a partner while wasting your best years.
Work-life balance >> "But I've got a roley and no family!"
Hey now, you could have a family that you never see plus a string of mistresses near your office.
Gross.
Disgusting.