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The truth is, when I started practicing law in a firm, I was already doing 60 hrs/wk. I'd get in at 8 and leave at 7. You get used to it.
The 40-hr people don't get asked to stay on or stay late. You do your job reasonably competently, you don't make waves, you don't mouth off too much. If you can do that, you can survive cuts.
I spent six months in Newark doing a 60 hour week with ease. In fact, I'd typically do around 70-75. I knew guys doing over 100 hrs. per week. The mindset is "don't leave money on the table". As a result, I still get calls more than a year later from firms looking to staff projects.
You need to think outside your comfort zone.
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Was sent a letter that needed to be filled out & returned within 7 days. Put it in the mail the very next day... A week and a half later I hear that my benefits would stop because I didn't send the letter fast enough...
Talked to the woman who handles the letter and asked how me sending the letter the very next day wasn't fast enough. She says it was late because it's counted as being returned when she enters it in her computer. So I was supposed to somehow make her do her job... I asked why they don't just check the postmark. That question just confounded her...
After an appeal, it was straightened out.
I can say that best motivator to finally get a real job was knowing that my benefits were about to end.
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Just remember this phrase:
"Of course I know {fill in the program}. I used that on a 3 week project last year."
Coding: Because Citibank Does Not Recognize Prestige And Valuable Learning Experience As A Valid Form Of Payment.
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By the way, I had a little diddy playing in my head while I was typing that, feel free to make your own while reading it.
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She could have thought outside her comfort zone and done some doc review. You rack up the hours, make bank, give yourself a "Project Treat", and when you're off project, you make your calls and shut down the spending.
Instead, she went with the $1600/mo. unemployment option. That's just shortsighted. In Newark, I'd have that by lunch on Wednesday and I'd double it by lunch on Saturday. Even on a shitty $25/hr job at the Clownshop, she'd have that in a week. And she could blog on the side.
I believe in justice and fairness and the rules. I also believe in personal responsibility. She didn't look around to see what was out there. The projects are all listed - on Monster, Hotjobs, and Craigslist.
She knew or should have known about doc review. It's not Biglaw but it pays the bills.
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I know in NJ you can have a part time job and still receive UEI, but at a reduced rate.