Saturday, August 11, 2007

Anita Project: RIP

Thought I'd give you an update: the Anita project has officially ended. Constantine and Kirkland pulled about 10 people from the Park Ave space on the last day to work on other projects at the firm offices, and Anita came to axe the rest of us without notice. It was a good run, and despite the drama early on, it worked out pretty well for many of the temp attorneys who survived the periodic layoffs. Several contract attorneys received positions with Constantine, and two particularly well-qualified attorneys even received associate positions with Kirkland & Ellis. That said, many who showed up every day for the last year and a half are now unemployed, and the news still managed to surprise.

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dine has a project...but you need to be NY admitted. Anita was awful, thank god I am off.

Anonymous said...

how common is it for temps to go perm like that? and get on an associate track?

Anonymous said...

Oh yeah, EPSlime has a project, however the details they give you are entirely false or at the very least grossly misleading. Keep you distance from that dump.

Anonymous said...

"Particulary well-qualified attorneys even received associate positions with Kirkland & Ellis." You were on that project too long pal to charaterize the two individuals like that and the motivation of the law firm for making them associates.
There is something awry with anybody who would stay on that project for over a year and a half.

Anonymous said...

But guess what asshole, they've got jobs and you're still a temp. How's that going for you?

Anonymous said...

I am perfectly happy being a temp. You had to be a major brownoser to kiss Anita's ass for so long. Now you are back in the general population and apparently unhappy that you are still a temp. I guess you are not as "well qualified" as the marine and the Hispanic who became associates at the toilet law firm, K & E.
I wonder how is the "well-dressed associate" doing who was bonking the temp hussy.
Of course, Anita mistreated temps enough that Constantine deemed it fit to make her a partner. Now Constantine did so well with temps on the Discover Card project that they have decided to hire temps directly. Who wouldn't want to work with Albert and Anita directly! Sign me up.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, earning over $160,000 as an Associate at K&E w/ health insurance & benefits blows. I'll stick to data entry....I mean doc review. Hahahahahaha!!! You crack me up 11:27.

Anonymous said...

I'm glad I amuse you 1:29pm. Call it data entry or whatever you want, I don't care. I make over 100k every year and work when and where I want. I'm not saying its something I particulary want to do, but there are worse jobs. You think you are going to be doing anything as an associate at K&E that really matters in this world? You can have your compensation and benefits at that hellhole. Maybe on your next project, you will get that call from the minor leagues to go hobnob with spoiled Kirkland brats. Good Luck with that.

Anonymous said...

hey 10:36, you miserable lying bastard. i'll bet anything your W2 says you made less than 100K. otherwise you'd quit your bitching.

Anonymous said...

I think you have a problem with comprehension 6:24pm when you say I'm bitching. I recognize the temp world for what it is, namely an opportunity to make decent money doing jackshit work at big-assed good for nothing behemoth law firms. On some projects like Anita's the conditions are particulary egregious, but you can always move on to something else, and it can be fun in retrospect to talk about these sweatshops. You are not an experienced temp if you don't believe I make over 100k every year. A lot of temps make well over 100k year after year; this is nothing out of the ordinary. You won't be able to see my W-2 though after I shove it up your ass.
I'm done.

Anonymous said...

i think i need to take a bat to your fkin skull

Anonymous said...

After you try to raise the bat with your limp wrist, I will take it from you and shove that up your ass too.
Now I am really done with you.

Anonymous said...

i'll meet you at the bar of choice for that discussion. bring your W2, you lying fk!. Don't worry about describing yourself. i think I know exactly who you'll be. bring friends, cause they'll need to peel you off the pavement after i'm done kicking your skull in.

Anonymous said...

ok, this is crazy! Why are we attaching one another? This is terrrible.

Anonymous said...

I've been working as a contract attorney for several years & this topic has come up frequently on projects. Very few contract attorneys make over $100,000 per year. The one's that do, work insane overtime (i.e. over 70hrs per week) & have little downtime btw projects.

It's not impossible--as long as you're a masochist & can sit in front of a computer screen for that many hours.

Anonymous said...

Suck my Big Black Wiener LOSERS!

Anonymous said...

I was on this project for over a year and most, if not all, of the attorneys on the project made over 100k a year there. The first year at this project I made 130k, and the seven months that I worked there in 2007 before the project ended netted me 95k. 100k is very easily attainable in doc review.

Anonymous said...

I've been in the doc review game since Spring of 2005. I made $109K my first year, $140 the next. I'm at $109,500 so far this year and I've got bonuses coming to me. It can be done. Be professional. Do your work and don't complain about silly stuff.

Anonymous said...

To make $100,000 doing document review, you basically have to work as hard as an associate at that toilet of a firm (K & E). You don't get a bonus (which is $35K on top of the $160K), health insurance, prestige, dependable work, or a month's paid vacation.