Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Vanessa Vidunas Strikes Again

"Vanessa Vidunas of the Merrill Corporation, another intruder into the inundated Manhattan temp market, just called to inform me that the partner-in-charge of their project at Labaton Sucharow had changed his mind over the weekend and now required contract attorneys to be barred in New York, apparently deciding that my membership in the California Bar did not qualify to click my mouse on his precious document review. So fuck me, I am no longer on the project.

Seems unprofessional to take back an offer, but to us peons who gives a shit? Never mind that I 'almost' turned down another offer (same low rate) but thank God I've been doing this crap to know the golden rule of temping in NYC. Never turn down an offer until you've been on the job for a day or two to see if it's for real. Let that be a lesson to all you newbies who've been downsized to the cellar that is being a contract attorney in this town."

67 comments:

Anonymous said...

The partner in charge didn't screw you over, Vanessa did. Many recruiters staff projects with alternates. She just said that to pass the blame on to someone else.

I agree with you that you shouldn't view an offer as being reasonably solid until you have arrived at the firm and been adequately trained.

Anonymous said...

what jobs in nyc going onor staffing now?

Anonymous said...

a few at skadden happening now

Anonymous said...

The S&C dungeon/asylum is probably still happening.

Anonymous said...

De Novo is hopping.

Anonymous said...

venessa is just another dirty indian intruding on american jobs

Anonymous said...

Yo 11:29,

Get you head out of your ass. Vanessa is an Anglo-Saxon white female. You ignorant bitch.

Anonymous said...

"vidunas" is not anglo saxon. Sorry mate.

DiggityDee said...

I'm starting the Labaton project tomorrow--I have no idea the rate, how long it's going to go, etc. Any word?

DiggityDee said...

Also, I've never met her, but something tells me I would like to hate-fuck Sara Kim (yorkson)

Anonymous said...

Sara Kim is very wishy-washy.

Anonymous said...

Yorkson is totally unprofessional, a bait and switch operation. Try Clutch $43:00/hour, 80 hours a week, for about a month.

Anonymous said...

Yorkson sucks.

Anonymous said...

Sara Kim is a racist scumbag.

Anonymous said...

I hear that Sara Kim and Vanessa Vidunas take turns using the strap-on on each other!

Anonymous said...

I love Yorkson. They have put me to work and I am eternally grateful.

Anonymous said...

This is boring. Let's go back to the S&C comedy show :) Do you believe that big mamma makes well over $40 at straight time? Btter yet, her retarded side kick Lucy? I wouldn't hire That dope for a job at the Gap? Dumb ass if ever there was one. S&C Patners are fucked up for paying these idoits as much as they do WOOOOWWWW BABBYYY

Anonymous said...

Wasn't Sara Kim staffing something last week?

Anonymous said...

Is DeNovo staffing ?

Anonymous said...

DeNovo is staffing 'em to the rafters. Kelly has a project. I'm sure Update has work.

It's baaaaaaack!

Anonymous said...

S&C dungeon is still going on.

Alex Gayllard is still gay.
Clovis still has 5 names.
The name Mark is still synonymous with being an ass kissing flunkie.

Nothing has changed.

Anonymous said...

I dont think Update has much unless I have all of a sudden been blacklisted. All though they are updating their twitter feed with resume tips now!

Anonymous said...

Maybe you just suck as 7:46 DILUTED ASSHOLE

Anonymous said...

So then, I undid Anita's bra-strap....

Anonymous said...

I remember last summer...at band camp...with Anita...

Anonymous said...

759

whats with the hostility? im just saying i have a decent relationship with Update and I haven't heard much from them in a few weeks.

Anonymous said...

8:38 -

Anita be kickin' every once in a while with the posse here at Cravvie -- Snuffy, Deeva, Lil' Kim, Skeeter, Myrna, Susan, Love-Handles, Young Joe, Dr. Dan, Mingo, The Mold Man, Victor the Wop, Just Fred, Hector the Hispanic Cause of Panic, Cyndy Lou, Jermaine, Ruffles, Benito, Belinda, Teddy the Greaser, Teddy 2.0 and ElizaBreath.

Y'all ought to come and see us sometime! We hold Malt Liquor keggers every Friday afternoon, get our blaze on in the Sub-Basement, and DJ Special Ed scratches out some bangin' ol' school jams!!

Anonymous said...

She's totes a fat white chick

Anonymous said...

Alex Gayllard isn't gay. He is a womanizer and a disgusting human being. It would be unfair to accuse that bastard of homosexuality.

Anonymous said...

Hilarious. Womanizer, hehehhehe couldn't be very successful with that little bit of a ding dong. Only a Butta Bitch who no one else would want would go for that tiny specimen.

Anonymous said...

The 2009 Summer Associate Program at Skadden has begun. And the 3Ls have been warned that, if they get an offer to join Skadden, they won’t be starting in 2010 — they will be deferred to 2011.

There are no further details on 2011 deferrals, as those decisions, such as precise start dates and stipends, have most likely not been made, and will not be for some time.

Anonymous said...

I don't know about his ding dong, but he tries anyway. I suppose he is an optimist......stupid bastard Gayllard.

Anonymous said...

How much is Merrill paying/skimming off the top?

I heard Labaton hires temps directly at a higher rate.

Anonymous said...

Update isn't what it used to be in NYC. Once upon a time, Update would be crawling with projects. Today, they are no longer the dominant force in the document-review-staffing market. How the mighty have fallen.

Anonymous said...

Small consolation for the individual, but all those protesting outsourcing overseas should applaud any and all situations in which (appropriately, in my view) being admitted to the practice of law in the relevant jurisdiction is considered a requirement of the job. Unless it's dealing with purely federal issues, California is not the same as New York any more than some country overseas is. You can't have it both ways; either being entitled to practice law in the jurisdiction matters, or it doesn't.

More generally, I don't know about this instance, but I've been on the receiving end of law firm decisions delaying or changing conditions of reviews, it seems at least plausible that it was the law firm not the recruiter that messed up.

Anonymous said...

I think Update was bought by another company a few years ago. This is when they started using stupid short sighted greedy sales girls to staff projects instead of actual attorneys. Big problem.

Anonymous said...

No UPDATE was never bought.

They just made some bad decision. And now that tower legal legal (founded by lesile fertile who was once an update girl, a very ugly one at that) has successfully sued update for a lot of money update is hurting badly.

Anonymous said...

What's the story with that? Why did she sue Update?

If anybody deserves to get sued its definataly update.

Anonymous said...

I hated Update. They were very unprofessional and their sales girls always were playing games. I didn't realize that the lady that founded Tower was from Update. I haven't worked for Tower yet, but they seem very professional. They always return my calls and are very polite.

Anonymous said...

Hi Tower person!! Nice try. but just goes to show just how stupid you think the people you hire are.

Anonymous said...

She sued update because she is a greedy jewish women. why do you think, Einstein

Anonymous said...

Anita?

Anonymous said...

Anita?

Anonymous said...

Anita?

Anonymous said...

not anita, you idiot! anita is just a fat jewish woman. lesile is the greedy jewish woman

Anonymous said...

Leslie is really fat too

Anonymous said...

they are both fat and greedy

Anonymous said...

does this vanessa dude even have an assignment to staff?

Anonymous said...

Is she another Sara Kim a la Yorkson? Acting like a big attitude but doesn't have any work to do?

Anonymous said...

I agree Tower is the new game in town. Bringing a new level of the professional to this industry. I agree with all of you I hate Strategic and Clutch.

Anonymous said...

12:43,

Vanessa Vidunas is of Lithuanian descent, 100% Caucasian immigrant stock. She has been working for years down here in DC for Hudson, and is a real piece of work.

She definitely is capricious, so if you're a brother or old or poorly spoken don't expect her to second-guess her decisions. She and Caroline (still here in DC at Hudson) told me they have no interest in us. They may be bitches but they are the only agency in town that pays $40/hour for DC-barred JDs.

FYI

Anonymous said...

Ol' Skeeter at Cravvie'll do 'em fat, greedy, AND Jewish...

Anonymous said...

Be nice to Alex you jealous assholes. He is hot and very sexy. The ONLY hot analyst at S&C!!!!

Anonymous said...

9:50

Do you think Skeeter is hot??

Anonymous said...

Is it true that women must prove that they have no vagina and actually were born with a penis to get into the law profession or is that just a rumor started by TTT?

Anonymous said...

10:12

The Skeet-Man will tell ya that it's not that ladies have to have penises, but they have to want 'em to wanna BE in the law profession in the first place!

Anonymous said...

the "women" in this profession certainly act as if they were born with penises

Anonymous said...

They have to.

Anonymous said...

Vanessa Vidanus sent a friend of mine a congratulation email for labaton to start... that was three weeks ago...is she kidding that person never sarted yet

Anonymous said...

10:43 -- I believe the Labaton litigation for which the review is staffing up is going on in California.

Anonymous said...

sara kim has a little penis - being asian and all

Anonymous said...

California is hell on earth

Anonymous said...

9:23,

Sara Kim is not Asian; she got a small penis because she is Causian. Have you met her, dumb ass?

Anonymous said...

11:52

Cali is gettin' 2 be on the Hellish tip... that's why Ol' Skeeter left there, never to return again, at least to work.

Anonymous said...

small penis asian man say sara not asian. what you talk about? why cant I drive like regular people?

Anonymous said...

Are you talking about sara kim at yorkson. I interviewed with her. of course she is asian. duh, kim is not an italian name. worse, she is koren, the lowest of the asians

Anonymous said...

You are all delusional; Sara Kim is white. I am not Asian because I point out that your penis is small in defence of anyone. Why did you guess the other way? I am pointing out you small penis because I am black and I just wanted to laugh at the obvious shortcoming I see in you.