You just passed the bar exam and it’s your first day working at a law firm

[@christianweibrecht6555]

lying , wage theft, % secret delegation by a lazy lawyer

[@GetLurantisd]

What does this mean

[@christianweibrecht6555]

@ this lawyer is lying to a new hire about his responsibilities to trick him into doing his own work for him And going to make sure the new hire does not receive full compensation

[@GetLurantisd]

@ oh okay

[@B3enz]

As a lawyer this is so real it’s unbelievable

[@smithjoness]

Deadass ? 💀

[@moonbeamskies3346]

I knew it! Thank you for confirming it sir.

[@Asme1111-t8h]

Yep. As soon as he goes...do you have enough work? We know where its going 😂

[@ChrisRosario]

The last part about billing only two hours to keep costs down made me want to quit for him.

[@everydaydad2618]

This guy would be considered one of the "nice" partners compared to the jerks I dealt with during my time in law firms.

[@xreediculousx]

He does this so well because he is a lawyer.

[@theslappablejerk]

Unfortunately yes

[@colevakamusic]

Imagine showing up to court and this dude is your lawyer, I would lose my mind.

[@stocktonbailey8701]

@@colevakamusic| He would whip out the average redditor, the judge simply could not argue!

[@ViridianFlow]

If we get a background Easter egg in one of these about "traditional husband"s partner, that'll be fantastic.

[@danielbaur5765]

​@@theslappablejerkhey sorry if this is not really something to ask in the YT comments, but I am thinking of being a lawyer yet everyone seems to say it's a terrible job. Would you recommend being a lawyer or not?

[@Dollmoth9]

I work in a law office and it's astounding how well you nailed the endlessly snobby and entitled partner who is simultaneously the laziest person you'll ever met. Outstanding stuff

[@TheHD803]

Who’s probably the founders son. Given the keys to the kingdom

[@ame-]

I read in another comment that he is actually a lawyer! Makes sense😂

[@iamlegion3093]

Definitely spot on. Don’t forget the senior attorneys saying “why aren’t you asking more questions that’s how you learn?” Then you ask a question, as they roll their eyes and say “didn’t they teach you this in law school?” And not answer your question

[@JustATotalNerd]

Apparently that's not just law cause my tax prof last yr did the exact same thing 😂

[@mahimomo]

Not even a lawyer, but an old boss told me to always say "yes, I got a lot of work on my hands at the moment, but how can I help?"

[@JustinHall-z8v]

I can’t tell by this if he was acknowledging he was busy but actually wanted to help or if he was blowing you off

[@jeffyboi6969]

enough time to let me know how much work you have.

[@HenriqueTolentino-w1j]

"well let me answer that question for you preemptively, i can't"

[@Somane27]

Wow I'm almost there, I usually say only the first part.

[@greendoritoman2464]

Considering becoming a lawyer and these corporate hell videos are scaring me LMAO

[@lawschoolsucksletsgoskate]

Don’t do it lol

[@jackdaniels7653]

Save yourselfffff

[@JoyStechschulte]

I really love my firm but you genuinely have to love the work.

[@Katogirl1]

This video is accurate to big law firms, but not necessarily other lawyer jobs

[@afridgetoofar1818]

Work in family law or small business law. Seek out a smaller firm.

[@Joe-gq2kv]

Phoenix Wright went into a case with anmesia and he's more prepared than this guy.

[@alexf225]

My goat will wing anything. Comparing him with this guy is a bit unfair. To Phoenix.

[@duishungry]

For anyone without context, 2500 billable hour requirement for the year is INSANE. The average billable requirement for most Biglaw firms is about 1900-2000 I believe? Even at the hardest working sweatshop firms billing 2500 hours in a year is something that typically only the super try-hard gunners do when making a push for partnership, and even then they can only do it for maybe one or two years. It's a ridiculous ask to have it be the requirement.

[@alexG106]

Just to further emphasize your point: Imagine you’re working 10 hours a day for 250 days. That’s actually not enough to meet 2500 billable hours because not all of that time is going to BE billable work to any given client. So you’d likely be pushing about 300+ days of your year into meeting this requirement. If you’re thinking, “but there’s not enough weekdays in the year to accomplish that?” Hey! You’re right! It means you have to work weekends as well :)

[@RedShipsofSpainAgain]

Wow, that is nuts. Given the insanely high hours, gotta ask: Why do people want to be lawyers? I assume the money must be good to make it worthwhile?

[@rumpeltyltskyn]

@@RedShipsofSpainAgain Well, I think, like they said, what he’s asking for is not normal or usual.

[@LightningFastStudios]

no way man I'm literally a first-year call to the bar named Dan. This is EERILY similar to how I've been treated. Ten hours a day is INSANE, though.

[@theslappablejerk]

10 hours a day? What is this a half day? You mean 10 hours billed!

[@hunterth3118]

10 hours a day is honestly average nowadays, 12 is definitely more common than 8 now. pretty sad stuff

[@Ricee_e]

@@hunterth3118 10 hours billed is different from 10 hours worked though. Lawyers can’t bill all the time they’ve worked depending on various circumstances. It’s usually only 30%-40%

[@LightningFastStudios]

@@Ricee_e yeah like if you bill 4 hours a day you're a great lawyer

[@CaptScrotes]

Hello Chat GPT, it's me, the new guy at the law firm.

[@heathermclaren9901]

Now that partner's off to a long lunch that he'll bill to the firm as Business Development (since he spent 3-5 minutes of it vaguely discussing work with another partner). Said lunch will cost half of what his long-suffering 'secretary' (formal title 'legal admin') makes in a week. All while the new associate spends endless hours putting together work the partner can pass off to the client as his own. It's so stressful being a partner in Big Law.

[@discordlexia2429]

The scene of the lawyer being eaten by a T-rex in Jurassic Park is playing in my head over and over.

[@joshwhite5790]

Suddenly Saul Goodman is looking pretty decent.

[@mishagoldstein2811]

Saul Goodman is what you get when you're a regular guy trying to live the American Dream through even the harshest of reality - lawyers like this slappable jerk are the standard for the American Nightmare

[@corvo9100]

Aside from the Chuck Bar trial incident where he got suspended, he doesn’t seem to have any other public Bar discipline. He always gets his clients off, even if it’s by shady means. He’s up-front about payment, as we see with Badger. He’s always on the phone, either with clients or seeking new cases, so he probably doesn’t ghost clients like so many lawyers do. Disregarding all the illegal stuff, he’s actually a great lawyer.

[@flfb]

I like the golf mug. I focused on it the whole time so I didn't go postal.

[@ІлляВетров-й2д]

Tbh the golf mug would make many people go postal even quicker, IMO. Thats the worst, most stereotypically elitist "sport" (if you even can call that crap sport), no?

[@r0bophonic]

1:04 This kid is about to become an expert at prompt engineering

[@lyrablack8621]

Lollll

[@glubtier]

Wage theft speed run any%

[@SKn6426]

The bad lying and the audacity to try and reduce costs by asking him to work 2 billable hours on the synopsis. I'm surprised he didn't also ask him to bring coffee

[@mmclxxii]

"why don't you study law, son?" this, lmao. i rather be miserable on my own.

[@saudades1002]

Ohhhhh, you're a lawyer, so that's how you know so well how unbearable people act

[@wolfspawn07]

He goes to the NEW HIRE, who's already busy doing too much shit and barely getting setteled in, with a whole load of work that is already forcing him to crunch. All because he's "in a hole." My guy. HE JUST GOT HERE. THAT HOLE SEEMS TO BE STRANGELY CLOSE TO THE NEW HIRE ZONE?

[@joshj9770]

Yup, seems like we watched the same video great summary 👍

[@dearlily325]

This is like on the first week of school and the teacher says "we're already a week behind"

[@lulu_9000]

Oof. He wasn't joking about him already being in a hole. 2500 billable hours translates to a MINIMUM of 48 hour weeks for the whole year if you never take a single day off and ONLY work on billable work. Which makes the demand to only bill 2 hours on a couple days' worth of extra work eeeeeeextra dickish.

[@Maserati7200]

Currently studying for the LSAT. Just what I needed!

[@joannaksyta1215]

Good luck with your LSAT

[@Rena152]

Same here, I am even more demoralized than I was before

[@tmck4138]

$150k a year isn’t worth it at this point

[@jessyfretz5800]

How about retail? We start at $12/hr for the same bullshit.

[@Shagva]

If you had to pick between 60k a year and 150k a year to deal with similar BS in a different context, why wouldn't you take the extra money? It's all dealing with BS unless you find a goldilocks job.

[@lexi6081]

@@jessyfretz5800 the same? Lol, no.

[@asliceofloaf1984]

​@@lexi6081work is work. Can't go home till it's done, can't relax till it's done, makes you tired, requires max effort nonstop. If you're ever standing around doing nothing in retail, your boss WILL come up and snarkily tell you to do stuff that goes beyond your responsibilities, with threats. It's EXAXTLY the same.

[@BoHorn]

@@lexi6081retail and service workers act like theyre the only ones that have to put up with stuff. Like theyre the only miserable jobs.

[@dirtydish6642]

I was about to count this guy out until he made clear he was looking out for the client at the end, and totally redeemed himself!

[@ViridianFlow]

Except he probably wasn't. It's pretty clear that this guy hasn't even looked at the case but has billed them a bunch already which means he's been getting his 10 billable hours a day by claiming for work he hasn't done and is getting new hires to cover for him

[@maggiedk]

​@@ViridianFlowpretty sure it's a joke lol

[@Steven-T]

@@maggiedk all good comedy is grounded in reality... If you've ever heard the term "billable hours", you'd know this scenario is unfortunately all too familiar. "we want you to work on this case with 800 relevant documents, but only bill 4 hours to the client - spread out your time among some of the other cases you're working on"

[@Delicate_Disaster]

That joke flew waayyy over your head. ​@@ViridianFlow

[@ViridianFlow]

Lotta mind readers in these comments 🙄

[@kristenlindesy95]

I need to not watch these before bed bc they make me so angry how good they are

[@knightartorias1825]

I'm a lawyer in insurance defense. This is 10,000% accurate.

[@beeziebubs2756]

Too bad this seems to be the standard attitude everywhere you work. “It doesn’t matter how busy you are; if I ask you to take on extra work, you’re going to do it.” “I don’t care how long it takes; work on it when you’re off the clock so we don’t have to pay you for it.” “How WE do things in this office is highly unethical, but we’ll convince you that this is just the culture.”

[@music4meh]

This is what I hate about applying for jobs and won't get me hired - pointing out there are tons of overly-qualified know-it-alls on the cusp of burn-out. They tell you how it's done, ''it shouldn't take this long'', meanwhile their workload reaches beyond the stratosphere and their private life is in shambles. Just hire someone, money is a sham anyway. Debt exceeds what could exist. Yet we still charge interest!

[@kkimsey5866]

Hahahahaha, YES! The partner doesn’t know what the case is about, it’s going to trial, and you can only bill two hours for reviewing and summarizing 10,000 documents. For non-lawyers, at the height of my associate powers I could review approximately 100-200 documents an hour electronically. That doesn’t include summarizing them or anything 🤣🤣🤣

[@beach_lion]

How do you review docs that fast electronically? what tools?

[@TESkyrimizer]

thats like 1 doc every 20 seconds wtf 😮

[@joannaksyta1215]

That’s still very impressive, are you a robot?

[@wolfyngrey1313]

What does a review entail? I would think names dates and money spent but I don’t even know what kind of documents so idk

[@qwertyrhino9497]

This guy is so good at portraying the most unlikable characters ever.

[@user-nr2ku9dk9b]

Yo I was just thinking that

[@samaelangelus321]

Cringe

[@yamatanoorochi3149]

This guy is so good at copy pasting

[@jabjabjab2611]

Partners at law firms are.... Something else. Every day in IT is a fight.

[@constable117]

Where’s the paralegal who has literally no idea what’s going on but is the most knowledgeable one on the case

[@savagesweetheart90]

Minding our own damn business 😂

[@dragoon1027]

Billable hours made me laugh so hard. For context basically billable hours means the company gets paid, if they are not billable then they have to pay you out of pocket which pisses them off.

[@jakezula]

i'm a paralegal and this made me physically uncomfortable

[@user-fc2xk3uv8y]

i was thinking of one day of going to law school. this just changed my mind. you have saved me so much money and time. much appreciated! edit: yall this is a half joke. i already decided WAY before this was posted that it wasnt for me! hopefully others see the replies and consider it in their decision tho. i already have a good paying job that i love, lots of savings, and investments ahead on retirement.. with two raises lined up this year. i turn 25 in a few months. promise you im not stupid! when i do go back to school (before im 30 i plan to go back) i will be pursuing a degree in art. i had already found success doing art before covid disabled me. other stuff happened before that though and i had to stop all together. i have a 529 i save in plus liquid cash i set aside every month to cover my schooling so please don't worry and please don't take things too seriously. i know this is a comedy skit!

[@siddharthshrivastava1399]

I don't think you should make such an important decision in your life based on a comedy sketch on youtube lol (unless you're being sarcastic)

[@channelname9256]

Watch better call saul and you will change your mind

[@potapotapotapotapotapota]

With great power comes great responsibility. Being a lawyer is a big responsibility. However, it pays extremely well if you are good at your job. But if you think this is too much hassle, just pick a career which is in demand for workers as this will give you the edge when bargaining for your pay and work conditions.

[@tylerbowman4397]

dude this is comdey sketch, dont base it as the everyday experience of a lawyer and definitly dont use it to make such an important life decision.

[@Jakey4000]

@channelname9256 It's a great show, and Bob Odenkirk really played his roll well, but my god if you were living the life required to be Saul Goodman you wouldn't be living a good life... Especially if you need to call a vacuum company to suck you away to a lavish life of managing a cinnabon

[@GreenOddish]

Hearing him instruct the recruit to bill only 2hrs for reviewing 10000 documents gave me a fight or flight response, holy shit

[@USS_Sentinel]

When someone walks up to you clutching a coffee cup like a security blanket, NOTHING GOOD can come of it.

[@deliciouscavemoss]

Here we go again

[@henryxyz1]

Worked in a law firm before and this just gave me headache

[@curlyhairblacklilacs]

I’m a lawyer. I have interns and subordinates. I would NEVER ask a first-day lawyer (or frankly anyone) to ENTIRELY PREPARE FOR MY TRIAL.

[@ptolemyhenson6838]

This request is formatted like he's prompting an LLM, but severely overestimates its ability to take in they much information and come out with acceptable content.

[@karolineCPH]

My friend works at a big accounting consultant firm, and this is basically what her first year as a graduate was like. Working 24/7 but told not to bill her hours, doing all the work for her manager, etc. When she brought it up with her career coach, he just said "yeah it's tough, but when you become manager, you're the one on top, so it all evens out!" She is now being headhunted by other firms and can't wait to quit.

[@mechez774]

The part of the John Grisham novel he left out

[@mf2825]

Please do more of law firm related stuff I need it for my mental health - so relatable ❤

[@gavinvick3592]

“Oooooohhhh this explains the high turnover rate”

[@BaoKimshi]

What happened in Jack's childhood for him to be so good at depicting despicable characters.

[@lapelusa993]

A law firm? So relatable! The upper class complaining about sitting on a chair

[@oswaldomayberry9260]

Man so accurate 😂 quitting that shi was best thing I’ve ever done

[@danialkashin234]

you just made me appreciate my shitty job a bit more, great job

[@cawfeecatt1553]

ive never been so unexcited to make 200k a year

[@vannarooski8730]

This is the power of no. No I cannot do that sir.

[@naysneedle5707]

Never have I found a character so supremely slappable.

[@IL2CG]

Am (20+ year) lawyer in the public service but heard a version of this exchange so many times from friends in private practice that I've never felt the desire to make "the big bucks". Love my 9-5 schedule and family.

[@Ed87]

After this video, I immediately wanted to quit this job I don't even have, and I'm neither a lawyer nor an American.

[@MrMungus]

Ive aslmost finished my law degree now im scared

[@alethein359]

Same. We're screwed

[@crisrodriguez5693]

But we will be screwed... together!! One day we newbie lawyers will have our own firms and treat new hires better and all will be well! I hope.

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

It's just a character... It's just a character...

[@amelioravictoriadionyssia3323]

Idk what frame of experience this comes from, but i would credit myself as a co-author before publishing the synopsis to the server (im not a lawyer but i assume we digitize legal documents in 2025) and credit yourself as case organizer and defense prep and just make it very clear that you organized the details of the case. Do it without saying a word and watch him be forced to give you credit for his work that he made you do.

[@lasura]

I'm not a lawyer, I'm an accountant, and this sounds VERY familiar 😂

[@Emperor_Atlantis]

Oh no. I used to have coworkers like that in the Electrical Installation brance. Writing on projects but not doing work. Those are the worst

[@ghostchick5275]

So accurate I could cry.

[@mamamcfreeman105]

What’s sad is there is definitely some fresh out of college kids out there who fall for this bs.

[@solvated_photon]

There’s sometimes a liability involved with employees performing tasks they weren’t traned on, and it’s not a good idea to play fast and loose on regulatory compliance. It’s a slippery slope.

[@8gv757]

You might as well ask chatgpt for that shit 💀

[@pronetogames7946]

This is nothing like Better Call Saul... My life is a lie

[@HappytreeLuis]

I'm not a lawyer, but that sounds like paralegal work.

[@753studios6]

I’ve experienced this is every job that I’ve done And I’ve learned that saying “I have alot in my plate and it may take me a while to get it done ,are you sure you want to ask me?” It shows that if they give you this and it’s late ,you will immediately spill who gave you this task at last minute ☺️

[@KlomboFanClub]

I know that cup is empty but i can smell it

[@birberking6999]

Casually flexing the tyler golf merch I see you

[@Cypher791]

Can you imagine a world without lawyers? 🌈☺️😃😊☀️

[@Asme1111-t8h]

Do you have enough work? 😂😂😂 it's so true.

[@korakatk318]

You’re a lawyer irl right? Is this a documentary of your real first day

[@austintalley4070]

I'd rather work at Starbucks or CVS

[@DemonicRobots]

2,500 billable hours is crazy, 40 hours a week would get you 1920 hours

[@phineasfacingforward3460]

"Golf" So iconic ❤

[@Zastava101.]

Mentioning the max 2 hour billable time at the end is so relatable

[@alejandrocrespo7633]

This was so terrible that I'm genuinely aggravated

[@sirfartsalawt]

I quit 😭

[@nostopit179]

oh god... maybe I shouldn't go to law school

[@NyradB]

The fact that you're a lawyer and likely taking from real life experiences makes me worry about your experiences with Warren and the likes 😬

[@dabbymcdabbington]

Nice mug, I’m also a huge Tyler fan 💜

[@zabm141]

What the boss is saying sounds like a prompt for ChatGPT

[@ryanturney6221]

"Ok so should I bill two hours to the client and the rest as overhead?"

[@hoagie911]

this can't be close to reality, right? That's too depressing for me to allow

[@Idothedance]

God i hate this guy, great job

[@scriptorpaulina]

Bruuuuuuhhhhh this is why my English teacher in high school left law to become the most intense teacher I’ve ever met. I literally heard him scream through the wall twice in one day (complete with pounding fist) about Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. With that said, he was super nice

[@MKotnis]

Holy crap dude this is literally a clip of my life

[@hachimajig6062]

THE GOD DAMNED BLINKING

[@ShivsGhost]

The way my blood pressure spiked

[@exrotling]

jimmy mcgill is suddenly starting to seem like a pretty reasonable guy

[@gillian2325]

I want to say "I could never," but I know my younger self would have felt so responsible for all this work, assumed all this was normal and acceptable, and played the game this jerk is making up rules for jusst thinking I had to. So glad I'm far from that amount of acceptance, but I do miss the energy I burned out on that work

[@versatilefox8496]

Louis Litt in first season be like😂

[@judahbarracuda_]

0:58 Better Call Saul doc review flashbacks

[@AshaSara]

I hate unspoken social rules like this. if you're offering me work just say that...

[@GoodOleZack]

In some ways, this boss sounds reasonable as in he's definitely now needed by the new guy and the company, but in others he sounds like a hard-ass.

[@landodjango8107]

I don't think I want to pursue my law degree anymore

[@GortarMegdor]

Y'all tripping, the partner is very helpful! He took the time to give the new hire a reality check instead of writing him off the second he heard about the 8-hour day expectation. Wow!

[@saulgoodman2071]

Is 10000 documents meant to be an exerggeration of real life or is it really like that

[@littleredmarble]

My situationship ghosted me recently and he was a lawyer. Wish I could send this to him lmao