Changes Continued
posted in Friends, Family, Et Al., Lawyering and the Like, Life in LA |One of my best friends came to visit this weekend, so it was spent shopping, drinking, dancing, eating, and recuperating from one of the most stressful weeks of my life to date. Although having to go clubbing two days in a row was also rather stressful. Especially when it involves trying to coordinate 30 people on a Saturday night, coming from all corners of the earth (or at least LA), only to find out at the last minute that the club where we were all supposed to meet was closed, thus entailing the making of last minute plans as everyone was en route to the closed club. A million frantic phone calls later, we all ended up at another LA club, which essentially turned out to be a guest list only venue. Award for most appalling comment I heard all night goes to the guy who was trying to convince the bouncer to let a big group of his friends in by reassuring the bouncer that “We have a lot of hot women with us and only one fat one.” Ouch.
So as some of you already know, I resigned on Friday. The partners I’ve been working with left for another firm, for a variety of reasons, and gave their entire team the option to come with them. We all went because they really care about their associates, which (and those of you who work for big firms know this) is pretty rare. In fact, they volunteered to have lunch with the parents of one of the other junior associates to reassure them about their daughter’s decision. Yup, you read that right.
In any case, for those of you who have yet to experience it, resigning is stressful. Deciding to resign is stressful. Packing up the office is stressful. Saying good-bye and trying to leave on a good note is stressful. Inevitably burning bridges behind you is stressful.
Be prepared for a host of new complaints in the upcoming months! =)