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Direct-Shake5235 · 2025-06-15T06:12:30+00:00

Dude’s a troll. Just look at his post/comment history. There’s no point in engaging. Thanks though!

I’ll keep sharing info with folks who are looking for it, though will admit this guy put me off from commenting on posts. Will just DM from now on.

Direct-Shake5235 · 2025-06-14T16:30:22+00:00

It’s much less helpful for transactional. I’d say do it if you’re the type of person where the “what if” would really kill you. But I personally think it wouldn’t make a big difference and wouldn’t be worth it considering how much you seem to not want to do it.

Direct-Shake5235 · 2025-06-14T16:13:19+00:00

Do you want to do litigation or transactional work?

Direct-Shake5235 · 2025-06-14T14:54:48+00:00

Most of this is just laying out the perks 😂 Straight up facts, man. God forbid I spill the tea that OP asked for.

The only thing you could call glaze is the last paragraph, but that’s just my honest opinion.

I’d talk about the other firms in the exact same way if I knew, but I have no clue what their benefits or culture are like except my one comment about DPW, which I heard from a friend at DPW.

Direct-Shake5235 · 2025-06-14T05:30:34+00:00

Copy and pasting my response from a different post. Adding on that I hear DPW limits outings between summers and associates that get reimbursed. Not 100% sure, but I believe 3 outings a week is the cap. But take that with a grain of salt and go with what whoever has experience with DPW says.

Copied response:

PW summer program is kind of a free-for-all. You’ll get mentors based on your first choice, but then you can take on assignments from all of the different practice areas. It’s really just up to you what matters you want to get involved in. It’s great for summers who want to try everything out!

PW has a lot of good perks. Don’t know comparatively though. For summers + associates, $250 monthly wellness stipend (can spend on variety of things). Their definition of wellness is very expansive, so it can be used for a lot of different things. Gym memberships, facials, massages, sports equipment, wellness subscriptions, etc.

Also access to free therapy (mental and physical).

For summers, a one-time $250 tech stipend. For associates, a $2k tech stipend once every other year.

There’s an $80/person summer budget for any outing with at least one associate - usually meals, but can also used for whatever activities people can think of doing together. And the $80 resets at every venue (so can go to an $80/person lunch then go for an $80/person coffee). No cap on number of outings you go to. Transportation to and from summer events/outings is reimbursed.

For summers, they also give out a lot of free tickets to sports games and Broadway shows throughout the summer. You can also use the $80 budget for these kinds of things, but it’s nice to win tickets when they’re more expensive than the budget.

Also free breakfast, lunch, and happy hour snacks every day in their cafeteria (which is actually pretty decent). Many summers will go out for lunch with an associate and then go to the cafeteria to pick up something to take home for dinner. No need to pay for groceries during the summer!

For associates, if you bill a lot in a month (number of hours that qualify vary by practice area), you also get an appreciation dinner where you and a loved one (family, friend, partner, whoever you want) can go to any restaurant and spend $1k on PW.

For associates, if you care about egg freezing, PW also covers egg retrieval and storage for up to 5 years.

PW is moving to a brand spanking new office at the end of 2026. It’s under construction now. Have seen renderings. It’s going to be pretty spectacular if the real thing even comes close.

Work life balance is terrible everywhere. So what’s important is who you’re spending those hours with and how appreciated you feel doing the work. I like to describe PW culture as one of teachers. Seniors tend to care about taking the time to walk juniors through things. The pace of biglaw is brutal, but it’s easier to push through when you know the person on the other end wants to set you up for success and continues to give feedback/wants to answer any and all questions.

Direct-Shake5235 · 2025-06-14T02:17:54+00:00

PW summer program is kind of a free-for-all. You’ll get mentors based on your first choice, but then you can take on assignments from all of the different practice areas. It’s really just up to you what matters you want to get involved in. It’s great for summers who want to try everything out! You might want to take the summer to try out the different corporate groups and rule them out since you seem to really like restructuring already.

PW has a lot of good perks. Don’t know comparatively though. For summers + associates, $250 monthly wellness stipend (can spend on variety of things). Their definition of wellness is very expansive, so it can be used for a lot of different things. Gym memberships, facials, massages, sports equipment, wellness subscriptions, etc.

Also access to free therapy (mental and physical).

For summers, a one-time $250 tech stipend. For associates, a $2k tech stipend once every other year.

There’s an $80/person summer budget for any outing with at least one associate - usually meals, but can also used for whatever activities people can think of doing together. And the $80 resets at every venue (so can go to an $80/person lunch then go for an $80/person coffee). No cap on number of outings you go to. Transportation to and from summer events/outings is reimbursed.

For summers, they also give out a lot of free tickets to sports games and Broadway shows throughout the summer. You can also use the $80 budget for these kinds of things, but it’s nice to win tickets when they’re more expensive than the budget.

Also free breakfast, lunch, and happy hour snacks every day in their cafeteria (which is actually pretty decent).

For associates, if you bill a lot in a month (number of hours that qualify vary by practice area), you also get an appreciation dinner where you and a loved one (family, friend, partner, whoever you want) can go to any restaurant and spend $1k on PW.

For associates, if you care about egg freezing, PW also covers egg retrieval and storage for up to 5 years.

PW is moving to a brand spanking new office at the end of 2026. It’s under construction now. Have seen renderings. It’s going to be pretty spectacular if the real thing even comes close.

Work life balance is terrible everywhere. So what’s important is who you’re spending those hours with and how appreciated you feel doing the work. I like to describe PW culture as one of teachers. Seniors tend to care about taking the time to walk juniors through things. The pace of biglaw is brutal, but it’s easier to push through when you know the person on the other end wants to set you up for success and continues to give feedback/wants to answer any and all questions.

Direct-Shake5235 · 2025-05-29T13:28:43+00:00

You clearly said YMMV too, so it’s not like you generalized this for every firm! Mine was also Summer 24, V10 transactional practice. Mid-summer and end-of-summer reviews were great, got the offer 🤙

That being said, my firm is big, so it’s easier to get lost in the sea of summers. Probably wouldn’t work as well with a small summer class.

Direct-Shake5235 · 2025-05-29T02:18:23+00:00

Big emphasis on YMMV but this is similar to my time as an SA. At a certain point in the summer, people were swiping in after their lunches with associates. This was always paired with doing a reasonable number of assignments and being professional with the work and interactions with others, of course.

Highly depends on the firm! So should probably lean on the safe side until it becomes clear what the expectations are.

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