Almost every single day I'm hearing of some relative passing away or is on the ventilator. Two of my own friends from school (in their 20s) who were completely fit and fine have passed away. My whole family was hospitalized at one point two months back.

Add to it, the vaccines aren't working. People are going on ventilator even after receiving two doses. Anti-body count is zero after a month in many people who have been vaccinated. Every three months someone talks about a new mutation. This mutation is causing respiratory failure - the next one could cause multi-organ damage for all we know. It does not matter how healthy you are - the virus can cause anything at any moment to any one. If it goes on for another year, it could drastically bring down life expectancy statistics.

It's literally apocalypse happening. Why is everyone pretending like they cannot be next in line to die? Why are these partners still expecting people to work 14 hours a day? Why are people even putting up with shitty work/client/bosses? Which retirement plan are they looking at? One where they die before 35? What are they planning to do with their money when they don't have much time left? What am I missing?

Just imagine the OP using his real name and the partner asking him replying him in this manner.

Kian ideally you should track such post(s) IP, share it with the firms partner he is working at and mediate. Such disgruntled lawyers hiding in the closet need to come out in their interest and the firm's interest too.

P.S - Please modify the T&Cs of LI so as not to get embroiled in Data Privacy Issues.

Lol Kian, you seem to have your priorities misplaced. If you're willing to follow @eggzactly's advice, I suggest you start with all those students and graduates who needlessly troll others for which University they go to. Then share their addresses with their relevant organization's and let them sort it out. The worst case is you'll be hit with a privacy litigation. But I'm sure you have powerful friends to help w that. Cheers mate

I think what Kian meant was modify their privacy policy by not tracking IP addresses. If Legally India starts releasing people's identities, their business will shut down in a month.

That said, this conversation has hardly anything to do with the identity of any person. I'm sure associates in most teams, in most firms are facing these issues. An honest conversation with the partner isn't really the solution. Even partners are merely PAs to the Managing Partner. This has to be a wider conversation on law firm culture. Panel discussions among MPs, @Kian?

Yes, apologies for expressing that somewhat confusingly: 2.3.1.B.1 @Cambridge LLM above is correct: we do not track IP addresses and only store commenter IP addresses anonymously that does not allow identifying individuals. We obviously would not release commenters' IP addresses either in this present case (in the unlikely event someone would request it) nor have we ever disclosed a single commenter's IP address to anyone.

The "agree" part of our earlier comment was only in respect to us requiring an overhaul of our privacy policy - we do have one but it's a little out of date: https://www.legallyindia.com/non-editorial/privacy-policy-20090318-015

Since then, for instance, we've removed storing and tracking of identifiable IP addresses, and have removed all Google, Facebook and other third party trackers and analytics to protect user privacy further.

So Kian is ready to track IP addresses to share with law firm partners so that they can penalize associates who wish to rant on anonymous fora like this, instead of censuring insensitive and harmful comments? Looks like you have your priorities straight (slow claps). Your millions of degrees from Oxbridge don't help if you don't bave basic empathy, Kian.

You're missing empathy for people who are physically challenged. Assuming that blissful ignorance or burying your head in the sand amidst a raging pandemic equates to being unable to hear or see for no one fault of one's own, is idiotic, offensive and insensitive. Makes you a dick.

You could have just said 'ignorant' instead of using ableist language.

I genuinely want to understand people who are down-voting this thread? What is your motivation? You think human beings should be slogging away that much during the most life-threatening phase of our lives?

Or are you just so bitter and conditioned that you have lost all semblance of empathy and sanity? Please don't tell me "quit your job if you don't like it" bullshit. This is not about likeability and choices. People cannot afford to lose their livelihood in the middle of single largest economic crash.

But that does not mean you will exploit them on this fact and force them to work longer hours just because they are at home. Can the Shroffs and the Khaitans and the A, Z and Bs be asked to comment on it at least and not just brush it under the carpets because they're making more money out of it in the short run? @Kian, please hold a panel discussion on "Law Firm Working Models in the Post-COVID World" and invite these people.

If this problem isn't addressed, law firms will be left with only depressed, anxious mentally instable people.

For god's sake, fire all the HRs, have an end-stop to the day and an end-stop to the week. How difficult is that?!

Pura din chalaoge toh machine bhi kharab ho jaati, hum toh phir bhi insaan hai.

Log marr rahe hai, aur aapko client ko impress karna hai. How much more does the toll need to go for you to realise this?

Kuch karo yaar, ye weekend bhi kharab ho gaya hai. I badly need a month long break but partner won't give it because I'm the only SA left in the team. PA ne bhi chhod diya, aur koi SA hai nahi.

If I quit my job right now, can I join another firm after 3 months and still get my raise next year?

Why have Indian Law Firms has nothing like the Goldman Analysts Movement where the first year analysts raised their voice against unacceptable terms of work. Remember they're also in the investment business so we're not talking about an industry where commentators like Batchof2018 do not exist!

Witnessed two old men pass away within a week of taking the vaccine (fit and no pre-existing condition) and I myself had pretty sever symptoms of the kind I've not experienced in the last 5+years after the first shot. This vaccine business is shady and probably doing more harm than the disease itself, I wouldn't recommend taking it.
Tc bros