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- Work: The work we do is repetitive. My SA mostly does the same work as me, just with higher accountability. I do not want to be pigeonholed into reviewing documents throughout my career.
- People: The people are unnecessarily problematic and controlling. I have friends across other tier-1 firms, and even if my team may be relatively better, I still find it hard to tolerate.
I am a lawyer in a corporate team of a tier-1 law firm. I have about 2 years of PQE, and I find myself to be uninterested in the kind of work or culture in law firms.
Could you please suggest any non-law roles I can pursue? Any skills/certifications I can acquire to get there? Or any resources or persons I can reach out to in this regard. I would value any advice in this regard.
Additional points:
- I would prefer not doing an MBA as it would mean getting a student loan;
- I don't have any certifications/ degrees apart from my NLU degree.