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Title: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Martinus on April 30, 2010, 02:36:22 AM
 :showoff:
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Josquius on April 30, 2010, 02:40:08 AM
You're now a Alpha-Lawyer?
Or Czech?
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Martinus on April 30, 2010, 02:41:46 AM
Not yet. There is still a Partner level. :P

But my firm is notorious for how hard it is to make a partner (other lawyers will recognize it, I guess, when I tell them that in our office we have 9 partners to about 90 lawyers). I'm now one of 16 Counsels.  :P
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: MadBurgerMaker on April 30, 2010, 02:45:57 AM
:cheers:
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Jaron on April 30, 2010, 02:47:19 AM
 :showoff:
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: The Larch on April 30, 2010, 02:56:44 AM
Congrats! :cheers:
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Monoriu on April 30, 2010, 03:06:47 AM
:worthy:

A big pay raise?
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: The Brain on April 30, 2010, 03:56:02 AM
I don't follow, how exactly is this anti-gay? You wouldn't have posted it otherwise.
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: BVN on April 30, 2010, 04:17:29 AM
Tournée générale?  :cheers:
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Brazen on April 30, 2010, 04:22:21 AM
Congrats! You must earn, what, four times what I make now? Cocktails on you next time ;)
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: The Brain on April 30, 2010, 04:24:32 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 30, 2010, 04:22:21 AM
Congrats! You must earn, what, four times what I make now? Cocktails on you next time ;)

Cocktails on both their houses! :mad:
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Martinus on April 30, 2010, 05:13:12 AM
Quote from: Monoriu on April 30, 2010, 03:06:47 AM
:worthy:

A big pay raise?

Not fully agreed yet, but I expect about 20-25% on what I earn now (which corresponds to about 15% on what I earned before the crisis, when they decided to cut our pay by 10% across the board :shakesfist: )
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Caliga on April 30, 2010, 05:14:42 AM
 :cool: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: The Brain on April 30, 2010, 05:16:31 AM
Quote from: Martinus on April 30, 2010, 05:13:12 AM
they decided to cut our pay by 10% across the board :shakesfist: )

Why didn't your union go on strike??!?
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Monoriu on April 30, 2010, 05:51:41 AM
Quote from: Martinus on April 30, 2010, 05:13:12 AM
Quote from: Monoriu on April 30, 2010, 03:06:47 AM
:worthy:

A big pay raise?

Not fully agreed yet, but I expect about 20-25% on what I earn now (which corresponds to about 15% on what I earned before the crisis, when they decided to cut our pay by 10% across the board :shakesfist: )

You are my idol  :showoff:
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Neil on April 30, 2010, 06:23:25 AM
Martinus has managed to trick lawyers into thinking he's actually a lawyer so well that he's moving up the ranks?

Well done!  :cheers:
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Caliga on April 30, 2010, 06:28:51 AM
You gotta give a little head to get ahead, Neil.  :)
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Razgovory on April 30, 2010, 06:35:23 AM
Quote from: Neil on April 30, 2010, 06:23:25 AM
Martinus has managed to trick lawyers into thinking he's actually a lawyer so well that he's moving up the ranks?

Well done!  :cheers:

It's possible he's simply the best Lawyer in Poland.
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Berkut on April 30, 2010, 08:01:44 AM
Congrats Marty! :cheers:

He would be Prime Minister if he were actually a lawyer.
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Admiral Yi on April 30, 2010, 10:44:50 AM
I knew those interpersonal skills would pay off at some point. :cheers:
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Ed Anger on April 30, 2010, 10:45:55 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 30, 2010, 10:44:50 AM
I knew those interpersonal skills would pay off at some point. :cheers:

:lol:
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Josquius on April 30, 2010, 12:59:26 PM
Congratulations then.
I know who to call if I run into trouble on the Russian border.
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Martinus on April 30, 2010, 05:08:05 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 30, 2010, 10:44:50 AM
I knew those interpersonal skills would pay off at some point. :cheers:

What can I say - I have a reputation for being a bit of an angry drama queen at work.

But I have a sense of humour and can say I'm sorry - which (surprisingly) is not that common. :P
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Neil on April 30, 2010, 05:12:21 PM
Quote from: Martinus on April 30, 2010, 05:08:05 PM
What can I say - I have a reputation for being a bit of an angry drama queen at work.
I've noticed that people with your affliction tend to share that trait.
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Martinus on April 30, 2010, 05:15:49 PM
Quote from: Neil on April 30, 2010, 05:12:21 PM
Quote from: Martinus on April 30, 2010, 05:08:05 PM
What can I say - I have a reputation for being a bit of an angry drama queen at work.
I've noticed that people with your affliction tend to share that trait.

The flip-side is that we rarely take an alpha/macho pose either, and that pose aggravates more people than an occasional outburst followed by a joke and an attempt at perceived empathy. :P

I think one of the best traits of "people with my affliction" is the ability to be self-depreciating - I know a lot of people who can't do this and are widely considered to be pompous pricks.
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Jaron on April 30, 2010, 05:17:35 PM
You guys all like to mock Martinus but I just want to say in front of everyone reading this that he is my best friend (more than a friend really) and I am extremely proud of him and his accomplishments.
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Martinus on April 30, 2010, 05:19:00 PM
Quote from: Jaron on April 30, 2010, 05:17:35 PM
You guys all like to mock Martinus but I just want to say in front of everyone reading this that he is my best friend (more than a friend really) and I am extremely proud of him and his accomplishments.
:hug:
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Sheilbh on April 30, 2010, 05:20:07 PM
Quote from: Martinus on April 30, 2010, 05:08:05 PM
What can I say - I have a reputation for being a bit of an angry drama queen at work.
:o  How'd you get that reputation?
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Sheilbh on April 30, 2010, 05:20:55 PM
Quote from: Martinus on April 30, 2010, 05:15:49 PM
I think one of the best traits of "people with my affliction" is the ability to be self-depreciating - I know a lot of people who can't do this and are widely considered to be pompous pricks.
That's because homosexuality started in England :)
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Caliga on April 30, 2010, 06:13:25 PM
Yeah, I've never known an arrogant gay, and boy oh boy have I known a lot of gays. :hug:
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: The Brain on April 30, 2010, 06:14:15 PM
Quote from: Jaron on April 30, 2010, 05:17:35 PM
You guys all like to mock Martinus but I just want to say in front of everyone reading this that he is my best friend (more than a friend really) and I am extremely proud of him and his accomplishments.

Ouch.
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: DGuller on April 30, 2010, 06:17:41 PM
Quote from: Caliga on April 30, 2010, 06:13:25 PM
Yeah, I've never known an arrogant gay, and boy oh boy have I known a lot of gays. :hug:
Whew. :yeah:
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Barrister on April 30, 2010, 06:25:55 PM
I didn't actually congratulate you Marti.

Congrats!  Just surviving in a big firm like yours is accomplishment enough.  A promotion is even better.  :cheers:
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: ulmont on April 30, 2010, 07:44:53 PM
Yeah, congrats Martinus!
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on April 30, 2010, 10:56:54 PM
:cheers: Marti. Congrats!
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: jimmy olsen on May 01, 2010, 01:59:01 AM
Congrats! :cheers:
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: sbr on May 01, 2010, 02:06:02 AM
Well done Marti :cheers:
Title: Re: Can I has: promotion?
Post by: Pedrito on May 01, 2010, 07:56:53 AM
Congratulations!   :showoff:

L.