The self-black joke of "rubbing the edge lawyer" Xiaoice unexpectedly shoveled out an iceberg in the lawyer circle. Just like this, it resonated with thousands of netizens, and at the same time attracted a lot of condemnation in the industry. Looking deeper, it actually reflects the huge gap between the workplace and ideals, reality and expectations.
Let's start with some objective data. You must know that the difference in lawyers' incomes is so large that it can be called "heaven and earth". Some high-income lawyers often share their experience of earning tens of millions of dollars a year on the video account, and many people can't help but want to make up for the law exam.
However, prospective lawyers, trainee solicitors, and lawyers in non-popular fields often earn as much as the outside world thinks. Under the high intensity of the workload, sometimes even the basic life has to be tightened, let alone the high-end coffee shop next to the foreigner's street.
Looking at this Xiaoice heart again, through this joking self-blackening, she unintentionally exposed a major unspoken rule of the industry: not all lawyers are "lying to earn", and many grassroots lawyers are still struggling for a living.
This also reflects the stereotypes of certain professions and the cognitive bias of personal value in the current society.
Under the joke of real lawyers' "messing up," how much of it is helpless to do it as a last resort? In the face of the pressure of flipping through books all day, running to court, and following you everywhere, "rubbing the edge of the live broadcast" has become a mainstream but very intuitive way of survival.
However, as is the other side of the story, the denunciations in the comments also reveal the sensitivity of the work ethic and professional image. As a lawyer is a legal adviser for upholding justice and law, any "rubbing the edge" behavior may be regarded as irresponsible to the professional image.
Between income pressures and professional image, lawyers seem to be jumping into one inescapable circle after another.
Therefore, this is not only a discussion of the behavior of individual "lawyers", but also touches on a wide range of issues in society: the scissors gap between the salary level and the cost of living, the contradiction between professional image and personal choice, and the stereotypical expectations of society for different professional groups.