By: Emperor_Aguestus
Third way to drive an associate nuts: When asked to pay bonuses when making more PPP than in 2007, pay as little as possible and see if that’s sufficient to get the associates off your back. After all,...
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In reply to <a href="https://abovethelaw.com/2012/08/inside-straight-what-drives-partners-nuts/#comment-787377">Emperor_Aguestus</a>. You're free to leave any time, sweetheart. The door...
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A good follow-up article would be what judges do that irritates lawyers. For example, appeals judges who ingore issues, but if you do 20 assignments of error so they can’t, then they get pissed and...
View ArticleBy: Coupon Alias
If partners are annoyed, they need to create a culture where it is okay for an associate to turn away assignments. Partners need to take the time to understand their business and resources. They also...
View ArticleBy: apartner
In reply to <a href="https://abovethelaw.com/2012/08/inside-straight-what-drives-partners-nuts/#comment-787094">JoePesci</a>. Seems you do not even realize that you are doing one of the...
View ArticleBy: Captain Obvious
In reply to <a href="https://abovethelaw.com/2012/08/inside-straight-what-drives-partners-nuts/#comment-787383">Locaustian</a>. I'd rather stay, collect my midlevel pay, sow discontent...
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I’m trying to understand how employees of any kind of company or firm can perform so poorly (in the view of their supervisors) with impunity and without consequence. Last time I checked, in this...
View ArticleBy: MikeIP
In reply to <a href="https://abovethelaw.com/2012/08/inside-straight-what-drives-partners-nuts/#comment-787431">apartner</a>. An associate that turns down work is an associate that won't be...
View ArticleBy: Garbled_Uplink
In reply to <a href="https://abovethelaw.com/2012/08/inside-straight-what-drives-partners-nuts/#comment-787508">Guest</a>. Yes.
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