As Pay Cuts Replace Perks, Associates Keep Heads Down
With law firms unloading scores of attorneys amid the economic downturn, associates are finding that the balance of power has shifted away from them and into the hands of law firm managers. Gone are the days — as recent as a year ago — when firms had to pile on the perks to keep associates from jumping ship. Not only are associates now less likely to ask for anything possibly construed as an accommodation, they’re also less vocal about problems and concerns that they’d bring up in better times, experts say.
