To me it’s important to leave before trying to make partner. When you try to make partner, you’re really in a position where you have no leverage and no power. A lot of my friends who are more senior who are trying to make partner, suddenly they start getting completely tortured. [The partners' attitude seems to be:] “I know that this person’s up for partner. I know that the vote’s coming up in a few months, and they really want to make it.” These requests are unreasonable, but the expectation is that they will get fulfilled because this person is in a position where they can’t say no. —Sixth-year associate, New YorkThey’ve made an effort to make the process more transparent. …The firm has meetings every once in a while [to explain] what it’s looking for and what you should be doing if it’s something you’re interested in. —Fifth-year associate, New York
The level of hierarchy and seniority is sometimes absurd. … People want to work plenty hard. They just want to work maybe in another way, and they want to get paid for it. —Fourth-year associate, San Francisco
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