The salary war may have slowed but law firm competition for U.K. associates remains intense. So what drives their decisions to move jobs?
Inevitably there tends to be both a push and a pull factor behind most moves. The most common push factors leading to associate laterals include feeling under-appreciated (48% of associates identified this as a key factor), according to research by Thomson Reuters, as well as the firm’s compensation system (45%), a lack of career progression (38%), their current compensation (35%), and a lack of genuine regard for their well-being (25%).
