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I interviewed with Firm A months ago and accepted a position to start this upcoming fall. Group leader called me to offer the position back in November 2020. Besides interviewing with partners at the firms, and diligent follow ups notifying them of my interest to get started, no communication has transpired since.It turns out that I accepted a better offer w/ Firm B for personal reasons and won’t be going to Firm A. What is the best way to notify Firm A? Call/email group leader? Call/email HR?
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Eh not if it really is something that needs to go out. Although if it is urgent, I promise you I’m on top of it, aware and will get to it as soon as I can.
I get the urge though, I too was a Type A junior once who took everything very literally and felt the weight of the world on my shoulders. But the truth is you don’t really know what’s urgent or not urgent, you don’t know if the midlevel/senior is discussing an issue in the background with the partner that relates to this and might change everything or require a different approach.
So yes follow ups are fine (communicate any client urgency you think they might not be aware of), but just take into account there might be a reason you’re not getting a response and don’t be too annoying
As others have mentioned, it all depends on the situation and how you communicate it. I struggle sometimes with this as a mid level but it’s easier to explain being “annoying” than it is to explain being delinquent with a deadline or looking like you don’t take an interest or initiative in your cases.
No. Please do nudge us. We have a lot on our plates and could use a reminder if things are coming down to the wire and you haven’t heard from us.
Agree 100%
Mentor
If you’re chasing me for something that does not need to be prioritized at the moment, yes I will get annoyed. If I don’t have time to look at something that’s not due for a week or more, I don’t want you to be annoying me about it.
However, if you’re chasing me for something that has an external deadline, or a partner is pressing you, I WANT you to chase me. Do not let us miss an external deadline or piss off a partner because you’re afraid of me.
TL;DR, it depends and you need to use your head for when it’s appropriate.
Subject Expert
Well we definitely disagree but I guess OP had their answer
No unless you sound rude or something
When in doubt, chase me. Even if I’m privately annoyed, I’m not going to hold it against you and it will pass quickly. I’d much rather be chased than actually miss something (even if a junior catching a deadline I would have missed is rare).
Please chase me I am drowning
Mentor
No. I might get mildly annoyed and ignore you if I don’t think it’s urgent but I’m never getting angry at a junior for trying to move things along and I want to encourage the proactivity and follow ups. That’s a big part of our job. A few extra follow ups is much better than us missing something important because I was busy with something else and the junior was too scared to remind.
I rely on my juniors to chase me down (and to catch typos), juniors who are scared to correct me are frustrating. My ego doesn’t need your protection, but our work product does.
Agree wholeheartedly!
Compare that with how you’ll feel sending them an email later telling them they missed the deadline…which they’ll now need to report to partner and client…
Subject Expert
Chase away. I get so many emails - if i dont care about whatever your thing is i'll just ignore it. Doesn't affect me at all.
Coach
When my juniors chase me out of a spirit of helping me/us/the team/the client, I love it and am grateful. If my juniors chase me because they want to one up me or for some reason that is not constructive, I’d be mad. I’ve been lucky to almost exclusively work with juniors who are trying to help, which I imagine is how most juniors are, so would encourage most people to chase if they feel its necessary or helpful.
F
No - just be very polite and respectful
The only correct answer: “it depends”
- Obviously your tone has to be right. Remind them of the (client’s) deadline.
- I usually send out once, once more 48h before and once more 24h before.
I’ve found they get more mad if you don’t chase.
Shouldn’t have hit send so soon. It’s your workstream so it’s your job. If it’s late, it’s your fault even if it’s with a mid or senior or partner. It is literally your job to chase. I learned that very quickly in my first month when a filing was almost late because I thought it being with the partner meant my job was done. It wasn’t.
NO chase me