Just here to vent about my annual review. Partners told me the pandemic was no excuse for lower 2020 collections. Also, apparently I need to start going to the bar and walk around the office to pick up more work and generate clients. I’m a third year associate.

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Sounds like you need to go to the other bar.

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Yea, if the firm is pushing for bottom line reasons then it’s a bad sign. My firm (mid-size regional) was good about encouraging me to grow a book, but it was never due to a shortage of work around the firm. I was able to bring in a smattering of small matters from my personal network of friends (cyclists, mountain bikers, childhood friends, etc...), and a few developed into meaningful enterprise clients that charted my path to partner.

Sounds like you should lateral

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Your firm sounds like my old firm. Any excuse to cut bonuses or assign blame to someone else. Also, a bar? We’re in a pandemic.

Time to look for a new job.

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I’m a third year associate, for what that’s worth

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Wow The economy shrunk by 3.5%?!


Be grateful these people are showing you who they are. As a third year, you can move. Good luck!

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Practice area?

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Wait- collections? How is that even your problem? While it’s nice to be in the position to bring in work this is not something you can force. It happens with time and experience and as you build the network.

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New job time!

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I’ll disagree here a little bit and say it isn’t per se unreasonable... in certain practice areas or for certain (likely very small) firms, early business generation could be a reasonable expectation. If you are at a V100 or whatever obviously it is absurd, but if it’s a small local PI shop or something, not as much.

I think the more objectionable part for me is the revenue bitching.

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