People who have done (or know of people who have done) secondments: Have you had or heard of any bad experiences? I’ve been seeing mostly positive posts with doing secondments, but would appreciate any insight on bad experiences. Please share size of organization and industry. Thanks!

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I wouldn’t say my experience was bad as I made a few good connections but I was bored. I’m an M&A attorney and was brought on to assist with the company’s customer contracts. My firm was also not clear on how long I was needed. I felt like I was missing out on growing and developing as an M&A attorney the longer I was away. Fortunately, Covid actually brought my secondment to an end after having been there for 6 months. It was at a F200 company in the manufacturing space.

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