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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Three amusing takeaways.

1. Who in the industry didn't see this coming seven to ten years ago? That could only accrue from willful ignorance or blissful self-delusion.

2. Why is this only focused on big firms? Medium sized firms are also getting hammered.

3. When was law - big, small, or medium, all practice specialties - a collegial, communal environment, in which people were more interested in being part of a "profession" than making money like any other business? That Disneyland must've been a hell of a swell time to be any kind of professional. Docs would've whistled as they biked to work, accountants would have clicked their heels like Gene Kelly in Singing in the Rain as they rushed down the sidewalks to their fascinating days of preparing corporate tax returns... Prozac would never have been invented. And of course, unsolicited fellatio from a Sophia Vergara lookalike for everyone, at least once a day.

I worked at the profiled firm. At one of the less profitable satellite offices. Not much in the article surprises me. I was pretty sure for the last few years I was practicing law that the big firm model was going to have to readjust itself in a major way or it would be shrinking/going away. What's the incentive for an associate to ever stick around and try to make partner anymore? There certainly wasn't one when I was an associate 5+ years ago, and I don't see it getting more likely...