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UK firms remain wary despite elevated recruitment figures

Will Lawyers being recruited remember that a particular firm treated its associates badly in the downturn.? ........ Probably not - if you have not been treated badly by the firm hiring you, you tend not to really believe (or want to believe) that the same firm is capable of being decidedly nasty/ruthless in a downturn and when you have an offer in your hand with great money (comapred to having no job) you probably are prepared to think that the partner you will be working for seems really nice, that you will be different etc I think it's a game of psychology and the lawyers will want to forget the horrific treatment they have suffered. I wonder how it bodes for future working environment in the City? ... the key points to take home seem to be that: - no job is safe, - you can be got rid of easily... either any time up to one year or simply managed out - law firms only worry about their clients and profits and not you, and - a firms mantra cannot be believed - preserving partner drawings seems to be the name of the game and woe betide anyone who interferes with that! In time when there has been a sustained recovery I have no doubt that firms will begin to splash cash at trainees and associates and that will make the unpleasantness easier to forget ... at least for some

22-Apr-2010

11:14 pm