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Revealed: females make up less than 10 per cent of top 100's equity partner ranks

It's amazing to see even from the comments that men just dont get it - dear Harris, unfortunately it is not the same - if a man and a woman decide to have a child - this does not reflect in a negative way on the father's career at a law firm, but a woman has to take time off, is not able to work at her best for 9 months before the birth (due to generally feeling extremely tired and sick) and for some time when she is back, especially if she is back only after a few months. This multiplies if you have two children - again no impact on the father's career but the woman out of say 4 years at a law firm, would have only worked less than a year when she was not either pregnant or on the maternity leave, so when the law firm thinks considers those two for a partnership - guess whom they are going to chose? And Phil - 70s was 40 years ago - average lawyer is considered for a partnership after around 7-8 years - there was plenty of time to change the ratios...

24-Oct-2012

6:02 pm