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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]agree with 22:36.  No later than your 3rd year (and even that's a bit late), you should be firmly entrenched with a partner.

I was let go from big law, but it was part of the big 2010 bloodbaths.  I didn't see it coming because I was a very high biller; however, I really should have known because I had just gotten back from taking 3 weeks FMLA leave to recover from surgery.  That ended up not going over well.[/quote]

That is awful. I knew people who were let go or held back a year for taking maternity leave, which is also rotten, but that is 4-6 months. 3 weeks doesn't seem like much for an otherwise high biller.

Anyway, I would agree that your chances probably aren't great if you aren't in with a partner. I was the go-to person for a partner from the end of my 1st year until I left 3 years later. I wanted to leave anyway, and when I heard partner was making plans to leave within a few years (that is, before I would have been up for partner), I knew that would have been the end. Once my work source left, I wouldn't have had a chance. Or I would've been stuck with awful assignments. Neither sounded appealing.

OP, I would seriously start looking elsewhere. Even if you don't want to leave until forced to, at least you will have laid the groundwork and have some options or ideas of options.[/quote]

Eh, all's well that ended well for me--ended up in a great new position.  And I won't name names, but it was a firm that ended up being in a death spiral, so I was lucky enough to leave with severance.  [/quote]

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