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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was an associate decades ago most associates left the firm before becoming senior associates and every associate I ever talked to said they weren't really interested in being a partner even if they "had a shot at it."  Then, like now, it was often a defense mechanism because the odds were so low.   And now the odds are even lower.  So, yea, you're not going to hear a lot of junior associates admit that they want to be partners -- but every senior associate still at the firm is there because, at least in part, they think they have a shot.  [b]And no associate who is actually offered partnership will turn it down.[/b]

New century, same way of thinking.

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But this part isn't true. Associates really are turning it down. [/quote]

Not very often.[/quote]

I don't think it does happen very often but that's because most associates are leaving before it would happen. I definitely know a few people who stuck it out to become partner for the title, and then left very soon after (in one case she literally left the next month - I wonder if that was actually a deal she made with the firm?) but I personally haven't heard of anyone actually being offered it and turning it down. Perhaps PP means that people are turning down the opportunity to be considered, which is how it works in my firm - you apply through a whole long process. It would be very odd to volunteer yourself for that and then say no at the very end.[/quote]

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