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My point about my former boss was not that he doesn't deserve his salary or that everyone does that. It was simply that it should not just be ASSUMED that every person making a high salary continues to maintain a high standard of work. The behavior in question happened in 2011. It certainly wasn't ideal, but I actually have never heard of a partner at this particular firm being dismissed, even under some pretty egregious circumstances.

My larger point was that there are many structural problems in the BigLaw industry. My current firm is nothing like my previous firm. They seem to have made better choices and prioritized quality of worklife for people at all levels of employment in a way that my previous firm really did not. There is a difference between lipservice appreciation of people's contributions and meaningful appreciation of people's contributions. In my opinion, [b]meaningful appreciation would be to have an updated and comprehensive understanding of people's individual jobs and slightly more nuanced compensation based on those jobs and the performance in that review cycle[/b]. I personally received exactly the same 3% raise the year I worked 12 hour days most of the year while my other boss ran a couple different DOJ investigations and made partner as I did the year that I spent 3 months phoning it in prior to maternity leave and 6 months on maternity leave and another 3 months being sleep deprived and getting back up to speed on everything I've missed. While I'm obviously glad for the 3% I got the year that I did the bare minimum, I also wish it was more possible to extend bonuses for truly excellent work. Not just mine, but the work of the colleague that covered for me while I was out for 6 months or the colleague who works for 6 people instead of 3 or the colleague who always goes out of her way to see if anyone needs any help. I think such efforts and quality should be recognized by MORE than the minimum increase, but that firm did not have any allowance for bonuses like that, which is one reason that I left.[/quote]

Lawyers don't get paid to understand the ins and outs of your assistant job. That's a waste of time. It's beyond silly to think a manager partner billing hundreds of dollars an hour is going to pore over each assistant's job description. It's good that you left, allowing one of the [i]thousands[/i] of qualified assistants in the DC area to get a job there.

And if you think you were treated badly at this firm, I'd love to know where else you think you can phone it in for A YEAR and get a raise, rather than getting fired.

I think you have some entitlement issues.
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