tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834335945349958946.post4909969800474391533..comments2024-01-23T04:12:56.180-08:00Comments on My Law License: Oh No, Not More Proof That New Lawyers Feel Entitled!My Law Licensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17487117416844299246noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834335945349958946.post-36151939137775063772010-08-06T18:15:37.072-07:002010-08-06T18:15:37.072-07:00I am confused as to why merit based pay is causing...I am confused as to why merit based pay is causing a problem. My law firm pays me a percentage of the fee I bring through the door and another set rate for the work I do for partners. Personally I think it is the best way to get paid. If I wake up and decide I need a raise I go and work a few extra hours that day. I do not need to hope a partner recognizes the good job I am doing in order to make more money. On the other hand if my friends call and want to go play a round of golf I go and no one says a word. (After all we are all professionals and know when we can skip out of work early and when we cannot)Therefore, in my opinion, merit based pay allows you to balance home and work with ease. If going home or golfing or to your kid's soccer game or... is that important then go, just know you will not get paid for it.Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834335945349958946.post-18583165317415252782010-08-03T07:32:52.688-07:002010-08-03T07:32:52.688-07:00I'm sorry Gideon, I didn't realize you wer...I'm sorry Gideon, I didn't realize you were making any points. I thought you were just musing out loud. I think you need a vacation, and I don't like Kool-Aid. There's my response.My Law Licensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487117416844299246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834335945349958946.post-63064098425070245042010-08-03T06:00:11.069-07:002010-08-03T06:00:11.069-07:00Yes, of course, anyone who doesn't drink your ...Yes, of course, anyone who doesn't drink your Kool-Aid, blah, blah, head in the sand, blah blah, naive, blah blah.<br /><br />Want to try responding to any of my points or are you going to continue to be intellectually dishonest?Gideonhttp://apublicdefender.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834335945349958946.post-65998409332705538982010-08-02T19:48:50.021-07:002010-08-02T19:48:50.021-07:00Gid,
You must be that guy who believes when a pol...Gid,<br /><br />You must be that guy who believes when a politician resigns to "spend more time with the family."My Law Licensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487117416844299246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834335945349958946.post-38409611810514189052010-08-02T17:45:32.042-07:002010-08-02T17:45:32.042-07:00Ugh.
First of all, you need to include the sample...Ugh.<br /><br />First of all, you need to include the sample size in your post.<br /><br />Then onto the broad assumptions:<br /><br /><i>34% don't like the whole 5-day a week in an office, possibly in a suit, and not 3 days a week from 10-2 (with lunch) at Starbucks in shorts and sandals.</i><br /><br />All you quote from the original post was that 34% left because of difficult with work-life balance. Isn't it equally plausible that the "difficulty" was with the 7-day work week and 16 hour days, thus leaving no time for their, you know, lives? <br /><br />The 16% quitting the profession can be for many reasons: they just didn't plain like it; they want to do something else they like more; their wives have higher paying jobs and they're staying at home to take care of the kids; they've been toiling away as associates for 20 years without a promotion and are just flat out done.<br /><br />And of course, the biggest assumption that "associates" are new lawyers. Does everyone who's practiced for 10 years make partner? I think not. What about 12? 15? 8?<br /><br />It's one thing to legitimately rail against the new lawyer "entitlement" culture and quite another to blatantly make assumptions to make any old study fit your world-view.Gideonhttp://apublicdefender.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834335945349958946.post-53963162228141723082010-08-02T08:47:07.279-07:002010-08-02T08:47:07.279-07:00What's wrong with work/life balance? It's...What's wrong with work/life balance? It's a big reason why I left working for a medium size firm and went on my own. I mean, it was a stupid thought since I work just as much. But I have the flexibility to starbucks lawyer it when I want. Should life really just be about work? If it is, when do you drink good wine?mirriamhttp://www.notguiltynoway.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com