When
last
we
checked
in
with
Proskauer
they
were
doing
associates
dirty.
Despite
not
formally
having
an
hours
requirement
to
receive
year-end
bonuses,
some
associates
found
themselves
with
nothing
but
coal
in
their
stocking
from
the
firm.
Why
didn’t
they
get
the
cash
they
were
expecting?
Well,
they
didn’t
meet
the
hours
requirement
—
by
as
little
as
3
hours!
You
know,
that
hours
requirement
that
doesn’t
formally
exist…
(According
to
tipsters,
this
year
isn’t
the
first
time
the
firm
pulled
this
particular
move.)
Now
some
insiders
are
reporting
back
what’s
been
going
down
since
the
story
broke.
Unsurprisingly
morale
is
not
great
—
even
associate
that
made
the
invisible
hours
threshold
last
year
feel
blindsided
by
the
firm’s
policy.
And
the
firm
leadership
has
been
forced
by
the
negative
publicity
to
acknowledge
the
standard
they’ve
been
holding
associates
to.
From
a
tipster:
After
your
article
was
posted,
literally
9
minutes
later,
we
received
an
for
a
virtual
town
hall
to
take
place
the
next
day
at
noon.
Now
we
have
a
2000
hour
requirement
for
the
current
fiscal
year…
which
started
in
November.They
say
it
can
change
from
year
to
year
but
they
will
tell
us
ahead
of
time
(yeah
right,
we’re
not
going
to
believe
that
shit
anymore)It’s
vile
and
I
can’t
wait
to
leave
this
firm.
Hope
they
enjoy
the
millions
they
make
from
squeezing
every
last
ounce
of
humanity
from
the
firm
that
used
to
be
a
good
place
to
work.
Morale
is
very
very
low.
Would
not
be
surprised
if
they
start
hemorrhaging
associates.
Maybe
that’s
their
intention.
Oof,
doesn’t
sound
like
Proskauer
is
a
fun
place
to
work
right
now.
Maybe
they’ll
take
the
hint
and
start
being
straightforward
with
associates.
Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
Above
the
Law,
host
of
The
Jabot
podcast,
and
co-host
of
Thinking
Like
A
Lawyer.
AtL
tipsters
are
the
best,
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