As bonus fever sweeps the Am Law 100, one firm on the vaunted list — boasting $590,038,000 in 2019 revenue — has come up with another ingenious way of honoring its associates for their contributions to the firm during these troubling times.
Associates received this email promising them a “token of our continued appreciation.” This is where almost every other firm would require us to copy and paste in a special bonus table. Instead…
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A “small gift to brighten your space”? What does that mean?
According to tipsters, not all that much:
Can’t make this up. Littler Mendelson sent everyone baseball hats to celebrate hard work during covid. 2/3 of Am Law 100 giving out bonuses and littler out here giving out hats. Well I got a hat but others getting plants?
Maybe this is like “there’s always money in the banana stand” and associates should try looking for a check sewn into the hat. Or maybe it’s a scavenger hunt! It couldn’t possibly be that an Am Law 100 firm saw its peers giving out tens of thousands in bonuses and decided to make good with a $10 hat and a succulent… right?
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Or maybe that’s the Sorting Hat telling associates that their home is with another firm.
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