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Biglaw Associates Are Lateraling To Escape Returning To The Office In COVID Times

If your firm has a remote work policy, it should stand by it instead of forcing associates to go to the office.

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I spoke to an associate who told me that she’s otherwise happy at her job, but her main reason for seeking a new role is that she is being basically bullied into going in four days a week. She’s not comfortable with it.

— Kate Reder Sheikh, a managing director for recruiting firm Major Lindsey & Africa, commenting on the woes of lateral candidates who are being pressured to return to the office now that their firms have reopened. Many firms have publicly announced remote work policies that seem to accommodate associates, but according to Duane Morris partner Jonathan Segal, who advises other firms on workplace issues, those could be meaningless. “The most wonderfully-constructed policy means naught if a partner for whom an associate works makes clear, by words or actions, that any remote work is disfavored,” he said.

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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