Looking To Get Fired At This Biglaw Firm? Good Luck With That!

This firm apparently wants to retain its associates, no matter what.

fired firing layoff laid offHow hard it is to get fired.

— a midlevel associate at Alston & Bird, in response to a question found in the American Lawyer Midlevel Associates Survey about what most surprised them about working at their current firm. More notable and quotable responses can be found here.


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