Biglaw's Power Play On Mandatory 4-Day Office Attendance Policies Is Just Beginning
So much for the hybrid workplace so many lawyers dreamed of....
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
Now that the economy has turned a bit, I think it’s a reflection of the fact that the firms have more leverage than they did before.
— Stephanie Biderman, a New York-based legal recruiter at Major, Lindsey & Africa, in comments given to Bloomberg Law on Davis Polk’s decision to move to a mandatory four-day in-office attendance policy. Skadden announced a similar office attendance policy last month. Although firms may risk losing associates as they increase attendance requirements, Biderman told Bloomberg that for some firms, “the risk/reward analysis of the in-person training and mentorship and all of that and the culture is outweighing the risk of losing people.”
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