Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
Associates aren’t asking for a catered snack service, they are just looking for the firm to provide some sustenance as an acknowledgment that we sometimes get stuck in the office when we weren’t planning to be.
— A midlevel associate at an undisclosed firm, in response to a question found in the American Lawyer Midlevel Associates Survey about what their firm could do better in order to retain associates. More notable and quotable responses can be found here.

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