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Associate Life Survey: Turkey With All The Billings?

David Lat
December 01, 2008 15:23

In today's ATL / Lateral Link survey, we explore whether you actually had a happy Thanksgiving. Last year, ATL posted an open thread on Thanksgiving Horror Stories, and reported tales of busy litigators: I heard of opposing counsel on the East Coast that scheduled a deposition on the Wednesday...

Associate Life Survey: Happy Thanksgiving?

David Lat
November 26, 2008 17:15

On this, the day before Thanksgiving, our ATL / Lateral Link survey ponders just how many of you are actually giving thanks. Back in April, we reported that many (but not most) associates were in decent spirits:   * 25.8% of respondents said their morale was "good."   * 11.5% said their...

Associate Life Survey: Time For That Raise?

David Lat
November 06, 2008 16:00

We received 1,054 responses to Monday's ATL / Lateral Link survey on when raises happen at your firms. As expected, the overwhelming majority of you -- almost 80% -- said that your firms raise salaries in January. But the rest of you are probably in for a wait. More than half of the associates...

Associate Life Survey: Discovery Over Columbus Day Weekend?

David Lat
October 20, 2008 17:18

So far this year, we've found that an awful lot of ATL readers get in the billable spirit over the holidays. Back in January and February, we learned that about a quarter of you worked on Christmas, almost a third of you worked over New Year's, and more than half of you worked on Martin Luther...

Associate Life Survey: The Law Vote

David Lat
October 15, 2008 16:04

We received just over 1,200 responses to last week's ATL / Lateral Link survey on politics in the workplace, and two things immediately became apparent. First, there aren't that many good political lolcats, so we've decided to make do with an lolronpaul (h/t punditkitchen). Second, now that the...