A law firm promoter whose mother refuses to leave him anything in the will and use some legalese to block his own mothers will so he can snatch some assets then gets dragged to Court by his Delhi brother.I am with the Delhi cat on this who is much better than the wolf brother. while both are toxic work atmospheres one is somewhat bearable the other is filth level toxicity being unbearable.

Law firms refuse to acknowledge that people also leave on account of bully SAs, PAs and partners who are downright toxic as well. Hope LI publishes this comment in full. Year after year, a good drop of people is lost to politics and to abrasive behaviour while law firms keep crying that talent is unable to be retained. If time is spent to teach and mentor people professionally, people would stay. But if everyone is required to play games to be or not to be part of the 'inner circle', this cycle won't end. Instead of concentrating on work, people would have to focus on things which don't really matter. In Indian law firms, this is all the more evident.

Playing down the pathetic work cultures by making such stupid comments is diluting the misery of the retainers at such places.I dont know about SAM,but imo bases on the stories i have heard, CAM is supposed to be horribly nasty work environment.And the one constant complaint from the young ones with the bitter exits is they did not learn the law and ended up wasting so much time dealing with unnecessary toxic shit.The great resigbation is a constant at several of these law firms from many years and its just not funny .

Starting off as confused with the behavior, but with time have found total admiration for the A0-A2s. Who would have thought asking for reasonable work hours, being spoken to respectfully and not disturbing on weekends would be a thing. For the last 18 years as a lawyer, starting as a intern and moving to a partner, I have always found it acceptable when I was shouted at by seniors, clients spoke rudely, had to cancel innumerable dinners with friends and family. I come from a middle class family and money was important, so was security of a 'job'. I feel proud of my achievement and able to offer things to my parents, siblings, spouse and kids which I never thought could afford and I see it makes then happy. Not all is purely monetary, but substantially it is. However, I have realized the loss of years without taking breaks or enough down time. I thank all you guys here who are demanding something that should always have been part of our professions. If I don't quit, I will definitely move to something which gives me more time for self and loved ones.

Arre uncle, pissing on others makes you feel better about yourself or what? The fact is the generation after you is doing good for itself, and you are slowly becoming redundant. Stop being pissed over the fact that the new generation is asking for their rights, while you did not have that luxury.

Nice try - using a hyperbole to portray a great idea in an extreme negative/dismal way.

I have been noticing your comments on different threads, my friend. It is time to call you out. Your comment is similar to the rhetoric that all muslim women against wearing hijabs 'want to' wear bikinis.

There are may shades of grey between (A) quitting and (B) moving to smaller cities and giving back to society. You want to paint everyone who quits with the same brush - to make them look like some meek souls / soon to be sadhus. This is as far from truth as you could possibly get.

Everyone cares about the money (but to different degrees) - these kids could turn out to be future capitalists amassing disproportionate wealth.

I can't quit given I haven't even been a year.

I actually like my office and the people I work so far. Its the bureaucratic nonsense that overarches the firm experience that is horrible. Things like the obsession with working from office when other firms don't even care. The institutional apathy is appalling (and since this is CAM, by institution I mean the 1-2 people running the firm).

Why will people leave now or put in their resignations? This will make them either lose their bonus or get a smaller one. Either makes little sense when you put so much of effort. The real resignations, if any, will start only 1 April onwards or subsequently when the bonuses are paid out.

Aise sawaal aur confidence dekh ke lag ta hai yaha sirf bewakoof bhare pare hai who just wants to push a narrative.

Associate level (Gen Z): No resignation. Bcoz Gen Z only complains and no one will else will hire these snowflakes.

Partner, PA and SA level (Gen Y): Some resignations. Bcoz they really put in hard work with no recognition. Well deserved promotions were denied.

Managing Partner level (Gen X and Boomers): No resignation as they are the owners and exploiters.

Expect action in April.

Meanwhile read
https://nishithdesaiassociates.wordpress.com/2021/12/18/the-great-resignation/ to find how many have left at a firm which is almost a biglaw.