SAM hosts a self proclaimed Town Hall to discuss (per the firm’s own email) “successes […] perspectives, comments and feedback”.

The only exception being nothing gets discussed. It gets laid on — and thick. The firm just lays down a random barrage of corporate speak on us poor (no literally) souls who would just wish to go home and pass out after another week of being subject to back breaking labour to fund properties in Golf Links.

No perspectives get discussed — no comments on how the firm plans to counter the rising tide of exits, how it plans to entice employees to stay despite higher competitive pay, etc etc. Just some stories on how they gained a record number of IG followers and how cycling with the team is a great exercise.

Excellent. That’s fine but it’s been a few months since March and I still don’t know how much I’m earning given the firm’s reluctance to announce increments. Must be good practice to ensure it’s announced so late that employees are forced to stay till March to get atleast some chunk of that mythical bonus.

If SAM is listening (must be Crop

I’m extremely sad to be part of this firm which keeps all its cards under the wraps. Bonuses last year were supposed to be capped at 200 - mid year everyone realised the firm has not given anyone more than 150. Then came the painful waits for arrears (still ongoing btw!). Why promote your people when you have no better retention strategy than making people lose out on money. The strategy itself brings out negative emotions. Rather - why not have a better people rewarding strategy by paying them instead so that they willingly stay back! Also why were the promoters so scared of questions? None was asked. Cheap booze served to make people forget the night. Perfect way to be erased from history!

what a sad sad state of affairs. Mumbai office was literally laughing throughout the charade of the townfall meeting.

What are their plans? No merger control happening - their PR team is actually useless - learn from AZB on how to report deals . But laurels sung in favour during the townfall. Put your humans first!

The firm announces that it will effectuate increments in July. In writing. To date, there's not even an update. Let's take this the other way round, an associate doesnt manage to send out a doc within the committed timelines (not even to a client, but just to cater for some mundane internal one)- taken to the cleaners and made to feel as if their entire career is a waste of time. No hope that they will even come close to the trilegal numbers. Two managing partners for nothing. Would an email to say that increments are in process, hurt?! Totally unprofessional. Someday, some lawyer whos seen this end of the stick and is in Government, would like come up with a bunch of regulations on these gujju parasites.

The townhall was an absolute embarrassment and an eyewash. No increments announced and no consultation happened. No revision in salary bands and absolutely no growth prospects at SAM. The management comprising of those 3, is absolutely greedy and not willing to let go of equity or profits. More associates have no choice but to join foreign law firms or switch to better paying firms like trilegal et al.