Quoting Salt Lake:

Congrats, Rohit!! Show them there is still some fight left in the dog.

Fight...no fight...dog...no dog...I dont care...I want salary.

Is it true has RDA has not paid salaries to its associates in last few months?

Quoting ??:

Quoting Salt Lake:

Congrats, Rohit!! Show them there is still some fight left in the dog.

Please don't use words like dog for people.

Oh, you must be that guy who also thinks the word underdog is a big gaali and dogged pursuit means engaging in an act of moral turpitude. I now see your point.

Quoting Exon:

But why hasn't he paid salaries for months to his associates? Why have so many associates and partners left RDA in last few months?

I guess your first question answers your second question. Answer to the first question should be given by RDA themselves. All they have left is Husband-wife with two associates, one from NUJS and another from NLIU in Mumbai.

Bangalore office have some other two (unless anyone new joined at either offices). I guess the names mentioned above is the entire RDA team!!

Quoting Exon-Anon:

But why hasn't he paid salaries for months to his associates? Why have so many associates and partners left RDA in last few months?

I guess your first question answers your second question. Answer to the first question should be given by RDA themselves. All they have left is Husband-wife with two associates, one from NUJS and another from NLIU in Mumbai.

Loosing 3-4 partners in less than a year - 2 of whom had left as associates from Pvx to join him? So many Sebi guys who joined him leaving nice jobs have left! So many associates also gone? Many of whom are openly saying how their careers have been gravely affected. Not to mention not having gotten paid. One even told me that associates were set monthly targets in order to get their salaries! I dont know about vision and wisdom but certainly takes courage.

Quoting Good update:

Even I had heard that the Firm was in bad shape post the raw deal he got in the PXV split...salaries not paid etc etc. A friend works in the Bangalore office who was abt to leave and he's very happy now. He says everything is almost back to shape & they are getting great work. Good to see them back in the path of recovery with a bang. Indian market has enough space for these kind of firms to grow and be very successful.

Sadly, the opposite is the case. Went really well for a short while after the split. Started two new offices, hired lot of new people, paid really good salaries and liberally promoted partners. There was a general sense of optimism and enthusiasm throughout the Firm. Then unfortunately the work dried up, lawyers were given absurd revenue targets and a huge part of the salary was linked to these absurd targets. That's when people started to leave. I dont know which side of things are in shape when you have more number of offices than lawyers.

Quoting Batchmate:

You are the best lawyer I have met in my career of more than seven years.

Really? Even Rohit would cringe at this kind of embarrassing praise. Unless your idea is to actually insult him under the guise of praising him. Not cool.

Quoting Present Associate:

The comments always seem to do more harm than good as they are usually anonymous sources of baseless gossip and negativity. Being a part of the firm, I can easily say that it's finally begun doing well and most of the negative comments are totally untrue. A lot of people did leave but they left because they weren't contributing anything (except 2) and no firm today can afford that. Although I wasn't a part of this deal, but I've seen first hand the kind of good work that went into it. Well done to all the people who were a part of it.

So are you dead sure that everyone (past/ present) have been paid? Because I know the contrary. So how has it still been "doing well"?

According to your comment most of them left (voluntarily) because they were not contributing? Dedicated bunch of lawyers RDA had! Or did they leave because they were not being paid and therefore did not contribute to work?

Why were people so "close" to Rohit looking out for jobs elsewhere? I believe except for Rohit everyone applied for jobs elsewhere. I was a witness to it in my own firm.

One transaction, of unknown value, with unknown clients, does not dramatically transform the fortunes of a Firm... unfortunately, since LI has chosen not to outline the issues facing RDA, it acts as an advertisement that everything is going hunky dory, and lure a few more associates to their doom...

Quoting Present Associate:

The comments always seem to do more harm than good as they are usually anonymous sources of baseless gossip and negativity. Being a part of the firm, I can easily say that it's finally begun doing well and most of the negative comments are totally untrue. A lot of people did leave but they left because they weren't contributing anything (except 2) and no firm today can afford that. Although I wasn't a part of this deal, but I've seen first hand the kind of good work that went into it. Well done to all the people who were a part of it.

If we should not believe an anonymous group, how can we trust the limited few in the firm? They will obviously not say anything bad. We need to hear from those who left as to why the situation is so bad. If someone may pour some light.

Quoting kianganz:

Dear All,

Please try to keep the discussion civil on both sides, rather than turning this into an NUJS alumni love- and mud-fest on both sides...

Thanks
Kian

Dear Kian,
I don't think it's just a question of NUJS alumni, look at the comments on the Luthra and AMSS partnership threads - good god! Trilegal and its lawyers always get taken apart as well. I'm not getting into who deserves what but you really need to take a clear stance and start censoring ridiculous comments. I really liked some of the things you had written on the Luthra thread - perhaps you can need a strong censorship policy - like not allowing individuals to be bashed up!

I think you incorrectly posted it here instead of bharatmatrimony.com

Quoting Guest:

And people left "voluntarily"? Maybe it's time everyone found out that most of them got kicked out for being too dumb or too lazy!

Let the haters be! You guys will go on to achieve bigger and better things!

I believe only 1 associate was fired, but every other Partner and Associate resigned on their own volition.

Doesn't it smell fishy, and seem like dal me kaala, when Rohit just promotes those as Partners and they resign within 1-2 months. Why would Rohit promote them as Partners and immediately fire them? Seems like a contradiction there at RDA and with few comments which clearly seems to be from within RDA,

Those fired or ones who leave on their own will are not paid. Is it a policy, whereby you should not pay anyone who leaves your firm, due to the reason of non-payment since December, 2012?

RDA keeps associates and does not pay. Associates leave RDA and they are not paid. Rohit was never like this. I do not understand what prompted him to such an atrocious decision-making and he is spoiling the good image that he has. Surely not his mind at work here.

No law firm fires anyone without payment and it seems no one is paid at RDA. Surely, the whole daal at RDA is black.

Isnt that a tad unfair on people like [...] who left PXV with Rohit, or [...] who left SEBI and other law firm joins to be with Rohit... or [...], who left a good corporate job....

if they were too dumb or too lazy, why were they taken in the first place? You realise that your generalisation affects the credibility of some perfectly good lawyers....

I think it should be accepted that while Rohit may be a brilliant lawyer (and the jury is out on that one) .. he cannot (or did not) manage RDA Legal as well as he should have....

Let freedom of speech be. There is already a policy to prevent abusive comments. What's the hue and cry about some comments being unrelated or ridiculous or pointless?

Quoting kianganz:

Agree, the discussion is a little ridiculous and pointless.

Though I did hear on the grapevine that there were some issues with salary payments at some point.

Kian,

I guess that the remaining few at RDA are trying to stop others from commenting on this issue because they cannot defend the same. This is the reason why they are pressurising you into "censoring comments". I guess if LI is not covering the issue on (not "late", but "NO") payments in RDA, they may at least provide moral support to those who have been affected severely that other don't follow suit and fall into the trap of RDA. Its not that there were "some issues" and at "some point". The Partners and Associates who have left have still not been paid and current Associates have also not been paid. This is existing since November-December 2012, and no one has got their complete payments till date. Further, they have received paltry sum for bare existence. No one had any idea on accounts and where the funds were being "diverted".

As someone mentioned in some comment, all this is really fishy. Why promote lazy ones to partnerships or why fire them after promoting them to partnerships? It is awkward as to RDA finding faults with every employee. Every firm has a bunch of few lazy or incompetent people, but never fire them to such an extent. How did RDA manage to employ every single person whos incompetent as they claim? Problem is with RDA itself and they are truly spoiling careers of few amazing Partners and Associates that have quit by making random generalised comments. I know some of them who have quit are gems and left the best possible jobs for a future at RDA. I think that is as big a sacrifice as anyone can give RDA. You leave jobs worth lakhs to join this place, which in turn pays you nothing.

I had a chat with a really close friend some time back who appraised me as to this situation and was concerned about his/her career being totally destroyed. I believe LI should provide support to those who have still not got paid for whatever vague reason as the firm may provide. By ignoring or not posting such comments you will only keep a firm happy which is running a tyranny making everyone work without absolutely paying them for more than 8 months!! They will yet continue to expect you to work for free!! I do not understand this logic and sympathise with the employees.

This deal report should not be misleading to the younger lawyers who will graduate,and assume it to be a good firm, or to lure more partners because I have heard the pains of few. Let them make an informed choice about their future.

Kian you are yet doing a good job, and obviously I guess by now everyone know the true state of the firm, that you may cover a story on the same, else the limited few in the firm will continue misleading general public. Your job is not too easy to keep a balance and satisfy everyone. But there is a BIG space for truth in journalism and I believe it is your duty to bring the reality out rather than knuckle under firms. It is a close knit firm at present with family and best friends except for one from GNLU and one from NLIU. So they may continue protesting against these comments.

I concur with "Voluntary" at Point 15.2. I do not understand why would a firm not pay salaries for months on end (8-9 months) make associates and partners slog and give targets for salaries!! The biggest joke of all, you do not pay someone who has left you, or someone who has been allegedly fired.

I can't believe this from Rohit as I know him personally. I really do not know who is taking such obnoxious calls in the firm. If it is in fact Rohit, he is not really doing himself a great favour after having a really good reputation as a good human being. I hope he does pay all his employees (past or present) and I hope Li support the others. I support you'll too. For those who lost out on pay and a huge chunk of real life due to such problems just know that whats right is right, just fight for what belongs to you. Hope you'll all have great careers, and hope RDA too does well and I see the same Rohit that I know.