For all you law firm partners out there who believe that it’s high time for the troops to stop the nonsense of remote work and get back to the office, I have some friendly advice: Get over it.
As much as you might pine away for the good old pre-pandemic days when the office buzzed with activity, it’s not happening. From what I’ve been hearing, folks are flouting the return-to-office mandate. And firms can’t (or won’t) do a damn thing about it
The remote work genie is out of the bottle, so it behooves firms to acknowledge that reality. Recent studies show that lawyers, particularly younger ones, put a premium on remote work.
In a survey by the American Bar Association, 44% of lawyers with 10 years or less of experience say they’ll jump ship for a job that offers more freedom for remote work. By contrast, only 13% of those with 41 years or longer in practice say they’d quit. (But is that because they’re too old to get hired?)
Even partners show little appetite to go back to the office full time. Recruiting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa, which analyzed responses from over 1,800 partners in a survey released this month, finds that over two-thirds of partners want the option to work remotely.
And the more junior the partner,...
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