| Topic Name: |
Associate:Partner Ratio |
| Message Name: |
Different for BAs |
| Date Posted: |
02/19/2006 |
| In Reply To: |
Could you please elaborate a bit on why people are asked to leave before they're "in the "window" for advancing to the next level".
Are people usually asked to leave before the oficial evaluation if/when they are really screwed up? Otherwise, it just doesn't make any sense to specify the length of the programs (BA, Ass, etc). What is the purpose of specifying duration if they could ask you to leave any time (and this is a norm rather than exception)?
Specifically, I'm very intrested in BAs competition. Are BAs often asked to leave after being 6 (9, 12) months with the Firm or it happens rarely (in case of obvious fuck up).
THanx in advance. |
| Message: |
BAs are very, very rarely asked to leave before the end of their two-year program - it would take, as you say, a major screw-up.
But there is no associate "program" or fixed length of stay. I've seen people designated as EMs as early as 18 months in and as late as 3 years. Performance evaluations are ongoing, with formal evaluations taking place for everyone (below partner level) semi-annually. So, every six months, each consultant is put into one of 5 categories, the bottom one of which is "counsel to leave." Basically, after you've been at a particular level (associate or EM, anyway - not sure how it works for APs, but probably similar) for a year or so, they can counsel you out if they feel your performance is not up to par and you're not on a trajectory that will get you where they feel you need to be in a reasonable amount of time.
Hope that helps!
|
|
