Job Title: Associate
Location: New York, NY
Submitted on: 29-Mar-05
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Jones Day (formerly Jones, Day Reavis & Pogue is a very collegial
workplace. People are professional and respectful. There is generally
very little screaming on the part of the partners to the associates.
You usually get a "thank you" after a stretch of particularly long
hours
or hard work. That being said, it's not the warmest and fuzziest of
places. Since decisions are made at the firm's central office, in
Cleveland, or at the office of the managing partner, in Washington
D.C.,
associates in the New York Office can feel undervalued. In the
corporate group, there has been somewhat of an exodus of associates in
the past two years -- most divisions of the corporate group are left
only with very senior associates (6th year or above) or very junior
associates (2nd year or below). The firm administration and decision
making policy can seem opaque, and there aren't a lot of extra perks
for
associates. The partnership track is very long (10+ years) and appears
to favor associates in "favored" offices or practices.
Deals tend to be leanly staffed, with a junior associate, midlevel-
senior associate, and partner. It's possible to get a lot of
responsibility early on, and after the first year, in which you're in
the New Associates Program, it's possible to get the kind of work you
want, usually. The office isn't primarily litigation or primarily
corporate, and the groups have clients independent of one another.
The recent merger with Pennie and Edmonds has left a great divide in
the
office. There are still definitely "Pennie people" and "Jones Day
people". It may change for new associates coming in, but it's very
difficult to get work with the Pennie people if you are a Jones Day
person.
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