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"Can't Buy Me Motivation"

This post was written by Jordan Furlong: "I still remember the story told by a friend of mine who quit his job at a large national law firm. The income, of course, was great. But he had become increasingly unhappy with the work he was doing, the people he was doing it for, and the culture of the firm for which he was doing it. After a lot of internal debate and many discussions with his wife about their financial future, he finally made up his mind, secured a position in-house, and went -- with some trepidation and perhaps still a touch of doubt -- to have That Conversation with the practice group partner. After hearing the news, the first thing out of the partner's mouth was: "Can we offer you more money?" There went any last doubt whether he'd made the right call.

I've seen this scenario repeated many times, not only in law firms but certainly with unusual frequency there..."

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Source: Law21ca, 17 September 2010. © 2008 Jordan Furlong, reproduced with permission of the author

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on September 30, 2010 (boomark / email).