We've received a tip over in the forums that local punching-bag Alverson Taylor may have done away with their parking reimbursement for associates who meter park at the RJC. Apparently, an ATMS partner calculated that it only takes 15 minutes for associates to park at a nearby casino and get their ticket validated (after first dropping a few coins into the slot machines, of course).Why would ATMS stop reimbursing $2-$3 parking fees in exchange for 15 minutes of associate billable time? Even ATMS associates must be making more than $3 every 15 minutes ... right?
We're wondering if other firms have started to cut back on supposed "perks" during these troubled financial times. Have any of you noticed a lower grade of coffee being substituted for your usual morning brew? Let us know in the comments.
Wow. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse. I envision ATMS one day garnering national recognition for their shabby treatment of associates. Then again, even that won't diminish the inexhaustible supply of jobless JD's lining up at their door for a job.
ReplyDeleteATMS has never paid for parking. They pay you with experience, which is why ATMS employees are the most sought after by firms looking for attorneys with 1-3 years experience.
ReplyDeletelol. To the extent that ATMS associates are "sought after" it is because Partners are confident they will be getting 2000 billables out of them. I guess that is like experience.
ReplyDeleteSo many analogies here: last night I watched Law and Order - SVU, and they busted open this underground slavery ring where these rich people had enslaved these poor Haitian kids, but the kids didn't want to complain because what they were used to was so much worse. They were kind of part of the family. Well ATMS associates are like those kids, if a real firm offers them a job, there is no way they're going to complain. They'll just take their lickin' and keep on tickin'. But they're never really considered "real children" either.
Another analogy is probably fat chicks. They're so grateful that they try a lot harder to please you (so I've heard, I would never take advantage of a woman, or do it with a fat chick).
I sure hope the person ripping on ATMS actually worked there. Otherwise, you are a complete idiot. I bet you got really good grades and are a terrible lawyer working for a "great" firm, where you do nothing for the first 7 years but shuffle paper and research. Congratulations - you're a paralegal.
ReplyDeleteThe "person" ripping on ATMS is the Las Vegas legal community.
ReplyDeleteNo, the "person" ripping on ATMS is the non-practicing fake lawyers who passed the bar, only to cringe at the idea of working more than 40hours a week, while the real lawyers, like the ones who either work or have worked at ATMS, are actually going to court, taking depositions, and bringining in clients. You have to be completely clueless to rip on them.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous at 2:28 PM.
ReplyDeleteATMS rep is spread far and wide. Big firm billables with small firm pay. That or they require 2000 hours and fail to provide work or routinely write down hours and take it out of productivity.
Look there are exceptions to every rule, but when ATMS has the universally bad rap it has, there must be a reason for it.
Additionally - they probably don't pay for parking, cause they can bill the client the time but can't bill the expense.
Hey, most attorneys go a good job because of their paralegals. Your paralegal knows your cases better than you!! Your the idiot!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL @ Jay ... if you meant to do that.
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