How To Train Junior Associates
One of the senior IP associates, A, left our firm last week for greener pastures. In his wake, the most junior associate, MF, observed:
MF: Dear all, A left behind many folders containing various materials. A thinks they are all copies. Please feel free to come in my office (that sounds good 'my office') and claim any of the files. Otherwise, in the next 48 hours I will quickly scan through the folders and use my best judgment to either shred or archive some of these folders. From my initial quick scan through the material, I anticipate that most of it will be shredded.
G-man: Ahh, but the real question is, did he leave behind any good work?
MF: The only work he left behind, is the cleaning I am doing :)
G-man: I once knew an associate who would take files from other people's offices, even before they left, so he could get their work.
MF: That is sad.
G-man: No, that is self-preservation, baby!
MF: Dear all, A left behind many folders containing various materials. A thinks they are all copies. Please feel free to come in my office (that sounds good 'my office') and claim any of the files. Otherwise, in the next 48 hours I will quickly scan through the folders and use my best judgment to either shred or archive some of these folders. From my initial quick scan through the material, I anticipate that most of it will be shredded.
G-man: Ahh, but the real question is, did he leave behind any good work?
MF: The only work he left behind, is the cleaning I am doing :)
G-man: I once knew an associate who would take files from other people's offices, even before they left, so he could get their work.
MF: That is sad.
G-man: No, that is self-preservation, baby!
posted by G-man at 5:55 PM
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