"How many years do people last at Paul Weiss before being nudged, and then pushed out?" - Posted on Fishbowl Big Law , November 13, 2023 The default of professional anonymous networks such as Fishbowl, Reddit and Blind is this: being critical of what work is like at organizations, especially the large ones. The brutal size-ups are rolled out as a kind of public service. So, it was the routine ritual to put the knock on elite law firm Paul,Weiss (as well as Kirkland & Ellis and Paul Hastings). It is big. It is wealthy. It is powerful. It is influential. Quite the suitable target for negative analysis. Then, amid a sustained downturn in overall demand in the legal sector, Paul,Weiss has been among the firms which were, OMG, hiring. And, get this, not conducting formal Reductions-in-Forces. Along with that came headline-grabbing moves. At the top of the list were three raids in London of Kirkland & Ellis Private Equity practice talent. Also, it was landing lots of