It’s well known the poor darlings of Generation Y can’t handle the honest graft required to make it as a City partner these days – which perhaps explains some firms’ refusal to promote any new ones, offering them various ‘alternatives’ to partnership, such as getting paid a lot less than real partners and leaving the law for something less depressing. According to exclusive Diary research, the 10 most popular current alternatives to law firm partnership are:
1) Plumber. Charge-out rates remain broadly similar. Instead of being a drain on society, you fix society’s drains.
