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Originally Posted by Unregistered
As a trainee, what should you do if you are not assigned to work on bigger deals but merely working on smaller files compared to the other trainees and doing more legal exec/admin work instead of real legal work eg drafting submissions? Is it a sign of non-retention? If your boss doesn’t trust your ability to let you work on the important deals, how do you make the most of the TC in terms of gaining experience and cv building?
How do firms with many trainees select who is to be retained and when will we know if we are going to be retained?
For those who are not retained, do you face any stigma when applying to other firms for Assoc role?
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Usually the first one isn't an indicator of your ability but favouritism by the boss. But if you're sure the boss doesn't trust you, fight to be on every big case you can. Volunteer aggressively because either you succeed (and get the boss to like you) or you sink (but now have alot of cases on your CV).
Bosses typically know within 1-2 mths if they want to retain you. This is still wiggle room if you're in the maybe pile, but not if you're no pile. There's no hard and fast rule regarding retention, but if you're in your 4th month and the boss hasn't started "treating you like insider", you should be abit worried.
Yes, you will face stigma, they will want a non-work and non-attitude related response to why you weren't retained. Prepare to start talking about how you didn't like the work you were doing, or how it was a mutual parting lol.