Junior Lawyers Feel Pressure to Return to Office at Big Firms

Law firm associates who accept employer offers to work remotely during the pandemic are increasingly doing so with trepidation, as they worry they’re hurting relationships with bosses—and their careers.

Firm partners, subtly or not so subtly, are pressuring associates to work in-person even as office policies technically welcome them to continue working from home, current and former associates told Bloomberg Law.

“I spoke to an associate who told me that she’s otherwise happy at her job, but her main reason for seeking a new role is that she is being basically bullied into going in four days a week,” said ...