Originally Posted by indigo
I thought this was possibly true for women on a mommy-track, as priorities shifted from career to family well-being, caring for children and elderly parents. But I have not previously considered that it may be true throughout the population, and for both genders.

Law firms have up or out, so if you aren't relevant, you are often thrown onto the associate scrapheap.

I keep track of marked dead ones (they don't know they are already dead) at the law firm I used to work.