When you're in-house your sales or your marketing staff are the clients. There's always a level of competition within their environment. They try to use you as a tool for their power struggles. Greater job security in-house is described as a fallacy. Experts say the stability of the job depends on the industry in question.
Banks sack people.
Clifford Chance doesn't. Certain industries, such as the energy sector, have a reputation for forcing lawyers out. Another warning from lawyers who have been in-house to those thinking of moving in that direction, is that it is not always easy to return to private practice. But in private practice everyone is specialised. Experts say that technical legal depth may wane over time in a company.