The firm used to be renowned for having the MoFo Difference a positive, receptive, and progressive environment where salaries for partners weren t the most important thing. Now, it s not that way. MoFo is much more like every other firm. As one insider puts it, the pendulum is swinging toward the middle. The firm is increasingly under attack to improve the bottom line to retain the big rainmakers and attract the lateral hires.
Every day is casual day, says an insider, though that source notes gradations of casual.
Says one Palo Alto associate, I see many of the same outfits on colleagues when I run into them on the weekends outside of the office. While attorneys at many law firms would love to enjoy such freedom of dress, at MoFo there s actually been a casual dress backlash. I wish we were stricter on dress code, confesses an insider, because my clients all wear suits and I m embarrassed when they see people in T-shirts and jeans in our offices. We re not dancing on tables, but I work with a great group of people that I like and admire, remarks one associate. The younger associates party a great deal.