It s not a factory of work, work, work. And it s not stiff. Another insider praises the firm for its informality. We call all the partners by their first name. People are friendly.
Partners say good morning.
People stop by just to chat. At the same time, another associates confides, I have no idea why this is the case, but we have a whiner community here. At a lot of law firms no one would ever dream of complaining in public. At Paul Weiss, the second something isn t working right, people are on the phones bitching and moaning. Most of the time, it s a pain in the ass, but it does keep things from going off the rails too far.