DLA Piper: Bringing the Curve to Biglaw - Above the Law
1) The point of a business is to make money. If people are doing a good job, they are making money and contributing. If everyone is making money and contributing, everyone should get rewarded. 10% should not be expected to fail.
2) This is a great way to kill off work/life balance. Pit associates against each other in a death match where only the top 20% get any real reward and we get rid of the bottom 10%.
3) This is a baldfaced attempt to reduce overall compensation by providing a guaranteed out for 10% of associates so fresh blood can be brought in. That and the other effects of the curve seperate this from other lockstep-killing models.
