Quinn Emanuel reviews

Taking your first depo as a first year associate is less appealing when you find out you're doing it the morning of and you haven't slept in 3 days.

There is little formal training outside of the trial training program, which results in a sink-or-swim culture that is certainly not for everyone. The hours can be brutal (even for big law firms), as evidenced by the 3000+ hour bonus tier. Associates must bill 2100 hours to receive a market bonus, regardless of quality of work. Associates are considered fungible, but that's just the nature of big law firms. The firm is also notoriously cheap with respect to support staff, office space, office furniture, and other perks. Although higher billers receive higher bonuses, the additional money is not commensurate with the effort, particularly in light of the PPP numbers and the bonuses given for similar hours at peer firms.