结果造成互相挖墙脚的局面；便宜了普通律师。比如：Kirkland offered a third-year associate at another firm a $150,000 signing bonus; offered another candidate $50,000, plus a possible top year-end bonus and an earlier path to partnership; and offered a retention bonus to a current associate to match a signing bonus from another firm, according to a source familiar with the bonuses.
一个猎头说：“I handle elite partner [moves]. Everybody wants them, But more than them, they need associates,” Hoppe said. “There’s more need than there is talent. And I wouldn’t fault Kirkland or anybody else for doing what they are doing for bringing in top associates.”
“The whole thing is upside down right now,” she said about the demand for associates compared with partners. “I have no problem with a firm offering a great associate the world, because they’re needed. And the best of the best provide something that is invaluable to the clients, to the partners and to their peers.”