The latest installment from Anonymous Assistant – the game of promotion… Poacher Turned Gamekeeper

So the “Associateship Assessments” are over and Tarquin is confident that he will be promoted.

“It’s a foregone conclusion that I shall be a Senior Associate,” he tells Liz, “I am, by far, the best candidate in the team. It’s just a matter of time before I’m invited to the partnership table.”

“It must be nice to have such a high level of self confidence,” I muse.

“Even if it is misplaced,” sniffs Jane.

Liz and Alex are less hopeful of their performances.  Neither received Miranda’s mysterious “business plan” memos and, like me, both were hijacked with hostile questioning.

“She asked me what I thought about The Human Rights Act,” Alex tells us.

“Really?  What has that got to do with working at CWS?”

“Nothing,” he laughs. “It doesn’t apply here.”

“So, what did you say?”

“That it was a pity the provisions about slavery and forced labour were so often abused in law firms.”

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