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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Best thing would be to do it for a year, bail, and go back to the firm.  That said, it takes at least a year to get comfortable in the job.  Any stereotypes about gov work don't apply to this agency.  Attorneys work very hard and very well.  If you are unfamiliar with the subject area, you will need to get up to speed very, very quickly.[/quote]

OP here. I've been a labor attorney for 10 years. The person who reached out to me is very well known in the labor law world and is probably only contacting people he is confident has pretty deep knowledge of/experience in labor law.   I think lack of familiarity with the subject matter would pretty much be a nonstarter for this job.

You are right, to a degree, about attorneys at the NLRB.  They typically work hard and know their stuff, b[b]ut I've come across my share of layabouts in some of the regional offices[/b] (people who have the stereotypical "govt employee" mindset).

I sincerely doubt going back to my firm after a year would be a possibility.  Partner I get most of my work from (and is going to be the force behind me getting elevated to partner myself) wouldn't be open to that. In fact, he'd tell me how stupid I was for torpedoing my career in private practice when I'm so close to making partner. [/quote]

The Labor Board is divided into two parts.  The General Counsel and the Board.  Both parts form the "National Labor Relations Board" but function very separately.  Your experiences with the regional offices which are part of the General Counsel have very little to do with Board work, which is what you would be doing.[/quote]

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