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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just did this move - biglaw senior associate to gov't - about 7 months ago. I left bc I wasn't going to make partner and didn't have too much of a choice and I needed to move cities and get to DC for life reasons. I'm at one of the "great" agencies that's hard to get into and to be honest -- I am really unhappy and wanting to go back to any kind of firm.

Despite this being such a hard to get into agency that's so "high level," I find the people to be unmotivated and they only care about work life balance -- i.e. working as little as possible; I haven't met one person yet that I think is amazing at their job (though they are nice). So for me -- I am biding my time and thankful for my paycheck and the stability as I figure out whether I need to make a move to mid/small law or if I can get in house or whatever bc the thought of doing this for 10 yrs or life or whatever is too much to take.

So consider whether you are someone who needs/wants challenge and super smart people bc you may not get that.[/quote]

Also -- how much do you like (or dislike) client service? Bc obviously in the gov't, you are no longer in a client service business and sometimes it hits later if you miss it.[/quote]

This is OP.

I hate client service. I also hate business development. I did 50 hours of it this month. I won't miss that.

I do fear I will feel unchallenged. My current gig is actually great. Exciting work that I love, brilliant colleagues, tons of flexibility on hours and autonomy. But I hate working nights and weekends. And when things are busy they are insanely busy and I might barely see my kids for a week.

The agency has very good hours. Almost no one appears to work nights, weekend, holidays - definitely a 40 hour a week thing. It's not litigation either which is great. No court deadlines would be nice. [/quote]

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