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[quote=Anonymous]At big law?  Honestly, the staff attorneys often seemed to work more (at least in the office) than the associates ever did.  Granted I assume (god I hope) there was overtime involved. But I feel like you get lots of the hours demands, no opportunity to advance, miserable coworkers (to whom you're junior!), etc.  I didn't get the sense there was flexibility either, but I might just not know.  Now, I'm pretty sure they didn't get 11pm emails expecting immediate turn around (unless already working on something) but ours definitely worked on the weekends and into evenings etc.  And they got sh*ttier benefits - seems my firm restricted them to the awful HMO plan.  I can't compare to small firm life though.  And maybe my firm was particularly egregious, but the expectations hours wise (despite having base hours you were expected to work significant overtime and have significant outside availability)was certainly clearly stated in our job posts.  There was, no doubt some insulation from the worst parts of big law - like the partners who might be more likely to be jerks versus lower level associates who tend to be (but are not always) nicer, but it never seemed (relative to salary, though that's just base of course) quite worth it to me, looking at hours.  But it depends on your priorities (pay versus hours, etc).  And the particular firm you land at, I'd guess.   [/quote]

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