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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t mean to rain on the parade here, but I think you really need to consider what you are suggesting here, especially as someone who has admitted she knows nothing about legal jobs.   As a starting point, please read this:

https://www.bcgsearch.com/article/60637/The-dark-Side-Of-Going-In-House/

Yes, he is a little over the top and somewhat harsh but most of what he says is true.   People have this fairy tale idea — I will go in house and work wonderful hours and the work will be easy and there won’t be nasty Biglaw partners around and life will be great ... except when you finally get in house and you have taken a huge pay cut, the work is dull or boring, your boss is still a jerk — maybe even a bigger one because he literally owns the Company and resembles Mr Burns from the Simpsons or he is accountable to quarterly shareholder results and his numbers are bad he might get canned ... suddenly, that biglaw job doesn’t look so bad.

Look — biglaw isn’t for everyone.   It might not even be for your husband.  But you need to get out of this fantasy mode that all of the work life problems would suddenly disappear if you just go in house.  I know a lot of people who have went in house.  That’s rarely the case.  Some of the problems might even be worse.  This is a major decision and it should not be undertaken with rose colored glasses because as Barnes correctly points out — once you go in house it is very hard to go back.   [/quote]
Most people here aren't getting in house jobs at startups. If you're staying in DC, as many are, you are the in house counsel for a large F250ish organization. It's a good job if you can get it. I've known people who have been in such jobs for 20+years, so they do not come up frequently. I've never met anyone who went Inhouse who later said they wanted to go back to a firm. I know a single person who did go back to a firm... She was recruited to join a major firm as a partner straight from in house. This could vary from industry to industry... I do regulatory work. [/quote]

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