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[quote=Anonymous][b]I'm an AUSA.[/b]

(1) Are you part-time, full-time, flexible schedule? Do you ever work from home? How much flexibility do you have? Do you keep 9-5 hours or a different schedule?

[b]FT.  I work 40 hours a week when I don't have a trial coming up.  When I'm in trial or preparing for trial (3-4 times a year), I work a lot of nights and weekends as well.  Same is true for big indictments and motions hearings.  Because of frequent meetings with agents and witnesses and court appearances, my job does not lend itself to telework.[/b]

(2) What is your stress level? Are you challenged by your job?

[b]I'm quite stressed when I'm in trial, not much the rest of the time.  My job is very interesting and challenging.[/b]

(3) Do you feel like you are a better or more "present" parent because of your job?

[b]I didn't have kids when I was at a firm, so I don't know for sure, but I doubt it makes much of a difference, given that I still think about work a lot outside of the office.  However, I enjoy my job and feel like the work I do is important, which makes it much easier to leave my child every day.[/b]

(4) Are the benefits all that they are hyped up to be?

[b]Not really.  My benefits at the firm were better, but taking time off for vacation or a sick child is less frowned upon in my current job.  I still don’t take much time off because of my workload.[/b]

(5) Do you ever wish that you worked at a firm? Why or why not?

[b]Sometimes.  I could be making at least 3-4 times my current salary at a firm, but money is the only aspect of firm life that I miss.[/b]

(6) Are you happy with your job and home life (and so-called work-life balance)?

[b]For the most part.  I’m not someone who could do well at a job that I didn’t care about, so the fact that I love my work is huge.  I sometimes wish the periods of stress were less stressful or that my schedule was more flexible, but that would mean trading off the parts of my job that I really like.[/b]

(7) Is there anything that you would do differently knowing what you know now?

[b]Not really. [/b][/quote]

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