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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Govt attorney, $130, 3 days a week at home, fairly flexible otherwise.  I don't doubt it is well-paid, but it is 1/3 the amount I was making before I switched to the flexible job.[/quote]

Are you happy with your choice?[/quote]

Not PP but I have basically the same job and am happy.  I took a 40% pay cut to leave private practice as a midlevel years ago; this year my paycheck will finally creep back up to what I made my first day out of law school at a firm.  No regrets.  Sure, more money and more time would both be nice, but I feel like I have a balance.  I also think I am fairly compensated for what I do / the fact I leave it at the office.  The big consequence of the lower paycheck is a longer commute, because I can't afford the house/neighborhood I want in an area closer to my job.[/quote]

Similar here, except barring serious inflation, I will never (in the government) make as much as I made my first year at a firm. On the other hand I work half as much and I enjoy the work more -- I have more autonomy and more responsibility, and my colleagues are wonderful. I work about 44 hours a week, which is pretty amazing for a full-time lawyer. Rarely take work home or check email after work unless I want to (less often now I have a baby). I make about $100k but that should gradually increase as I move up the scale. A couple weeks ago I saw a job posting that sounded amazing but I decided not to apply because I really don't see how I could have a better work-life balance than I have currently, and with a 9 month old and hopefully another baby in a year or two, that's important to me now. The biggest downside is the commute, but I had the same commute when I was in biglaw -- commutes in this area just suck.

I do wonder at the people making $100k or more for part-time (30 hours or less) work. That sounds pretty amazing. But I don't think I could do my job part time. I thrive on the pace and I usually want more work, not less.[/quote]

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