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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not in law but like you, I left big industry for the government. In our field, we get a lot of people coming from industry for work life balance, so I get to work with a lot of strong, motivated people, which is great. I agree that getting used to the inflexibility of the government can be frustrating, but it all depends on who you work with. In my group, I can go to lunch or coffee with a colleague as long as my work gets done. I don't ask, I just do it. I have heard of offices where that's not the case. One of my gov. colleagues is in an awful office. She did a 6 month detail in another office within her same agency, and they gave her an award. I kid you not, her supervisor told her she had to take leave for 2 hours to attend the awards ceremony with the agency's director because her detail was over and that award "wasn't as a result of her core duties." That wouldn't happen in my group. As long as you get your work done right and on-time, nobody is watching you like a hawk. Need to leave for an hour? I just work an hour later. Amazingly, in some agencies/offices that simple idea is not permitted. I could never survive in a micro-managing environment like that.

Be warned that the culture of flexibility can vary dramatically within an agency. I sit 25 feet away from a group in my same office that has totally different standards and expectations on flexibility. It all boils down to who you have to work for.[/quote]

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