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[quote=Anonymous]I think it really depends on your field in BigLaw. My DH was in Corporate/VC/M&A and was at two different firms. The partners were all miserable, even the rainmakers. The rainmakers were slightly less miserable because of the money, but still miserable. There is no time off, no vacation. They are fine with you taking a vacation, it doesn't bother them, because they are going to email and call you like you are working from home.

After DH left the second firm, he was asked to meet with some of the partners to discuss their retention issue as several other mid to senior associates left within a year of DH. The funny thing was that none of the partners proposed solutions to the issue involved lawyers working less or getting paid more.

Get out as soon as you can. And never look back. My DH left once, was dissatisfied with his job in the private sector, decided to try firm #2 (his outside counsel recruited him) and only made it one year at firm two before realizing it was not worth it. [/quote]

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