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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I absolutely love working there--the people, the content, the mission--it has been amazing compared to private practice or other public service jobs I've had. [/quote]

Most people don’t go to law school to “serve veterans.” Most people don’t go to law school to crank out three disability decisions a week. Some people enjoy working at the Board, but the thing that they love is not the mission or the work but rather the generous remote work policy. They put up with the work because of the remote work policy.[/quote]

I can only speak for myself, but I worked at the Board before it went remote and even then it was the best job I’ve ever had. When I went remote it was even better. Yes, there are stressful parts I don’t like - the quota is tough, and I wish they would change it to cases submitted rather than signed. But I genuinely like that I can log off at the end of the day and know that there is a specific person who I helped by finding a way to grant their claim. That hasn’t gotten old for me. I like learning about the veterans’ lives. I like that I can actually unplug at the end of the day and not be tethered to a blackberry or at the mercy of some partner who needs something done ‘asap’ that doesn’t really matter imo. I like that I don’t have to waste my time schmoozing with senior attorneys so that they will deign to give me work, all in the hopes that one day I’ll be important enough to beg clients for work directly. Instead I can just do the work.

I get that the Board isn’t for everyone - that’s why there is so much attrition, and I wish the people who leave good luck in finding something that suits them better. But for some people it genuinely is an excellent job, and the idea of potentially being fired and having to start over at something else just makes me so sad. At this point my feeling is, if you hate this job so much, take the fork and let those of us who actually like the job have a better chance at keeping it.[/quote]

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