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[quote=Anonymous]It can work but only if the partner sees his spouse’s career as important.  Often partners think that even if their spouse works, she should still be fully responsible for kid duties, doctor appointments, sick days etc. because her job is less important to the family. This can be rightful as the partner is often bringing in the salary that covers the mortgage etc. and is also not necessarily guaranteed to make $x for the year so they constantly have to push to make sure their existing clients are happy, they aren’t overlooked for new business etc. The ones where I’ve seen it work are the ones who are willing to draw some lines and say that they have to work from home/take a day off once in a while to take a child to a doctor, do a pick-up/drop-off if the wife has to travel for her job etc.  So much of this is dependent on the firm and the practice group.  A lot of the younger male partners at my very traditional firm have taken this approach and the senior partners are constantly irritated and make comments about how they don’t care, are all about lifestyle, should have realized what life was like before they even got on partner track etc.; in reality it’s about the senior partners either being jealous of the family lives or not understanding why a man wants to be so involved with kids and it’s about the junior male partners saying “do what you want in terms of my compensation but I will stand my ground once in a while to support my family/wives’ needs.”[/quote]

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