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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just as a devils advocate, I left gov for big law counsel role and find I have way more flexibility. But it really does depend on your practice area - if you have an important niche you can get away with working less.  I feel like regulatory is a good niche for example. Litigation not so much.  [/quote]

+1.  associate in a regulatory group here.  So so much flexibility.  If a kid is home sick, I’ll just work from home the whole week.  One week I wfh certain days when I need to do bus stop with kids, other days I put in a long day while DH manages at home stuff.  But I can change week to week and day to day.  I can work in the morning from 5:30 to 7:30 before the kids get up. Or a couple hours at night after they’re in bed which allows me to chaperone a field trip or take them to appointments.  I never work weekends aside from a few emails and maybe proofreading a document.  I make more than double what I’d make in gov.  DH is gov so we still get the favorable health care.  I do agree with others on not starting out part time.  I’m full time and it’s not an issue if there’s a slow stretch and I basically work part time and end up not coming close to the hours threshold.  You have to be ok not getting that big bonus, but there’s no issue for me there at $400,000 base.[/quote]

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