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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am totally confused.  All these threads on DCUM about how Big Law associates work a million hours a week, and therefore can't do any kind of help at home, and you were averaging under 60 hours a week as an associate, and even less now?

Is this really typical?  So, the people whining about how their Big Law spouses are never home, where are those people?

I always assumed it was more like 4,000 a year based on what I read here.  I am flabbergasted.
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60 x 50 weeks (assume 2 weeks vacation) is 3k hours per year.  OPs DH is doing 2800 hours per year (2k billable) which is pretty close to 60 hours per week. [/quote]

But 60 hours a week isn't an insane workload like people make Big Law out to be.  Especially given that a Big Law associate can afford to live close in so they don't have a terrible commute, does some of that work from home and can flex around family responsibilities, and gets to work sitting down.

I always assumed from the whining that Big Law associates were working 80 - 90  hour weeks.  60 is a pretty common work week.[/quote]

It really is not. 60 hours a week on average is way more than most people do. Only a small percentage of people in finance, consulting, or senior executives put in these kind of hours, and they all tend to be very well compensated.

I have worked for government and in the private sector and rarely come across people who regularly have to do those kind of hours.[/quote]

You are comparing big law to other overpaid cushy jobs.

I am comparing it to the jobs my family has.  Law enforcement, education, working in the trades etc . . .

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Yes, some people in those areas work 60 or more hours a week, and it may be actual physical work and not always in a temperature-controlled environment. But they're not on DCUM whining about it -- maybe Reddit. [/quote]

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