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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dh works for big law. I'd say the best perk is that he is treated like a grown up. He works crazy hours, bu he can work from home whenever unless he has a meeting. He doesn't have to ask for permission to go to the dentist. [b]He takes vacation when he wants, if work allows[/b].[/quote]

It sounds nice in theory.  In practice, you never take vacation.  Either you're slammed with work, so you can't take vacation, or you don't have enough work, and you don't want to be away from the office and look like a slacker, so you can't take vacation.[/quote]

When I left as a second year, I got four weeks of vacation back pay. Nice (I never took vacation except a day or two around holidays)[/quote]

Huh?  Even the geovernment pays you for unused vacation.  Why is this such a sweet benefit?[/quote]

Must depend on the firm; my biglaw firm did not pay me for unused vacation when I left.  I knew this was the policy though so I used up almost all of my vacation prior to leaving.[/quote]

My firm paid for unused vacation when I left. But you didn't get charged with a vacation day if you billed at least one hour to a client. So when I knew I was leaving within a year, I made sure I worked at least an hour every vacation day so that I'd get paid $800 for that day when I left.  Firm management knew that this happened, but viewed it as an informal departure bonus.[/quote]

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