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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Part of the problem is that I feel underutilized. I'm a hard worker and can do more than I'm doing now. As one person mentioned, working much harder here will not result in more success because a lot is based simply on seniority. I have a couple of junior partner friends who are doing quite well financially (although working 24/7 and under intense business development pressure) and have very dynamic, albeit stressful, careers. Maybe the grass is just always greener . . .[/quote]

agree with others, don't do it, I would actually love to have your job  :cry:

you can try to improve your career inside the UN (my brother worked in the legal dep of an international organization in the EU and after several years moved to a totally different section where he is not doing legal work). or you can employ the free time you have to write articles, teach at a law school, or even cultivate an hobby or passion you have.  law firm life is hard, billing 2000 + hours a year is not easy and life post 2008 is worse. I saw associates working hard for years and meeting their billable requirements being asked to leave because they did not make partners, and young partners lose their jobs because they did not have enough business or simply because their field is having a downturn (see real estate 2009-2011 in DC).  working hard is not enough, you need to bring business in or your position is really shaky.  post 2008 clients are not willing to pay as much as before, there is a lot of pressure to contain cost.  you are not just comparing a different salary, different work/life balance, different pressure at work, you are comparing a job with security and presumably very good benefits (do you have a pension?) with a job where you can be gone tomorrow even if you work 12 hours a day and bill more than required.  [/quote]

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