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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When you are interviewing applicants do you take into consideration things that you’re not technically allowed to consider? Like for example the fact that a woman just got married at 35 and is probably going to have children soon and therefore either taking maternity leave or quitting to stay home? Or someone highly qualified has dyed pink hair and therefore may turn off your conservative clients? Just examples. Anonymous forum here so curious about what decision makers are really thinking, especially small business owners where the one hiring is also the one most invested in the success of the company.[/quote]

Yes, I generally don't like to hire female big law refugees who are looking to come be government lawyers and have their babies.  I have no problem with government attorneys who have already put their time in and want to have children but I've experienced too many women in their mid 30's/early 40's escape to the government and then be on the fast track to motherhood because they feel like they are running out of time.  I understand it though.[/quote]

Huh. I think those hires are great because they appreciate how good they have it in the government and knock it out of the park. [/quote]

Also, if they were actually smart, they’d stay at the firm long enough to take advantage of their firm’s parental leave, which is likely better than the federal gov’t’s parental leave.[/quote]

Actually, shows smarts to get out while they can. Being a parent of a baby at a law firm is the worst thing ever. I watched many women do it and quit in tears, and got out myself to put in 3 years with the government before having kids. The "family friendly" law firm just didn't outright show you the door when you had kids. They still expected you to work until midnight on no notice - which is tough when your baby is in the day care downstairs that closes at 6 pm - and dinged you for taking the maternity leave offered. I saw colleagues take the leave and then be held back a year or denied a bonus. Way better to do it at the government, even unpaid, with no strings attached and no one telling you that you owed them hard work because of all the time you took off. Heck I got promoted to a supervisory position at 8 months pregnant and took my (unpaid) leave, and no one said boo about it. That would not have happened at my firm. Yeah, you have to save up to be able to afford not to get paid; but if you can do that, it is completely worth it.[/quote]

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