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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]YES. As the also-working wife of a mid-level big law associate, I couldn't agree more.  Partners have stay at home spouses, which means they see no issue committing to fast (typically overnight or weekend) turnarounds of things the client doesn't even care about (especially easy since they aren't the ones actually doing the work!)  The solution isn't more stay at home spouses of either gender, it's partners who understand that making everything a firedrill 1. makes any kind of work-life balance impossible and pushes out any associate who wants needs that kind of balance and 2. doesn't really buy you that much with the clients anyway.[/quote] I'm a mid-level too, and maybe I'm just extremely fortunate based on practice areas and colleagues, but I virtually never encounter unnecessary fire drills. There have been a few that turned out to be unnecessary after-the-fact, but there was no way to know in advance and the work had to be done to be prepared.  Just the regular old necessary work, managed reasonably, is more than enough to keep unexpected things coming up and to require a spouse who is available to step up on a moment's notice. My husband fills that role, with backup from a network of extended family and a bench of babysitters, even though he works full time.[/quote]

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