Confessions of Big Law's burned-out associates: 5 current and former lawyers from firms like Cleary, Davis Polk, and Goodwin detail their nonstop daily work schedules
The payouts are an effort to increase retention after a year of nonstop work, industry experts said.With work booming across practices, Big Law associates are feeling burned out and wishing they could leave their top-ranking white-shoe firms in search of better work-life balance.
Insider spoke with five associates about how work had changed in the past year. The associates spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of jeopardizing their careers, but their identities are known and verified by Insider.'Stretched beyond capacity' "The hardest part about this job isn't necessarily the long hours. It's the unpredictability of the long hours. What looked like a free weekend or free night can quickly turn into an all-nighter. You quarantine for two weeks so you can see your parents, and, as much notice as you give, as much as you prepare for it, the realities of what you're being paid for is that that can blow up at any moment.
"Every day was a negotiation of, 'Can I really take a break for 10 minutes? ... Or do I have to be glued to my computer in case someone needs something?" "In the legal profession, especially Big Law, it's not uncommon for people to feel burned out. It doesn't matter whether you're a junior associate, midlevel, senior associate, even partners."
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