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“Any semblance of separation between work and personal life has been obliterated.”
Big Law associates told Insider that they’re feeling burned out and wishing they could leave their top-ranking white-shoe firms in search of better work-life balance. https://www.businessinsider.com/big-law-associates-hours-burnout-remote-work-cleary-davis-polk-2021-4
Big Law associates told Insider that they’re feeling burned out and wishing they could leave their top-ranking white-shoe firms in search of better work-life balance. https://www.businessinsider.com/big-law-associates-hours-burnout-remote-work-cleary-davis-polk-2021-4
Even leaving doesn't offer young associates much solace. Several Big Law associates told Insider burnout was an industry wide problem. https://www.businessinsider.com/big-law-associates-hours-burnout-remote-work-cleary-davis-polk-2021-4
A corporate associate at Goodwin said: “Everyone is stretched beyond capacity.” https://www.businessinsider.com/big-law-associates-hours-burnout-remote-work-cleary-davis-polk-2021-4
A former Cleary Gottlieb associate said: “I don't know how to describe when I know to stop working for the day.”https://www.businessinsider.com/big-law-associates-hours-burnout-remote-work-cleary-davis-polk-2021-4
A former Davis Polk associate said their life revolved around work. They said life was a “dredge,” adding: “You wake up, you go to work. You wake up, you go to work.”https://www.businessinsider.com/big-law-associates-burnout-bonuses-hours-retention-recruiting-lateral-hires-2021-3
A junior associate at a Big Law firm in New York said: “I'll wake up at 7:30 or 8 and then check my phone immediately. Lately I've been working until 1 or 2.”https://www.businessinsider.com/big-law-associates-burnout-bonuses-hours-retention-recruiting-lateral-hires-2021-3
Many law firms have announced special bonuses for associates. Industry experts say the payouts are an effort to keep burned-out associates from leaving."It's not what most of us want," said one associate. "I think most of us want to work less." https://www.businessinsider.com/big-law-associates-burnout-bonuses-hours-retention-recruiting-lateral-hires-2021-3
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