Category: Burnout

  • Giving Up Partnership

    I recently accepted an in-house position. The hiring attorney at the new company was really interested in working with me and advocated for me within the company over months-long conversations. Initially, we were exploring ways for me to bring the company in as a firm client. But this process stalled when a partner made a…

  • Working at 2:40 AM

    The firm laptop started its automatic shutdown process because it logs off automatically when it gets too late. I canceled out of the process. What was I doing at this godforsaken hour? There are people out there getting ready to go to the gym at this time! The in-house counsel wanted all these revisions to…