A colleague recently took a pay cut to move in-house for better work-life balance, but ended up working just as much. How real is the WLB advantage of in-house roles today?

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I think it’s pretty real, even though in house jobs can get busy. It depends on staffing, resources and industry. I notice it now that my peers are partners and spend a lot of time traveling, doing evening events, pitches for client development.

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Yes, it seems the roles are all different

For me it’s been legit. I’ve been in house almost 3 years at two companies and I’ve only very rarely worked outside of business hours. Only a few things on weekends that were specific events I had to monitor, not so much work I had to get done. I also work out most days during business hours or go to church; today I’m going to confession at 12:30pm and just blocked my calendar.

I should add that I came from midlaw and got a pay bump actually - TC is $232k base with 25% bonus.

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How long were you in midlaw before transitioning to in-house? Love that your experience seems all around positive!

It’s legit. Base comp is $305K plus bonus plus stock. In-house is busy and it’s more than just the legal analysis; it’s about being strategic thinking. I work for a global company and have early meetings with Europe and sometimes late calls with Asia but I have flexibility with my schedule during the day and rarely work late or weekends.

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Yes obsession with money is definitely unusual for partners…

Going in house even at $400k would be a close to 50% pay cut for me. So I am staying out. And I work like 45-50 hours a week so unless In house work is 25 hours a week it makes no sense in terms of hours either…

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C1 What practice group are you in?

I’d say overall it’s still real. I’ve had 3 in-house gigs so far and each one is less work than my BigLaw days.

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