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Oracle is fully remote for attorneys at this point unless you want an office. Highly recommended.
Very cool. I’ll check them out. Thanks for sharing!
I am fully remote at a tech company someone mentioned already. Absolutely love it. Love what I do and my team. The flexibility and respect for your time are great. You can take breaks for a quick run in the middle of the day. I don't worry about what to wear. Mornings are not as manic as before when trying to get the kids out the door, and heading to work at the same time. I don't ever want to have to go into an office full time.
I am! It’s perfect for me but I am 40. I def benefited from in-office work for the first 13 years of my career. Once WFH during Covid happened, I never wanted to work in office again and was able to find full time remote job! But the skills I gained from my early career and exposure in person helped me land this role
I’m a couple years behind KPMG1 and SCM 1, but similar situation and completely agree. I wouldn’t be the person or lawyer I am today without spending a lot of time around offices earlier in my career, but now 95% remote and it’s great.
I am! I enjoy it although I do miss having the ability to go into the office if I wanted to. I have the autonomy as well as the mentorship so I certainly enjoy all aspects of it.
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I am, too. I’ll never go back to the office but I do miss social interactions a bit. But I love being able to sleep more, exercise, not wasting time commuting or getting ready each morning.
I agree! Our team occasionally goes to the office once every few months for special meetings but 100% remote. Most of the team I support is located in different parts of the world. I love it! I’m not wasting time on commute and have much more productivity at home. And I save so much more on food expenses and coffee.
Two themes in this thread I really agree with: the remote experience can depend a lot on (1) where you are in your career and (2) whether your whole team is remote. I think remote work is best when you’re at least a few years into your career and most of the people you work with are also remote. Obviously it can be good for people in other situations, but that seems to be the optimal conditions.
Agree with this entirely!
I am and it’s amazing! I just feel like I’m so much more comfortable. Can get things done at the house and it definitely makes work more enjoyable. I don’t think I could ever go back into the office.
So amazing! I’m so happy for you and others who have shared!! Kudos to your employers too.
Totally remote and love it. Choose to go into a WeWork once a month or so to meet with various teams and people but not a requirement.
I’m also crazy efficient, so not being stuck in an office all day, required to just show face, has been a huge life/stress improvement.
The last part of what you shared truly resonates with me too. I am really efficient. I just like to get my work done and I can focus well. I don’t actually enjoy socializing as I’m very introverted and it just feels like so much work for me to do that. I like to think of it as preserving my additional time to teach myself more about other areas of law and exercising. Maybe all employers don’t value this.
My company has always been fully remote for 20+ years. I really like it because we were built and our culture was all made for remote work. That’s different IMO to the companies playing catch-up during Covid to adapt to remote.
I can’t ask for better. Being remote is truly as awesome as I hoped. Sometimes I do miss having more social interactions, but I’ve just leaned into doing that more during the week with friends and other social groups.
I can’t beat the flexibility I have now and it’d be unlikely I could ever go back into a hybrid model. Going in every day to an office is not even a consideration.
I am too! I like it a lot for the flexibility, although I am still early in my career and could honestly probably benefit from being in office with other attorneys.
Fully remote at Meta
Renewable energy projects lawyer here. Fully remote and pretty much our whole company is remote. I legitimately don't see any benefit to the days I do travel to the office. I'm never going back to a role where in office is expected. If you are part of a dialed-in team that knows how to communicate, remote is sooo much more efficient.
Litigation is almost certainly not the way to get there, I'd think. If I were trying to break into the industry, I'd join trade groups, network with others in the field, and try to build a practice that could support the industry in some niche (i.e., project development/real estate, M&A, permitting, regulatory, corporate, etc.). Renewables are their own beast, with tax equity driving so much of the industry. Being able to understand the impact and implications of tax equity on projects is key. The industry is growing rapidly, so there is plenty of room for talented, passionate folks.
I’m 98% remote, but know some of our attorneys who are fully remote. It’s case-by-case tho and I haven’t heard of anyone being hired into a fully remote role. I love being mostly remote!!
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Thanks for sharing!
Count another one! Fully remote at a tech startup. Though I’ve loved being fully remote, I’m expecting to travel to certain areas we have more employees maybe once per quarter. There is just something about in person interaction that can help push things forward. Especially for my sales teams it’s important, they’re crying out for it, so I’ll go and give them face time. Day to day though I love remote work, and it is 100% out there.
I am 100% remote with the option to go into the office whenever I want. We have one day that has become the “in” day for most people who come in at all, so I go in on that day if I need some adult interaction. It would take a big jump in salary for me to agree to go into an office more than 1-2 days a week. Particularly when things are slow, I enjoy the freedom to go on walks, catch up on tv, or read in my sweats.
Another fully WFH at a tech company. Absolutely love it. I could go to the office if I wanted, but it’s an hour away so I never do. It’s a global company and the people I deal with are around the world and not in my location anyway so it’d be video meetings anyway. Even in the legal team, my boss is in US and I’m in the EU, so I wouldn’t see him even if I went to the office.
Technically not full remote but haven’t been to my office in 2.5 years. I work in finance on team based in NY but I live in Boston so will be remote even if I go back to the office. It took time to adjust but at this point zoom and phone calls are as easy as in person meetings. Plus less distractions when I’m at home and don’t have people to talk to unless I need/want to.
Fintech and fully remote. It helps that the company is fully remote and most employees are spread out. Mileage can vary for in-house counsel (even within a company), but I find there is more flexibility being remote. I am also able to limit the number of ambushes by business dropping by for quick legal advice. I like that I can see the questions coming.
Fully remote at tech company. Almost the entire company is, with folks in various countries/time zones. I’m still a relatively young attorney (mid-30s) and could maybe benefit for increased interaction with senior attorneys if I had some, but it not being the case, it works great for me. The great advantage is the flexibility (no commute, can accommodate your schedule for the mist part, etc.). The one downside IS ALSO the flexibility (you may end up working more/odd hours). All in all, will likely never go back to in-office roles.