Did anyone here turn down an in-house role for reasons other than money? I have SEVERE cold feet about succeeding in-house and it being more stressful and “busy” than firm life. Help!

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Went through this big time but ended up trusting that the in-house culture would be what I was being promised throughout the interview process. Incredibly happy I did because I’m infinitely happier in-house, even with less money

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There’s plenty of terrible in house jobs out there. You can make less than a first year and work more than biglaw, be viewed as a hated cost center (as compared to being a revenue generator and key part of business at a law firm) and “department of no”, be used to CYA/sacrificial lamb on compliance etc, be completely disrespected and ignored when you give your good compliance advice (they just want you to rubber stamp yes and then take the blame when things go south), have clients who are extremely demanding and unreasonable and have no idea what legal work involves (no chance of partner to push back for you when you literally work for client) etc etc. As a cost center, you are often first to go in a recession. You have little to no support staff. You probably don’t have an office. At a firm there’s an army of associates who can take work if you say no, in house departments much less so. You are fooling yourself if you think you can just outsource extra work to outside counsel, you have a limited budget and are always getting pressure to lower it (also “why do you need biglaw for this? Use my college roommate, Joe Schmo” happens more than you think). You can get stuck doing only boring work such as churning near identical NDAs or leases all day long.

Not saying biglaw doesn’t have its own problems or that all in house jobs are terrible (at all), but since you’re asking if it’s reasonable to be wary… yes. Do your diligence.

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You can! I went in-house and went back. Had great relationships at my firm though. My in-house experience was not terrible (although didn’t work out) and I’m glad I tried it. Just trying to offer the other perspective since I see nothing but roses and sunshine about in-house jobs on this app.

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Go read the in-house bowl. There are posts like this every few days, and the vast majority of people do not regret it. Personally, the stress levels and amount of work are not even comparable. I can truly work 9-5.

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