Do folks at Simpson actually take the full 4 weeks of vacation?

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I’m in a smaller group of about 20 and yes we all do. It’s use it or lose it so you’re incentivized to take it and no minimum hours for a bonus so there’s really no reason not to. Can’t speak to if pressures are different in other groups.

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Good to know - yeah it of course makes sense on paper to use all of it, just wasn’t sure if that actually still happens in practice though

Yes. In my group the partners encourage us. Was told no one earns extra points for skipping out on their vacation time

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Thanks A4!

Everyone at Simpson takes the full 4 weeks. Never heard of anyone not

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Been at three big firms and literally none of them have ever cared if I was taking vacation or not unless they wanted to yell at me for taking vacation

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In my group, people generally take all 4 weeks

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I’m on second round interview with STB as class of 2019. What is the 4 week vacation policy?!?!? I actually really liked the partner I met with

Way better than “unlimited” in my opinion based on my former firm. At least there’s some structure to it and it seems like most people take it, which is nice.

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