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Not particularly. Are you at a large company?
In that case, I would try to stick it out a year and see if things get better over time as you develop deeper relationships with your internal business clients.
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It depends and some of that comes from the executives down. Our executive team really wants legal involved and sets the example that we’re all a team working toward a common goal. They don’t pit the business against legal. I have friends where that isn’t the culture and legal is seen as a “problem.”
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I’ve got limited experience - two and a half years after twenty in private practice - but that’s not been my experience.
It certainly feels 1000% less thankless than when I was in private practice.
Yes it can be, because unlike when you are at a law firm, you’re no longer revenue generating and part of the “front office”. But I didn’t go in house to be a star of the show. I went in house to have a life.
It depends A LOT on the company culture. I’ve been treated well and I’ve been treated like trash.
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Also depends a lot on how you view your role at the company.
Agree with A1 depends on culture
Mostly people are professional/respectful. I’m a litigator so I understand why the business folks aren’t thrilled to be talking to me. But overall it’s been fine.
I think it depends on what you are practicing in house. Im labor/employment, EEO and HR and the HR/personnel colleagues of mine seem really appreciative of my advice… But I am in a silo with them and don’t do much with the other in house legal people… who I know feel burnt out and unappreciated from time to time.
I’ve been in-house at a medium-size bank’s trust department for about a year now. I get much more praise from outside counsel than I do from the executive team. Though, I mostly work with the executive team during messy situations, so it’s probably a “no news is good news” type of mentality/culture at the executive level.
I think it depends on the department you ask. HR, Accounting, Security all love legal. Sales… not so much…