Do you sometimes feel like you just can’t do it and secretly take a day off while WFH?

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Pretty frequently. I feel like this is the real value to WFH—down time can be real down time, not sit and wait for work time.

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I used to leave the office using the emergency stairs and drive off the parking lot like I was stealing my own car so no one saw me leaving at 3 PM

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At least once a month.

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Most Mondays are half days for this reason.

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Friday for me

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I thought we all did this

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Hell, I’ve done this when in the office.

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Yes

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And we wonder why partners want everyone back in the office 😂

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Wait when else are you supposed to make doctors appointments and run errands? Everything is open 9 to 5 so not sure how any such personal maintenance would get done if not during the work day.

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Yes, of course. I structure my life so I am consistently available as needed from about 8:30 am to midnight during the week. For me to keep all that time open, I have take breaks/handle things when I can and know I am not likely to be bothered.

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BigLaw is hard. By Friday half my brain works and the other half is burned out from the week. Absolutely yes to taking half days off.

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Yep. Especially when I’m slow-ish.

A lot of times I use the down time to run errands or do chores though so I can focus on work more the rest of the week.

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It’s prevalent and we know you’re doing it. No one feels “really unwell” so frequently on a Friday or a Monday (or when shits hits the fan) only to come back the next day. I’m all for it except make sure you are not screwing someone else over it

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I don’t think OP described what you are describing. No ones talking about skipping deadlines or disappearing when stuff is happening. Just rearranging hours…still meeting deadlines though.

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But the partners would benefit so much more from you sitting in the office during this time pretending to work!

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I like to be very productive in the morning (I work in the west coast on NY time so I start working around 7:30am PT). By the time it is 2pm PT on Mondays, I sometimes just go watch TV and handle non-urgent emails after that time on Tuesday lol.

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I don’t. How do you do this when you are slammed with deadlines and emails that need responding to?

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I really struggle with doing that. It’s the fear of not meeting deadlines that really gets to me.

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Yes. This is normal.

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I take a half day at least once a week. Gonna get more frequent with ski season coming up

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I’m getting tattooed for 7 hours on Wednesday. Not even taking PTO.

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Working on my back piece. It’s a Kali romantic/Japanese style full back.

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This is me today. I had a busy week last week and worked yesterday and feel tired / burned out. I’ll probably bill 5 hours today.

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You’re my mirror. All three sentences are my life.

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I frequently take off Friday and make up for it on Saturday

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