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Other than the February one, do the others interfere with the work week? If not, just give them a week heads up. In Oct/Nov you can let them know about February. Normally it isn’t a big deal, but I get why you’re asking, so that’s how I’d approach it.
The one is a Thursday night so I was most likely going to take a half day. The other concert does not. I’m moving from a small firm to a large firm so I’m not sure what the expectations are for weekends and holidays.
I’d wait until you start. The concerts are at night so I’d just give a week heads up for that, the wedding a months notice then reminder a few days before. The trip I’d give three months notice then a reminder a few weeks before and again a few days before. It’s good to be over communicative but no reason to mention anything now
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I would tell them about the weeklong trip now. It will establish goodwill. The other events are just a normal social life and as the other posters have suggested, can be announced in the normal flow of the year.
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Why would you tell work about evening concerts?
I would not worry about this, or the Labor Day wedding to be honest. Unless you are a staff attorney, I cannot imagine this is relevant at all and I think you should think about starting off with appropriate WL boundaries.
I am sad that some of you feel the need to tell your work about your evening or weekend plans that don’t involve trips. I suppose that’s how it is in Big Law, but coming from a smaller law firm, that is insane to me.
I don’t disagree with you. I’m coming from a smaller firm and moving into a larger firm (not necessarily big law). I would never think to tell my current firm about a weekend event unless it interferes with something on the calendar. I’m just not sure how larger firms work when it comes to weekend, evenings, and holiday time. The wedding is arguable a trip in the sense that I’m heading to the hotel Friday after work and not coming home until Monday sometime.
For the concerts/weekend stuff, I think it may depend on your workload and upcoming deadlines. If there’s nothing pending then I wouldn’t worry about needing to communicate a bigger heads up. A week is sufficient if at all necessary. If you find out about conflicting deadlines then you might want to mention it sooner. But definitely communicate ahead of time for the February trip. I would personally communicate sooner rather than later and set a reminder in your own calendar to remind them 3 months in advance, a month, then the week before.