If you went from big law to in-house — is it truly that much better in terms of work-life balance? My family thinks I’m crazy for considering the pay cut, but I’m so burnt out from late nights and weekends billing.

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I make $250k in house and work basically 9-5. I get 26 PTO days that I’m expected to use, plus 20 other built in days including the week of Christmas to New Years. I also get half days on Friday over the summer. Go to the office once or twice per week. When my next child is born over the summer I’ll get 10 weeks on top of that. Forget billing 40 hours, now I probably don’t even work 40 hours.

As an M&A attorney I worked like 12 hour days the week before new years for year end closings. December was hell. I also barely saw my sons during the week and was in the office 5 days a week.

Being in house is so much better.

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Have any of you transfered from personal injury? I would love to make the transition but no idea how

Depends on company and where you sit. A GC role can be stressful especially during tumultuous times but even then my hours are probably 50-55 average and I’ll have pockets of less than 40. My team is lean so it’s hard for me to take true PTO. WLB was better when I had non-GC role. I think VP role directly reporting to GC can be a sweet spot of great pay and decent WLB based upon companies I’ve worked for, but as others have said, it can really vary.

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That VP role underneath the GC is my goal - I’ve seen the GC job, I don’t want it!

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It’s depends, but generally yes.

Def! Usually always a paycut, but how much depends on industry, location, etc… but it’s all about how much free time you want and how much you value said time. For me it was a no brainer

Worth it.

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