In need of a gut check: I lateraled a year and a half ago to move to a location closer to my husband’s parents. I loved my old firm and was given good opportunities and was extremely cautious about lateraling, so I asked many questions during my interviews, including whether associates made their hours. I was assured they always did. Day 1 at the new job starts and it turns out I was hired with another associate for the same position. I can now go weeks at a time with just a few hours of work.

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No, it would seem like a great time to get in touch with a local recruiter or start applying. Alternatively, if you have a good relationship with your prior firm, maybe you could return remotely given Covid?

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I lateraled three times and as long as you have a good reason for the moves and say nice things about your previous employer, nobody cares.

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Maybe I'm missing something, but why not just enjoy the low workload, as long as they are paying you? 🤣

Take the extra time you have and put it to productive use like business development (which can sometimes double as networking for a new job), personal fitness, really knocking assignments out of the park, etc.

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I was busy at my old firm and genuinely enjoyed the opportunity to prove myself, which makes this situation all the more abnormal.

I would note that I’ve invested significant time in marketing (writing articles, organizing conferences, joining boards, etc.) and helping with internal administrative tasks, to the point where I easily exceed 2k hours including those efforts. The problem that I see is that I’m a 4th year associate who needs an opportunity to actually learn from doing the work I’m supposed to be getting.

I’m at a national firm and have reached out to people in other practice groups/offices but the response has been pretty lukewarm - which is probably due to remote work and the fact that I know most of the associates in the office I’m in are slow (just not as dead as me).

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