Is it possible to vet the work life balance for in-house roles? I’m so scared of ending up in a place that’s worse than current situation or not any better.

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Following. My biggest fear is taking a huge paycut from biglaw to work the same hours and another toxic environment for way less pay. It’s made me hesitant about the leap so far

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Yes. My last company had a lot of signs/red flags I just ignored during the hiring process.

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Where did you go after that company? Was the jump hard? I am going to my first in house job and want to know about my options. Thanks!

Tell me when you know. I guess asking about outside of work hobbies

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As others mentioned high turnover is a bad sign.

If you speak to future colleagues in similar roles during the interview process ask “what is a typical day like?”, “can you run me through what last week was like for you so I can get a sense for the type of assignments and work load?” If you ask “what’s the most exciting thing you’ve gotten to work on here?” and they genuinely do not sound interested probably a bad sign all around.

Lastly network, use LinkedIn to see in you have any 2nd connections that have previously worked there. Ask that 1st connection link for a quick confidential intro so you can candidly hear what it’s really like and why they’re no longer there.

Trust your gut!

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It really depends on the team and the company. At most places, you’ll probably be looking at a max of 50hrs/wk with a few exceptions. Definitely look at turnover rate and ask about what your interviewers don’t like about the company.

My boss told me when interviewing it’s a lot of work, last min requests, short turnaround, expect to be available even on vacation, etc. None of that seems to be true so far, fingers crossed. Maybe it was a good sign she was transparent instead of hiding it. I find that people tend to overestimate workload due to poor time management skills.

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