I’ve made up my mind to quit but really want to last till end of the year to get my bonus but am so tired/drained. Our firm doesn’t have minimum hours so technically I can try to stay under the radar but it’s easier said than done (I’m a very responsible person in general). Any tips?

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Use some of that unlimited vacation time

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Yeah I’ve gotta finish what’s on my plate mostly first… don’t even know how I got wrapped up in so much work in the first place… it kind of just happened.

I’ll also add that I just quit and it feels amazing, ended up finding a job literally the day after I gave notice. Best of luck to you.

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Lucky. At this point I’d be happy driving uber.

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Lol same

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It’s still only July omg. I thought it’d be easy but it’s not. Maybe not worth it.

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Plan a 2-week vacation for August or September. Give ample notice to the partners you work with (starting at least like a month out). Have others cover for you while you are out. It doesn’t matter what they think of this move; you are already thinking of quitting, the fact that you are getting a lot of work means you are valuable to the firm, so they’d rather you take a fully turned off vacation for two weeks than to have you gone.

Also, almost fully turned off is certainly possible. Just need to get the right coverage. If that’s not possible in your situation, ask partners to cover citing mental health / exhaustion / burnout. I always turn off outlook during such vacations, and only check when I feel like it.

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The thing is I took a long vacations early this year (in January) so was hesitant to plan anything but now that I’ve made up my mind I probably will come up with something but need to somehow push through on the stuff I have on my plate first at least to somewhat of a stable situation to find coverage. Probably end of August at the earliest. Can’t wait.

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