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Lots of smaller firms offer remote work and realize that we are human and need flexibility.
The smaller firms want 1800 hours and do t have the work for it
There are plenty of law firms that are great to work for. That said, this work is hard. it demands a lot of us. If we want to be good at it, it demands more still. The old saying that “the law is a jealous mistress” didn’t come about because some greedy assholes on the top rung of a biglaw outfit cranked up their minimum billables.
As far as remote work/RTO there are plenty of jobs in the industry that allow full remote and pay well. I have an opposing counsel whose entire firm is remote. Nobody in any office anywhere (other than someone to pick up the mail I guess). In my firm it is WFH as needed, but, I go in almost every day.
TBH, I have trouble seeing how full remote can work at the associate level. I came up in the era before WFH was widely available, which affects my perspective. Full remote was for contract attorneys, and senior people that were good at technology and wanted to stay in their chateaus and not mentor anyone. I get it, some people don’t need constant guidance or interaction to do their work properly or well. Some people don’t care about advancement, and just want to punch a clock and collect their paycheck. But, in a profession where success is so tied to mentorship, I don’t see how someone can get anywhere without being in the same place as their mentors. Plus, getting back to OP‘s question, one of the ways to make this work not suck is to work with and spend time with people you like.
Employers didn’t agree to WFH, it was required to stay open. They’ve now returned to the status quo. Over the next 2-5 years you can expect them to make some changes loosening things up.
That’s the thing. It was never “fine and not even questioned.” It was a forced short term benefit that no one knew how to gracefully retract.
Your experience will vary wildly depending on what you’re doing and who you’re working for. That being said, as a profession, we need to come up with a better system than billable hours and we also need to understand that most things are not THAT urgent and can wait until normal business hours.
I've done emergency response for a government agency and it has dramatically lowered my tolerance for urgent things that aren't actually even remotely urgent.
I think firms would have a lot more success with making the billable hour goals more reasonable and giving generous vacation and sick leave (that means 4-6 weeks, not unlimited). Making your attorneys financially and personally happy and allowing for actual work life balance will absolutely make them more appealing and frankly in the long run produce better work product which will in turn increase profits
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In a perfect world, that would be great, but it’s quantity of hours, not quality of work, that brings money in the door. Quality is expected.