Looking for feedback on Meta work life balance. Current interviewing for a lead counsel role and would be coming in from biglaw. I’m trying to get a sense of what to expect if I decided to make the switch since I’ve never seconded or worked anywhere other than biglaw. Currently at a firm with 1950 expectation, which I barely meet each year. Getting tired on billing, late nights and non billable work but am still looking for interesting work, just with consistent M-F, 9-5. Sound possible?

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Meta will be interesting, but in most groups not M-F 9-5. That’s part of why it pays more than a lot of other in-house places. But coming directly from biglaw, it probably won’t seem so bad, and not having billables is huge by itself.

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Seriously? It’s a market defining company at the forefront of a whole host of issues.

Plus, you get to help Western democracy implode!

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My hours are roughly 10-6:30. Tend to end at 4ish on Fridays. Nights are rare, and I never work weekends. But I have friends on other teams who work 50-55 hours (weekends still rare for them), so it's really team dependent.

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Sweet thank you!

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Which lead counsel role? Me too 👀

Don’t want to say on a public forum but they’re got about a dozen postings on LinkedIn alone so it’s possible we’re up for different jobs.

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