What’s one thing in your career or at your firm that you’re thankful for?

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I’m grateful a job that is intellectually challenging and financially rewarding and a firm that is supportive and collegial.

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I’m grateful that I work with genuinely good people. I had a serious health scare recently and the two partners I work for really cared. They didn’t ask when I’d be back in the office, or if I could “just handle this one thing.” They just cared and supported me. And when that scare passed (for which I’m also eternally grateful), their relief was genuine. I’ve worked in big law for a long time and it’s all too easy to feel like just a cog in the wheel, but this experience helped me appreciate that I’m not. I am valued not only for my work product, but for who I am as a person.

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I am thankful for personal growth and the opportunity to inspire other women of color to become attorneys.

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Thankful that law firms are starting to get serious about gender equity!

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My mentor. Having good people makes the stress bearable.

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The very first year in practice I was in a very small firm that specialized in real estate tax assessment proceedings in NYC. It shortly took over the practice of a man that died and took on his associate, who himself had been diagnosed as having only 6 months to live (although he ultimately lived six years). That associate took me under his wing and taught me to be a litigator. Most importantly he taught me to look at each case and, although ultimately the issue was the same issue of what the value was, to find the one thing that made that case different and focus on it. 45 years later, that is still what I do. For that mentor ship I am grateful.

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Nothing. I.e. time to quit.

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Independence and flexibility! I can work from home when I need it and take any days off that I need. Sometimes the high billable goals are rough, but they compensate by not caring how or where you reach them.

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My work friends who have become family, and my mentor. They really help me keep my sanity!

I’m thankful for my boss/mentor/partner and the opportunities he’s given me. I agree with others above that good people make the stress bearable.

A good paying job where I can use my brain, learn new things, and help people and clients that I care about.

Working with really smart, considerate, and decent people.

Thankful that although I’ve been run ragged lately, and sometimes it doesn’t seem worth it, that I’m well compensated for this work and can take care of family and friends this season. There are a lot of jobs out there (and I’ve been in one) where you work just as hard in different ways and don’t have as much to show for it.

I was feeling unhappy at the firm I work at, but landed a nice in-house gig. Halfway through my 2 week notice.

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