Which firm has the most work life balance? Ogletree, JL, FP, or Littler?

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Largely depends on office but I think Littler is incredible.

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Which littler offices?

Which location? I think different offices have their own culture. Heard LA OD is not great.

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My friends at LA OD are moms who are pretty happy with the work-life balance, so your mileage may vary

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Very much office driven

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LA/OC/Silicon Valley

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I’ve heard that JL Silicon Valley is actually good

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It really depend who you work with. I wouldn’t say one is the best overall.

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I think JL is incredible. I exceed my hours requirement (and get a decent bonus) w/o working weekends.

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I’m working nights and weekends, but I’m also a parent to a young child so that impacts my schedule

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From my experience, generally the OD SoCal offices are hard to beat.

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