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<blockquote data-quote="LlamaLaw" data-source="post: 89469" data-attributes="member: 16031">Although I'm not a lawyer, I've always found that work life balance varies greatly between teams, companies and individuals. I've worked in (American, albeit not law) companies where there definitely are people or teams that work long into the night. I've never been shy about walking out and heading home at the end of the day, but I know a lot of people particularly early in their careers worry about perception or needing to put in hours. I intentionally avoided MC/US firms when applying because I have plenty of friends and colleagues who can attest to the long hours that, for various reasons, I just can't do.As Jessica said, particularly early in your career it can feel like having X or Y name on your CV is the be all and end all of things, and people make sacrifices to do that, but ultimately a fulfilling and successful career can look very different between different people. I've always been comfortable presenting my work as a measure of the output, not the input, but there will be plenty of firms where input (i.e. hours) is well and truly part and parcel of life. Some people are very happy with that, but only you can really decide if you do.In the very large middle ground, there's often more room for defining what that balance looks like in a given job yourself than many people realise.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LlamaLaw, post: 89469, member: 16031"] Although I'm not a lawyer, I've always found that work life balance varies greatly between teams, companies and individuals. I've worked in (American, albeit not law) companies where there definitely are people or teams that work long into the night. I've never been shy about walking out and heading home at the end of the day, but I know a lot of people particularly early in their careers worry about perception or needing to put in hours. I intentionally avoided MC/US firms when applying because I have plenty of friends and colleagues who can attest to the long hours that, for various reasons, I just can't do. As Jessica said, particularly early in your career it can feel like having X or Y name on your CV is the be all and end all of things, and people make sacrifices to do that, but ultimately a fulfilling and successful career can look very different between different people. I've always been comfortable presenting my work as a measure of the output, not the input, but there will be plenty of firms where input (i.e. hours) is well and truly part and parcel of life. Some people are very happy with that, but only you can really decide if you do. In the very large middle ground, there's often more room for defining what that balance looks like in a given job yourself than many people realise. [/QUOTE]

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