how do u have a life when u r working in a law firm from 7AM to 2 AM everyday?

Answer 1

well at least u get money right?
man i wish i had a job like that
i mean for like ages but like for a while

Answer 2

You don't. Give yourself a deadline to make partner, then get out if you don't hit that goal. You're too valuable to waste. It may actually be more valuable for you to learn to value yourself for more than your work. What I'm telling you takes courage, and if you don't have that, maybe you shouldn't be fighting so hard for a magnificent career anyway.

I'm not a lawyer, I'm an entrepreneur. I put those kinds of hours in for about five years. I ended up in the hospital and divorced. There's nothing I could have gained that was worth what I've lost. I didn't have the self-confidence to slow down, as weird as that sounds.

People like you and me are driven by results. But you're lagging. There's something nagging in you that says something's wrong. Why else are you on Yahoo! Answers when you could be working? Why am I? Because we're tired, and we're looking for a connection that means something.

Give yourself a goal. How long have you been at it? Check out vault.com to get a good idea of what's average to make partner. Talk to others in your firm and figure out where you are on that path. Be damn sure you're willing to pay the price for that much longer, and then don't go ANY further.

If you don't take care of yourself, no one else will.

Good luck

Answer 3

This is your life...unless you make a different choice.

If you're new in your career, think of this time as "paying your dues". Get the experience and learning you need from it, then either request a change in your work hours or workload. If you make yourself indispensible to your employer, they'll want to keep you and may accommodate you.

When you make your request, I recommend that you also propose a plan of what would work: show them the benefits to them.

If they don't buy it, either find a new employer or a new career.

Maybe you can specialize in limited areas of your field.

Some people are willing to take a lower paying, less stressful job that doesn't require working so many hours.

One way or the other, you don't want to burn out, or damage your health, or isolate yourself to such a degree that you don't have to for your family or to meet interesting people.

Answer 4

You live your life in a tight bubble and you can only see your own success, butt kissing hoping the higher ups eventually make you partner. Meanwhile, at home, the wife starts chatting online or run into the neighbor down the street using him to get the quality time that you aren't giving her. All of a sudden one day as you get in at 2:30, she's feeling extremely frisky. 2-3 weeks later, she tells you the good news that kid number one is arriving, and all of a sudden you realize that you don't have enough to send the kid to your boss' kid private school so you eliminate all breaks, and work an extra hour to really impress the big wigs.

15 years, and 2 kids later you realize that little Billy and Jimmy not only don't look alike, but neither look anything like you or resemble anyone in your extended family. Little Sarah has started smoking and hanging around a 30 year old loser b/c she likes older men (not realizing she's just trying to get her dad to say something, and when he's not high and arguing overly silly stuff, he treats her ok). Her wild attitude is starting to remind you of your best friend when he was your age...in fact a lot about her physically reminds you of your friend.

Two years later, you realize that your wife and kids are screw ups and you can't talk to them about the amount of stress you are dealing with as you finally reach the manager level and you reduce your work hours to 7AM-1:30AM. So your new 20 year old college intern is starting to look really good and give you hints (as you are starting to get bored with the 30 year old, now coworker, who you've been having an affair with for the past 7 years) as her current bf is too abusive and you see an opportunity to come and save her. As she is manipulating you, your wife decides that it's time to let you know that your boss has been stopping by for "lunch" and she's leaving you for your best friend and she's taking half of everything.

Long story short, you start a new family with the 20 year old who leaves you in 3 years with her son. She takes you to court and gets you for alimony and child support.

You die a very lonely man, but the one loser son that just happens to be yours is treating you like crap b/c when he really needed you around you weren't there, but hey he has a good heart and figures since he can get you to sign the POA and desposes the rest of the wills.

If you are coming at this from a female perspective, it's pretty much the same thing, but he leaves you in 2 years, long enough for him to end up with 4 kids and 3 baby mammas.

Answer 5

Please...are you for real?? No one works for a law firm that many hours...most law firms aren't even open at 7 am, not to mention 2am. They usually have banker's hours, like 9-4pm.

Answer 6

I suppose it would be hard to have a life. If it would be possible ask for some time off every week. One day a week is plenty of time to start a life and spend a couple of hours with friends.

Answer 7

Rhetoric......I see.

you work 20 hours a day, huh? someone is exaggerating

Answer 8

date a lawyer

Answer 9

find another job

work to live

dont live to work

Answer 10

you don't, you should reconsider. no one work like that even if you are the owner, you should hire more people