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Hey guys. Wanted to get your thoughts on Jones Day, e.g. financial status, any major departures, work life balance, the black box of compensation. I know there are smaller threads on CBs, but no solid info on firm culture and health. Thanks and good luck.

Anonymous User wrote:Hey guys. Wanted to get your thoughts on Jones Day, e.g. financial status, any major departures, work life balance, the black box of compensation. I know there are smaller threads on CBs, but no solid info on firm culture and health. Thanks and good luck.

Financial status is sterling. One of the few firms where profits are actually growing (i.e., not just positive - increasing ITE).

Work/life balance, according to vault: Jones Days, Nights, Weekends, and Holidays

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Anonymous User wrote:Hey guys. Wanted to get your thoughts on Jones Day, e.g. financial status, any major departures, work life balance, the black box of compensation. I know there are smaller threads on CBs, but no solid info on firm culture and health. Thanks and good luck.

Financial status is sterling. One of the few firms where profits are actually growing (i.e., not just positive - increasing ITE).

Work/life balance, according to vault: Jones Days, Nights, Weekends, and Holidays

i don't know about work-life balance, but in terms of finances, they are much better off than a lot of other big firms. not only are their profits improving, as the above poster noted, but during the recession, their partners took a cut in their PPP so that they wouldn't have to do the same mass layoffs that firms like latham did.

Work/life balance, according to vault: Jones Days, Nights, Weekends, and Holidays

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Anyway, I know it's long hours because it's Big Law, but I wanted to make sure that we're not talking the kind of hours at W&C, Covington, A&P, Gibson. (No offer yet, but interested in DC market.)

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Work/life balance, according to vault: Jones Days, Nights, Weekends, and Holidays

OP Here. First version of this reply disappeared.

Anyway, I know it's long hours because it's Big Law, but I wanted to make sure that we're not talking the kind of hours at W&C, Covington, A&P, Gibson. (No offer yet, but interested in DC market.)

My impression from working there this summer is that it has a good work-life balance compared to other big law firms; 2000 hours is an actual target for associates and there isn't really pressure to bill more than that or to have face time.

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Anonymous User wrote:

Work/life balance, according to vault: Jones Days, Nights, Weekends, and Holidays

OP Here. First version of this reply disappeared.

Anyway, I know it's long hours because it's Big Law, but I wanted to make sure that we're not talking the kind of hours at W&C, Covington, A&P, Gibson. (No offer yet, but interested in DC market.)

My impression from working there this summer is that it has a good work-life balance compared to other big law firms; 2000 hours is an actual target for associates and there isn't really pressure to bill more than that or to have face time.

Is 2000 really a "target" or a requirement? For those who had a hard time meeting that threshold, were they in danger of getting laid off?

Bump...

Any more info? What do people think of this firm relative to its Vault peers?

And what do people think of its peers for work in the corporate sector (especially in NYC?)