Incoming summer associate question. What are the thoughts on asking to leave 1-2 hours early (3 or 4 pm) on a Friday to catch a flight? The available flights that are significantly less expensive and more convenient (direct, get to destination before 1 am), but would require me to leave early. It’s a weekend trip to visit my girlfriend, so having some time there on Friday would be nice.
Is this not a good idea? Sorry if this is a dumb question.
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AZ123
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Re: Summer Associate Part Day Off
If it's just a one time thing, no one will notice or care.
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Anonymous User
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Re: Summer Associate Part Day Off
Leaving at 4 on a Friday? You probably don’t even have to ask, if it’s anything like my firm no partners will be there and 1/2 the associates are out also.
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lavarman84
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Re: Summer Associate Part Day Off
Odds are that your building will be a ghost town at 4 PM on a Friday.
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QContinuum
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Re: Summer Associate Part Day Off
No need to even ask, unless you're going to miss a mandatory training event. No one will bat an eye at a summer leaving early on a single Friday afternoon.SLQ23902 wrote:Incoming summer associate question. What are the thoughts on asking to leave 1-2 hours early (3 or 4 pm) on a Friday to catch a flight? The available flights that are significantly less expensive and more convenient (direct, get to destination before 1 am), but would require me to leave early. It’s a weekend trip to visit my girlfriend, so having some time there on Friday would be nice.
Is this not a good idea? Sorry if this is a dumb question.
(To be clear, if you find yourself in the middle of any projects when the time comes, I'd give the associate(s) you're working with a heads-up. Like if you're on a deal team, let your point of contact know in advance that you'll need to leave early that Friday. But no need to officially notify the firm.)
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LikelyThrowaway
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Re: Summer Associate Part Day Off
How about taking the Friday after 4th of July (which is on a Thursday this year) off? I'm hoping to take a flight home for the long weekend but it's only worthwhile if I can skip town on Friday.
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Mullens
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Re: Summer Associate Part Day Off
That day is almost certainly a holiday at your firm and you’ll likely have it off anyway.LikelyThrowaway wrote:How about taking the Friday after 4th of July (which is on a Thursday this year) off? I'm hoping to take a flight home for the long weekend but it's only worthwhile if I can skip town on Friday.
