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Realizing all responses will be anecdotal, curious for those who went in house as to when you started to feel busy? I’m corporate, and while on a few M&A matters my days are pretty slow - currently going to the gym, right now because I have nothing going on. Was at a law firm for 6 years so I’m using that as a baseline (averaged around 2200hrs per year). I feel like I barely work and just not sure if it’s a lack of work or ramping up still. Been there for 2 months and most days I’m relaxing by 3p.

I had a similar experience in-house. Company side just moves at a different pace. You will have busy times like biglaw, but it will be a couple times a year as opposed to the norm (and even then, everyone else is not moving as fast so it never felt terrible). You have to realize that to most people, 4-6 actual working hours a day feels like a full day.

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Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:31 pm

I had a similar experience in-house. Company side just moves at a different pace. You will have busy times like biglaw, but it will be a couple times a year as opposed to the norm (and even then, everyone else is not moving as fast so it never felt terrible). You have to realize that to most people, 4-6 actual working hours a day feels like a full day.

Agree with this. If you mingle with normal ppl, they bitch about 9-6. To me 9-6 after biglaw was a dream come true. Felt like I was always on vacation.

Also agree, during my stint inhouse, being slow was the norm other than a few extraordinary days. But I also learned that what other ppl consider "working" during the 9-6 is chatting with co-workers, playing nintendo for an hour after the hour long lunch break, etc.