Job Description
Daily Job Function / Overall: Being an attorney at a large law firm is a grind. The pay is good but the hours are rough, with the volume of work too often intruding upon your personal life. The work can range from tedious to challenging, and can often involve high degrees of stress associated with being a complex service based industry.
Pros
1) Good money
2) Intellectually stimulating
3) Challenging work
Cons
1) Long hours - expect to work 50-80 hour weeks at a large law firm
2) Inflexible schedule and weekend work - the demands of cases or transactions often dictate your schedule
3) Stress level can be high due to complexity and pressures of cases or transactions
Company Size
1000-10,000 employees
Pay Range
$200,001 and above
Years in Job
5-10
Education
Law Degree
City
San Francisco
State
CA
