Work-life stability and distant work insurance policies have develop into rallying cries amongst many younger attorneys in the previous couple of years, and a current ATL survey bears out the significance of those components in immediately’s workplaces.
Within the newest of our sequence of millennial surveys performed with Main, Lindsey & Africa, we requested attorneys about dozens of matters, together with their priorities, profession aspirations, and views on regulation agency tradition. In keeping with the respondents, most of whom work in Biglaw, the 2 most vital elements when evaluating a possible employer are compensation and work-life stability.
On the identical time, over half of the attorneys surveyed stated they’d commerce compensation for extra day without work or decreased billable hours. And almost everybody — virtually 90 p.c of respondents — want to do business from home not less than a number of days every week. Though extra associates than companions expressed a need to work remotely full-time, 84 p.c of companions stated they need to do business from home not less than a part of the time.
In truth, with respect to work-from-home insurance policies, the gender disparities are extra putting than these based mostly on the attorneys’ positions. Virtually 30 p.c of girls want to work completely from residence; amongst males, the commonest choice was two distant days per week. Twenty p.c of male respondents stated they would favor to work full-time within the workplace, in comparison with simply 6 p.c of feminine respondents.
The survey, which acquired greater than 1,500 responses, underscores different variations based mostly on gender, race, place, or technology — whereas additionally revealing areas during which attorneys have been largely unified of their views.
For extra insights and an in depth have a look at the survey outcomes, obtain a free copy of the report.
