Associate Life Survey: Billing on the Fourth of July
In Monday's ATL / Lateral Link survey, we asked you whether you worked over the Fourth of July Weekend this year.
We received 1,416 responses, and, not counting summer associates, 60% of you reported that you took the day off. Associates in Boston and Denver were most likely to celebrate the holiday, with roughly 80% of respondents in those cities taking the full three-day weekend, while associates in the Bay Area were most likely to be working, with roughly 44% of respondents there logging some billable hours. (Respondents in the Bay Area were also most likely to work over Christmas and New Year's, on Martin Luther King's birthday, and over Memorial Day Weekend.)
Of those who spent the day at the office, about 52% reported that they weren't actually asked to work the holiday, but had things they needed to get done, which is roughly the same as what we reported on Martin Luther King's birthday and Memorial Day Weekend. About 18% said that partners told them to work on the holiday. About 16% were asked to work by clients. Another 14% said they needed the hours, which is up slightly from Memorial Day Weekend.
Just over two percent of respondents who worked over the holiday weekend, however, said that they "wanted to impress people."
About 63% of respondents who worked on the holiday believed that the work justified the sacrifice.
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Justin Bernold is a Director at Lateral Link, the sponsor of this Associate Life Survey.





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