Another angle on the epidemic of burnout in BigLaw is the issue of time zones. Law.com loops into that.
Of course, many legalities large law firms deal with are global. After all, Apple and Exxon are international corporations. With clients paying the big bucks they expect responsiveness in real time - that is, their time zone.
Of course, that plays havoc with the phsyical, emotional and social aspects of U.S. based lawyers' work schedule.
Not that this is new. Some Baby Boomers will recall how that became the usual with corporations such as IBM which had been international from the get-go. When I had been employed there full-time U.S.-based executives and middle managers would be re-arranging their internal clocks after doing business in-person in another country.
But intersecting with other time zones is now mainstream. That's for myriad industries, not just law. Even startups have business plans based on global. The ambitious agree to be there in real time for meetings and collaborative projects.
My client list for both communications and coaching has looped into Canada, China and the Phillipines. Meanwhile, after a recent relocation from the East Coast to the West Coast in order to lower the cost of doing business, my inner clock is still sent on ET.
To get, hold and move on to better work, professionals have to be willing to accommodate time zones. And that's that.
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