[HPFGU-OTChatter] re: Jobs and Work

[Ladi lyndi]

--- "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" > 
> And despite all that, I dream of winning
> multi-millions of dollars in 
> the lottery (for which I don't buy tickets) so
> I could quit the job 
> and dedicate ALL my time to doing whatever I
> want, starting with 
> sleeping twelve hours a day, and then reading a
> great deal of HP 
> fanfic for which I currently have no time.
> 
> Somewhere I got the impression that the "mommy
> track" in law firms 
> is for two mommies who happen to both be
> well-qualified lawyers to 
> team up to share one job, so each one only has
> to work 40 hours a 
> week, but each only gets half the pay and half
> the benefits and no 
> chance of making partner.

Lynn:

Rita, you and I have the same dream except we do
buy one ticket a month for the national lottery
here in Holland.  We keep winning enough to pay
for the ticket we buy (it's about $15 per month)
plus a bit extra (maybe about $5 every month or
two) so we just keep letting it ride, who knows.

When I lived in the US, I was a legal secretary
for more years than I care to remember.  We had a
few female lawyers who tried to work part-time
after becoming mommies and it just didn't work. 
Every single one of them ended up having to quit
as the pressure to stay longer hours mounted. 
Eventually some women lawyers got together and
opened their own firm that was much more friendly
to that type of working schedule.  Others went
into corporate work where regular hours were
guaranteed.   I'll never forget the remark of one
male partner who complained about one female
lawyer who needed to leave work on time every day
to pick her child up from day care.  He said he
never had a problem having kids and still working
late and didn't see why she was having a problem.
 As for half pay, half benefits and no partner,
at our firm it was half pay, no benefits and you
stopped your seniority for partnership while
working part-time but you could start again once
you started working full-time.

Lynn

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