Alternative careers for my other half

[Integroo]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 19 February 2019 at 13:58

[anonymous-user]

Have a look for jobs at regulators. FCA, Ofcom, CAA, that sort of thing. Or try the Government Legal Department.

[Over over under steer]

She could look at going into a compliance role in the city for a financial services or insurance firm. Private practice as mentioned before would be a good idea too.

Maybe it's just offices that are causing her to be stressed out, some people really don't like that. Perhaps there are roles that are done mostly from home that will help that out.

[Jasandjules]

What exactly is it that makes her miserable in her current role? The hours? The boss? The company ethos? The stress of litigation?

[Jasandjules]

Integroo said:

The bosses - basically team that is micro-managed by bosses that do not have enough time to micro-manage and who seem to have no appreciation for the hard work put in - plus constant deadlines, billable hours pressures etc - the latter not being helped by it being generally low rate work which means hours have to be high to hit targets. She isn't averse to hard work but I think it is the juggling multiple demands on top of a demanding boss whilst getting no appreciation and not really being treated like an adult that is the problem. The fact that most of the junior to mid level lawyers there are miserable including one guy who just quit without anything to go to a few weeks ago suggests it is the team / firm rather than her. She fancies an in-house legal role as it is the obvious route to a similar but lower (or at least different) pressures and fewer hours.

I would suggest she has a look in Linked in - there are a few in house roles and also there are some things which are effectively consultant work where she can pick and choose her hours and just run her own cases.

[limpsfield]

Over over under steer said:

She could look at going into a compliance role in the city for a financial services or insurance firm. Private practice as mentioned before would be a good idea too.

Maybe it's just offices that are causing her to be stressed out, some people really don't like that. Perhaps there are roles that are done mostly from home that will help that out.

Compliance is a great shout . Those fkers are never out of work! Good luck to her and you.

[A205GTI]

If you are in London I suggest she looks into the big consultancy firms they all have in house lawyers and if you are looking to start a family in the future some of them offer very good paternity.

think Accenture, IBM etc,,,