Forget St. Barts and Be Grateful You're Working, Columnist Tells 'Exhausted'
“Exhausted” from overwork and thinking that layoffs might be imminent, an attorney has written to the Dear Abby of the legal profession, asking whether this might be a good time to quit a law firm job and take a vacation.
The answer to that question, says New York Law Journal columnist Ann Israel at considerable length, is no.
As thousands of laid-off lawyers seek new jobs to no avail, due to the dismal economy, partners looking to hire an attorney are not likely to be positively impressed by a prospect who has voluntarily left a job to spend a few weeks suntanning in St. Barts, Israel writes.
“I sit in my office day after day, month after month, taking phone calls from attorneys who, through no fault of their own, are out of work because of this economy,” she says. “They would give anything to be exhausted from overwork, to have any work at all right now.”
