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Last Updated Date: 05-19-2026
Goldman Magdalin Straatsma, LLP
2. What is your employment status?
Associate (7-8 years of experience)
3. What is your practice setting?
Law Firm
4. How many full-time attorneys work at your firm?
41-60
5. How many attorneys/staff do you supervise?
Not applicable
6. Please select up to five (5) non-work factors that give you significant stress when trying to balance your life and work.
Care of parents/adult family member,Care of children,Family activities / "quality" family time,Management of family commitments,Care of pets,Sports/exercise,Financial issues/ business interests,Personal interests/ hobbies,Alcohol/ drug dependency (personal or family member),Dating,Other (please specify)
7. Other (please specify)
Misc.
8. Please select up to five (5) work-related factors that cause you significant stress when trying to balance your life and work.
Billable hours,Inadequate control over workload,Inadequate or unfulfilling work,inadequate ability to take time away from work,Non-billable time expectations,Organizational barriers to success,Lack of authority to delegate work,Inadequate junior attorney support,Inadequate secretarial support,Inadequate paralegal support,Service to Bar/profession/community,Inexperience
9. Select the factor that would most cause you, under your current circumstances, to consider leaving your place of employment.
Family/home management care issue.
10. Employment culture supportive of fewer billable hours
My Employer has such a culture, and it has not improved my work/life balance.
11. A cap on the number of non-collectible hours requested of attorneys annually
No opinion/Not applicable.
12. No (officially or unofficially) required
No opinion/Not applicable.
13. Control over workload
I do not have control over my workload, but it :: Would improve my work/life balance if I did.
14. Flexible (nontraditional) partnership/ membership track
My Employer has such a policy, and it has improved my work/life balance.
15. Flexible (nontraditional) work/salary/partnership track combination arrangements
My Employer does not allow flexible work arrangements, but such flexibility would improve my work/life balance,
16. Compressed work weeks (i.e., longer, fewer days per week)
My Employer does not have such a policy, but such a policy would improve my work/life balance
17. 360-degree reviews (Opportunity to review and be reviewed by everyone you work with, both peers and supervising attorneys.)
My Employer does not have such a policy, but it would improve my work/life balance if it did.
18. An official mentoring program
My Employer has such a program, and it has improved my work/life balance.
19. Employer-sponsored training programs
My Employer does not provide such programs, but such programs would improve my work/life balance:
20. Recognition of contributions of individual attorneys (including part-time attorneys)
My Employer does recognize my contributions, and it has not improved my work/life balance.
21. Regular employer sponsored social events
My Employer has such events, and they have improved my work life balance.
22. Employer-sponsored charitable events
My Employer has such events, and they have not improved my work/life balance.
23. Protected vacation time (i.e., no required canceling, no interruptions)
My Employer has such a policy and it has not improved my work/life balance.
24. Paid maternity leave
My Employer does not have such a policy, but such a policy would improve my work/life balance.
25. Paid paternity leave
My Employer does not have such a policy, but such a policy would improve my work/life balance.
26. Paid leave to care for sick or disabled family members
My Employer does not have such a policy, and such a policy would not improve my work/life balance.
27. Option to phase back in to work after leave for birth or adoption of a child
No. opinion/Not applicable.
28. Competent, accessible secretarial support
My Employer does not provide me sufficient secretarial support, but it would improve my work/life balance if it did.
29. Competent, accessible paralegal support
My Employer does not provide me sufficient paralegal support, but it would improve my work/life balance if it did.
30. Sufficient administrative staff support (technical, word processing, etc.)
My Employer provides me sufficient staff support, and it has improved my work life balance.
31. Remote connection technology
My Employer provides remote connection technology, and it has improved my work/life balance.
32. Employer-sponsored gym/health club membership
My Employer has such a program, and it has improved my work/life balance.
33. Please select the five (5) factors that your employer does not already provide that would most improve your work/life balance.
Control over workload,Flexible work/salary/partnership track combination arrangements,Compressed work weeks,Employer-sponsored training programs,Competent accessible paralegal support