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Why A Firm That Looks At Your Work Very Closely Is Actually A Good Sign
[00:00:00] I went in house fairly early, third or fourth years, from a large law firm where I ran large deals with partner oversight was fairly minimal, to a place where almost everything I do is looked over before it goes out.
Aside from this, I like the job, my team and the hours, but I'm wondering how this might impact my overall growth as a lawyer. I can't help, but review things a bit less carefully since I know...
Review things a bit less careful. I see.
Okay. How dangerous is this from a long term growth perspective? Am I over thinking this? Is there anything I can do to mitigate the issue? And I know it's not an issue with my work product or competency specifically, as to this is the case across our department.
I think it's actually fine. I think that the more closely people are reviewing your work, it just shows that they're doing very good work there.
I don't know how big the company you're in, but you can see this person a lot of times if you work at a big firm. Sullivan and Cromwell is a perfect example that people get so much for an early experience, that when they go to other firms, they feel like they're being micromanaged.
I don't think any of this is dangerous from a long-term growth perspective. I think that you need to be even more careful to impress people about the quality of work you're doing. The only other thing I would say is, you do because of the quality, the way [00:01:00] the market is right now, I don't know how long you've been in-house, but you probably could actually go back to a law firm if you wanted to.
And, it's not like that very often. If you did want to go back, you could, in terms of mitigating the issue. I just think you just need to keep doing better and better work and keep improving the quality.
Anything that you can find to make it even better then than do that. So, the better you make your work, the better off you're going to be. So I don't think you're overthinking it. I think it's actually good from a growth perspective. I think it shows that this company really values the quality of work.
The biggest problem that happens when attorneys going houses their skills deteriorate because the work isn't as high quality.
I think you'll actually be okay.
I'm in a stage in my career. Oh, here's a good one. So, I do think it's a good thing to work in a company where they're looking over your work very closely.
Most people when they're in major firms they dislike that, but it's a good thing.
