I was inclined to skip this one. But since I blogged about whether men really care about work/life balance, I have no choice but to weigh in about the female associate at Clifford Chance who abruptly quit her job.
It’s the classic “women can’t have it all” storyBig Lawstyle. The anonymous associate’s memo, which Above the Law got its hands on (Clifford’s communications director Michael Kachel verified the accuracy of the email but told us, “it was a good-bye letter intended with some humor”), recounts her typical work day:
4:00am: Hear baby screaming, hope I am dreaming, realize Im not, sleepwalk to nursery, give her a pacifier, and put her back to sleep
4:45am: Finally get back to bed
5:30am: Alarm goes off, hit snooze
6:00am: See the shadow of a small person standing at my bedroom door, realize it is my son who has wet the bed (time to change the sheets)
6:15am: Hear baby screaming, make a bottle, turn on another excruciating episode of Backyardigans, feed baby . . .
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