This is just a good place to vent while I'm at work and not feeling very productive. Work is a small lawfirm with 7 lawyers. I'm second most senior, just turned 62 and have been planning on going part time next year. The main reason for staying on part time is to keep some benefits, like life insurance.
It's getting harder and harder. Our profession and our firm in particular has struggled for several years. Last year was the worst year we've had in memory. This year has been good because of a big fee we got earlier in the year. But on a week to week basis, it is always a financial struggle.
Myself and the one guy who is older have been taking more time off than the people who are 10 to 12 years younger than us. I've had about 5.5 weeks of vacation and the other guy 7 or 8. We work fewer hours but generally bring in a lot more money. The problem that is cropping up is that we haven't been making enough on a regular basis to pay ourselves regularly. We've missed 3 out of the last 4 regular weekly draws/paychecks, but we also have already made a lot more than we made all of last year. The younger guys are grumpy and resentful, even though they get equal shares of income, about us taking more time off, but the same younger guys haven't done what they should have done to prepare themselves for us older ones leaving.
I could walk today and be fine. Keeping the insurance until I hit medicare would be nice, but not necessary. Frankly, working without getting regularly paid isn't any fun anyway.
I don't really have any questions. It's just one of those Monday when I wish I wasn't here.
It's getting harder and harder. Our profession and our firm in particular has struggled for several years. Last year was the worst year we've had in memory. This year has been good because of a big fee we got earlier in the year. But on a week to week basis, it is always a financial struggle.
Myself and the one guy who is older have been taking more time off than the people who are 10 to 12 years younger than us. I've had about 5.5 weeks of vacation and the other guy 7 or 8. We work fewer hours but generally bring in a lot more money. The problem that is cropping up is that we haven't been making enough on a regular basis to pay ourselves regularly. We've missed 3 out of the last 4 regular weekly draws/paychecks, but we also have already made a lot more than we made all of last year. The younger guys are grumpy and resentful, even though they get equal shares of income, about us taking more time off, but the same younger guys haven't done what they should have done to prepare themselves for us older ones leaving.
I could walk today and be fine. Keeping the insurance until I hit medicare would be nice, but not necessary. Frankly, working without getting regularly paid isn't any fun anyway.
I don't really have any questions. It's just one of those Monday when I wish I wasn't here.