Overworked and Underpaid? - Here's A Plan To Do Something About It

There's a dirty little secret in the legal industry that almost all lawyers feel but rarely discuss. 

The secret is this - most lawyers feel overworked and underpaid no matter how much they make.

Usually, people understand why public defenders and government attorneys feel that way. Reports about their enormously large caseloads and inadequate pay are always in the news. But it's probably a bit surprising to learn that big law associates making 6 figures feel that way too.  

Despite the differences in their compensation, what these two attorney groups share are the conditions that lead one to feel overworked and undervalued.

As I noted in a previous post, those conditions are: 

• Experiencing a lack of control of one's time,

• Feeling a lack of support or like there is no one to turn to for help,  

• Feeling the need to be always on and available to superiors and clients no matter the time of day, and 

• The continued practice of employers providing unequal pay for equal work among men, women, and pe…