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Work Arrangements
The firm values its employees as well-rounded individuals and supports full-time employees in balancing the professional and personal parts of their lives. In addition, the firm recognizes that it may be beneficial to both the firm and an employee to agree on part-time or flexible work arrangements.
Several of the firm's lawyers work part-time schedules, with appropriate adjustments to economic goals, compensation and benefits, and track to ownership. These lawyers remain significant participants in their practice groups and are valued for the quality of their work. No stigma attaches to part-time status. Indeed, one of our lawyers has worked on a part-time basis ever since she joined the firm in 1989. Over the years she has been admitted as an owner, appointed chair of a practice group, and elected to the firm's Executive Committee.
A full-time workweek for our staff is 37.5 hours. A number of our staff members work part-time arrangements or flexible hours. We have been able to accommodate part-time requests from legal secretaries by crafting "job share" arrangements with other secretaries who wish to work part-time.
The firm is experimenting with formal telecommuting arrangements. We have installed special carrels with computers and laptop hookups in our Seattle library to provide a home base when telecommuting employees are in the office.
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