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- The Atlantic checks out a new study that discovered the psychological effects of wearing a suit vs. something less formal.
- The New York Times reports on a study that may cast some doubt on certain people's claims (especially men's) that they're working 80- to 90-hour weeks. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal At Work blog looks a new study that finds a growing number of employees are putting in more than 40 hours a week.
- New York magazine looks at how real-world salary information is being shared with the #talkpay hashtag — and wonders what impact it might have on the gender pay gap.
- Fortune shares details from a new report by the Center for Talent Innovation about black women and leadership.
- The New York Times reports on the Pew Research Center's new analysis of data showing that highly educated women are more likely to have kids than their counterparts 20 years ago.
- Above the Law reviews The National Law Journal's Outstanding Women Lawyers.
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Anonattorney
That Times article about men “faking” their 80-hour work weeks is driving me insane. Where does it say that the workers were lying about their hours? Is it faking a longer work-week if you deliver the same client satisfaction as a coworker, but in 2/3 the amount of time? Are these workers saying to anyone that they are working 80-hour work weeks, when they actually aren’t?
Bad journalism, in my opinion.
TXLawyer
I didn’t read the article, but I feel like I know at least a few people who fake 60 or 80-hour work weeks, especially where revenue isn’t generated based on a completed product or a satisfactory outcome, but rather on the number of hours you claim to work on the project.
Anonattorney
Right, but that’s not what this article is talking about. It’s talking about people who are working in typically hour-intensive jobs, but are working generally normal hours (50/week) because they don’t request or discuss with their supervisors needing a reduced workload. They just strategically select work or clients that enable them to work fewer hours, leave the office at 5:00 or 5:30, and simply limit the tasks they take on. They are producing good work and keeping clients happy.
I think the point is – you don’t necessarily need to negotiate specific hours with work. In some situations, it may be better just to keep your personal situation under wraps and just leave the office at 5:30.
It doesn’t sound like it was a billable hour model – if it were, and people were actually lying and overbilling, I’m sure the article would have mentioned it.
Women Lawyers News
The article on psych effects of wearing a suit are interesting too. We like Amy Cuddy’s work on power poses (good stuff, her TED talk is a great place to start if you’re unfamiliar) and have since noticed that women’s professional clothing is often restrictive in a way that makes power poses tough and works against the body language that boosts confidence. Something we may be digging into down the road!