legal sanity

The Occupational Adventure pointed out this article recapping a study of Gen-X and Gen-Y views on “job satisfaction, work-life support, gender roles and attitudes.” The study found that these two generations boast workers who are “more likely to be ‘dual-centric’ (with equal priorities on both career and family) and less ‘work-centric’ (putting higher priority on their jobs than family) compared to members of the Boomer generation.” Busy “redefining their priorities in life and in work,” the men and women of Gen-X and Gen-Y are choosing to spend more time with their children and opting for the status quo over a climb up the career ladder. I’ve posted on this topic before. The questions remain: how is this evolution in worker priorities and values impacting law firms today and how will it shape the profession’s future as more and more legal service providers and consumers become balance-centric?