I was feeling plenty sorry for myself. But one day, Carol and I managed to find time together on the phone. And then she told me what life was really like for her. She was paid half-time, yes. But her workload remained almost the same. The past year, she told me, she had billed 85 percent as many hours as the full-time lawyers at her firm, while earning half as much.
Full-time, half-pay (, benefits?) doesn’t sound all that great either. But maybe she has a little more time for kids at least?
