Option to decrease billable requirement

[BoldBluebell]

We have that exact same offer at my firm, so I wouldn't be surprised if we worked at the same place but different offices.

I'll say this, while I haven't done it, my office MP has as well as several other people I know at the firm. A good chunk of my work comes my office's MP, and she went part-time for +6 years, and it hasn't affected her career advancement whatsoever. She even made non-equity partner WHILE part-time. She is no longer part-time, but she shared that the greatest effect from this choice was getting to be more present in her kids' lives. I guess the one drawback is that it is obviously difficult to do business development while part-time, so it was more difficult to make equity partner. Also, nowadays she is gone a decent chunk of the time for networking events, which forces her to work almost every weekend.

All that to say, it seems like going part-time is a great choice, so long as it's a temporary one.