To be clear this is not an associate problem, it’s a firm problem (not AI don’t come for me). I know 3 associates in the past 2 years who have taken medical leave to recover from the abuse of this job. After a few 350 hour months they get to a point where they can’t take it anymore on a physical level and go on leave. The fact that this level of work is so common is already terrible, but the fact that there is no internal relief available, only resort to statutory protections, is somehow worse. Any industry where this is even somewhat common is absolutely cooked.