Best:

- great work hours. Firm leadership has a GREAT pulse on people's hours, and it's rare you'll have to work more than 60 hours a week

- great social life / firm culture: Formal, planned happy hours happen twice a month, and often the team gets together informally for either drinks, sports activities, hikes, workouts, etc. the firm has also taken an active role to limit the dependence on drinking as a part of firm life, and actively tries to plan events that don't revolve around drinking (instead of just going to a bar). everyone gets along well, and people genuinely care about each other's lives.

- travel is limited, so work life is much better. maybe once every 2 months for the majority of the team.

- it's easy to take time off, and it's almost always respected (ie don't need to work on PTO)