Harvey
Operations / Chief Admin OfficerStrategicAug 29, 2026

Reframe uneven after-hours coverage before service erodes

Coverage strain can signal several different operating problems at once.

Protecting responsiveness may require different choices than reducing individual burden.

When a filing is moving, I don’t care whose queue it is—I need a clear path.

Sara Iglesias · Litigation Partner

Relies on timely assistance when a late-stage filing requires research, drafting, or document analysis support.

What pulls against what

  • employee sustainability vs. response continuity
  • standardization vs. local work realities
  • measured demand vs. perceived burden
  • fast diagnosis vs. learning before commitment

What is at stake

The evidence points to a real strain but not a settled cause. Defining the right operating outcome determines whether a pilot improves continuity or merely redistributes fatigue

Why Harvey

At Harvey, it may matter when dependable support for legal work depends on sustained internal operating capacity.

Written for

Operating model diagnosticianPeople-centered operations leaderAmbiguity-tolerant chief of staff

This is the setup. The work is inside.

Running it puts you in the room: the full situation and its constraints, stakeholders who push back in their own words, and the decisions that are yours to make. What you produce becomes a Day One Plan — work you can show someone instead of describing.