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1. Your firm and your partner are trash. The day you decide to leave them they will turn on you and fuck you over. So give your best and work to the capacity that you can but don't hesitate to switch if things go too far.
2. No firm is good or bad and no partner is good or bad. It depends on your equation with that particular person and how your experience is in that firm.
3. At the end of the day, your happiness is paramount. If your happiness lies in having work life balance with less money or better work atmosphere then go for that. If your happiness is directly proportional to your bank balance and you don't care about what torture you have to go through, go wherever you are paid the most. But you can't get everything you want.
4. No one in this industry is doodh ka dhula. If someone appears that way, it's because you haven't seen their worst yet. And for most people, pressure situations will reveal the worst.
That's all I want to say. I am not looking for sympathy or empathy or homeopathy or any kind of pathy. But Misery loves company so