Curious to know what other firm's bonus structures are, particularly those with 1900 billable requirement and below. Trying to figure out if my firm's structure is the norm or if the associates are getting screwed.

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If you qualify for your bonus they are screwing you. Because you are working too hard

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My firm (1900 requirement) does a black box. So no one really knows how bonuses are calculated. It’s crap.

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1950 billable requirement
If you hit 2050 you get 5% bonus
If you hit 2150 you get 10% bonus
There’s also a merit aspect up to 10%, but it seems to be reserved for those that do not hit the above. If you hit the tiered bonuses you don’t expect much from the merit side.

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Current plan: 2000 hrs to hit bonus, based on seniority but 20k/40k/60k (potentially merit at 2100 and other big benchmarks), 100 nonbillable hrs (pd/bd)

Old plan: 1850 to hit bonus (I forget the amounts but something like 4k/6k/8k or something), lump bonus at every 50 hrs above. 4k/5k/6k I think, 300 nonbillable hours

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