Does profitability with their book of clients play a factor in SMs making it into partners? I work on a few projects with an SM who I know is close to getting the nod, this is the 4th or 5th one where he's shaved off 25% of the budget and asked for it still to be a tight turnaround. Want to know if there's a reasoning behind this madness.

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I’d assume so. Why else would eat hour cultures exist in a fixed fee environment otherwise.

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So your telling me I’m busting my ass eating hours so the sr managers can get a nicer bonus???????? And we get the same??

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There are quite a few factors, although I'm mainly judged on revenue and pipeline. Margin is honestly a side concern - I know I should be concerned with margin (to be clear, I do care) but it's never brought up as a main concern. It's better to have a lowish margin on a ton of revenue than a high margin on one or two wins.

I think generally it's seen as easier to improve margin than it is to magically make more revenue appear.

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100% agree

It has to for sure. It speaks to how well they manage the team and the costs that come with it.

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