Does your firm give you anything if you bill over 200 hours? I hear some firms give gift cards (although best is not billing 200 hours and not getting a gift card, just curious).

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I’m given more work.

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My firm used to give out $300 visa gift cards if you exceeded 300 client billable hours in a month. But then too many of us hit that, so they stopped doing that. 😒

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Yikes, that sounds rough

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200 hours?! That’s basically the expectation at my firm…

Literally never heard of this and I seriously doubt any firm is actually doing it.

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A6 what firm and are you hiring

Definitely not at my firm. 200 hours is seen as busy but in a very expected way. Not until 250 do people consider you “slammed” or “drowning” etc. Nothing for that either except possibility of over-market bonus at the end of the year if you are significantly over hours

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Orrick gives a $500 wellness bonus if over 250

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My salary?

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My firm gives me more work.

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Just a “how are you doing” teams message from a partner after 250 hours and that’s about it.

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So thoughtful! (Not even joking lol I think that’s more than we do here.)

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250 hours per month and my partner still owes me a Starbucks gift card from august 2021

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300 I’ve heard , not 200

Above was my reaction too. But apparently friend’s firm does this and became curious. They also have pretty low target for market bonus.

Wouldn’t feel comfortable since its not my story. V20 tho.

Wut.

No.

I’ve heard of ID firms doing monthly bonuses if you hit 200 hours. My husband used to be at one of them and he would get like $750 or something per month of hitting 200 hours, on top of quarterly bonuses and yearly bonuses.

I do ID and I get no such thing 😩😩

Over 200 hours during 8 months this year. Didn’t get anything yet.

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I heard Dechert did if you had a 300 hour month but I did once and didn’t get anything lol so who knows (although it was the last month of the billing year so I guess making the bonus was what I got…)

No, lol. I sometimes get gift cards direct from partners if I closed a mega deal or something but that’s not really “firm policy” just them trying to stay on my good side so I take their next mega deal. 😂

Over 200 at my firm is a 1500 monthly bonus. Over 50 annually is 3.5% of your salary over 100 is 7.5%. The percentages get very large very quickly after 100 additionally annually.

What firm is this please?

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my old firm gives out $250 dinners per 200 months.

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