First year in a v10 corporate group. Wondering if billable hour “hoarding” is a thing? As in, my group is busy, there’s seemingly lots of work to go around, and I’ve only gotten positive feedback so far, but this month I’ve gotten relatively few assignments. Wondering if that could be related to seniors/mids wanting to hit billable targets for themselves?

Hi there, starting new in private practice. My job requires billable hours. Anyone know where I can find a list of terms and descriptions I can use when I am billing clients? TIA

For those working agency-side, what is your requirement for daily/weekly billable hours and time tracking? Trying to find a balance between what is fair and contributes towards a positive work environment, but still profitable.

Hi all- I’m making the switch from an admin to a consultant (I’m the nonprofit sphere) in the coming months. I have a good handle on the technical side of what i need to know, but having never worked for a consultancy in the past I’m wondering if y’all have any resource or tips to prepare on that front. For example: -how companies typically track billable hours -common challenges/pitfalls for new consultants -good tips for staying organized across multiple projects -Tips for discovery process

I love my job but I feel as though I’m not getting a lot of assignments nor are the assignments challenging, and my firm is heavy on billable hours (which is a stressful matter on its own). I really want to look for another job but I have only been working with the firm for about 6 months and I have this guilty feeling for even wanting to look for a job(at least I have a job and make enough to pay my bills).

This might sound like a crazy question but never having worked in public before: Billable hours - if you’re very efficient at your job, do you stretch out the time and work slower to get to your billable hours or do you safe the client the money. In a Situation where you don’t have other projects to work on. Tell me the ins and outs of working billable hours for a complete newbie.

What do you all do when you don’t have billable work and are killing time at your desk? Do you try to do things you can bill under “non-billable time” such as read legal articles? Or just bill nothing

Leaving a biglaw shop at end of the year. A client that I've worked with, and who has liked my work, reached out to me (a senior associate, copying all clients but copying no partners or other personnel from my firm) to ask if I could handle a new matter. They asked for a conflicts check and what my billable rate might be in the new year. I'm departing to a new, much smaller firm which will most likely have a much lower rate. How do you approach this? Alert the typical partners?

Any info regarding Zuckerman Spaeder? For example, salary, work-life, billable requirements, and whether the firm is making its way back to in-person now. Would greatly appreciate any insight!

There’s a practice group that I’ve been trying to find work in but whenever I volunteer to help, I always get roped in to do non billable work. In the beginning it was fine but now I’m feeling it’s never going to amount to actual work. Any tips to get more involved without all the non billables and how to approach this gently?

Is asking first year associates to hit 215 billable hours normal?!

What is annual billable hours looking like at LW NYC?

Small firm owners need pov! Some good news after almost 11 months of applying and interviews and lots of rejections finally got an offer! In NYC small firm, ex big law folks, no billable hours, niche practice area, appearance of forwarded thinking firm, remote till who knows when, emphasis on pro bono initiatives and building book of business. The catch salary. Was making around 140k at last firm with 1800 billable. Offer is 85k and revist to bump to around 100k in several months after review

Hi all. I am joining an AmLaw100 firm in June. I’m coming from a non traditional route to a firm (Banking regulatory compliance). Billable/collection hours are 1900. I have a kid on the way due late September. Would like to make sure my wife and kid are stable. I plan to tell the firm on Tuesday. Not sure of any formal parental policy. Any thoughts about how to best communicate it? Should I be worried about that impacting billable requirements? How is this most commonly handled in the industry?

Curious about how many hours plaintiffs litigation attorneys work on average per week. I’m a defense attorney and billable hours don’t make for the best work life balance. Thanks in advance.

My firm has a collections budget (80% of your billable rate x 1850 hours) and an hourly budget that must be met in order to be eligible for a bonus. The firm cares very little about originations and will reward someone for making their collections over someone who brings in new work. I missed my collection budget due to some odd timing with a client, but originated more than all my peers so no bonus for me. I’ve been at this same mid level firm for 9 years and it’s all I know. Is this normal??

Opinions welcomed: V5 Legal Assistant here (2 years in industry, started at current firm in late April). I’m on pace for 2700 billable hours / year. To boot, that rate is going up because of all of the 65+ hour weeks lately, and the first month being billed around 40. I was just told that I may not qualify for any bonuses because I haven’t been here for 1 year. Is this normal? Am I crazy for thinking that I should be getting a *significant* bonus for all of the crazy hours and deadlines?

Paralegal in mid size practice. Other than staying current with CLE’s (I am). What’s the best way for me to increase my billable rate?

How much does a firm really earn from me as an employee? Let's talk about the billable hours and that math. Many engagements are at fixed cost, but many are at hourly rate basis. Could you help me get to the core? TIA!

Could someone explain the difference between a firm policy that sets a specific amount of paid vacation time for associates versus a firm policy that has unlimited vacation time? Specifically with respect to how this impacts billable requirements. Thank you!

One of the partners I work for keeps telling me to write off my own time, even though the standard practice at my firm is that associates bill for all their work and the billing partner writes it off. It’s made me lose a lot of billable hours this year. Any thoughts on how to proceed?

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