For people who work at firms that give discretionary/black box bonuses, what did your bonus look like this year compared to market? (Year/number of hours?)

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Laughable — mine was about 60k below market and that’s excluding the extra 374 hours above billable that I worked. Planning my exit…

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Class of 2021, 13k for 1950 hours. I’m planning on leaving…

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280k for 2000 hours. My collections were north of 1.7 million, which is what my bonus was based on.

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6th year. Boutique in NYC/NJ. 250k base but the bonuses are based on collections. I bill between 2000 and 2100 every year.

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4th year, hit hours... $5k bonus. Big law redefined

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GT never changes.

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2021/ 50k for 2050 hours. Not sure how I feel tbh

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You were a third year so your bonus, including special, should have been $72,500, so you should probably be angry.

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