Give it to me... What do you really want to say to your partners? #partnerwhocares #iwanttohearit

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Set reasonable expectations for engagements and have reasonable budgets for those engagements. Discuss how time will be spent and don't expect 75 hours of work done in a week and only 40 hours billed.

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This was great. Now, can we get a Partner from Deloitte to do Fishbowl AMA?

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Is it hard to keep a straight face when you tell staff/seniors we are paid a "competitive compensation"?

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Try to always remember what it was like when first starting out your career #stayhumble

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On the "playing favorites" comment - let's be honest everyone at all levels appreciates those who make their lives easier - the easiest way to become one of those is to do a good job. Everyone has the same opportunity to do that so I don't really see it as playing favorites but rewarding those who make my life easier.

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Be a man of your word and don't say shit you don't really plan on coming through with.

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The budget needs to be a conversation between your staff/in charge actually working on it and not just between managers/partner. At least if you want to have reasonable expectations

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Just act like a decent human being who knows your staff well enough to not only talk about work and you will find they are more willing to put in extra for someone who knows them personally.

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Stop trying to boost everyone's ego by saying you can see them as a partner. Also, can you stop playing favorites because it's beyond obvious who gets what they want 100% of the time.

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Married and 2 kids ages 8 and 5 -- good home life.

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If we're being honest, show me your K-1, that's what I would say.

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Give me a raise, a bigger bonus, one more week of vacation, and less hours....please!

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I find it difficult to justify working at Deloitte when they pay us so little although Deloitte has an initiative to pay partners over $1M.

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Most firms want to pay partners over $1M, it is seen as a way to try to make it more attractive to you guys to stay in the profession and want to become partners, probably some truth to it but not sure it is effective because for most staff partners seems so far off.

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Work/life balance is hard for everyone any way you look at it. Just look at this post and see all the conflicting needs to meet with only so much $$ to go around. More time off, more pay, higher partner comp, more reasonable budgets, etc. I think the profession needs to shift how we are seen and how we compete with each other to drive up what we can charge our clients for the value we bring to be able to truly meet these needs.

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11 yrs to become partner - yes to buy-in $10K to become income partner more to convert to equity at my firm.

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For me work/life balance was probably at its worst when I was a senior manager trying to show that I was serious about wanting to be partner.

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Why doesn't the firm hire more people when we are so obviously understaffed, burning out your best people, and then expecting them to stay?

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What are your expectations for a first year senior?

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1st year senior expectations - be able to teach and help develop staff and know enough to know when there is an issue you need to get a manager or partner involved in.

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Mid-level firm - not Big 4 but top 20

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