Has anyone received full bonuses even without hitting your billable hours target?

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Check the other recent thread on this. Some firms have a bit of a buffer or will consider super close calls (sub-50 off) on a case by case basis. Some firms have a hard line. Ask around in your firm, or your attorney development coordinator would know.

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I did as a first year and was almost 100 hours below target. I know other first years were even farther below and received full bonus. But I’m not sure if that’s changed with the high commercial pace across the board this year and/or when you’re no longer a first year

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Firms with bonus targets have them for a reason.

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If you’re a star associate, shouldn’t you have gotten enough work to hit your minimum billables?

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OP here. I’m in an Asian office and lateraled over in the middle of the pandemic so things might be a bit different. FWIW, I’m asking because I’m a mid level and I’ve actually always gotten full bonuses even though I’ve never once hit my billables. I think things might start to change this year though…

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I have been worrying about the same thing. My firm has a collections goal (no bonus if unmet) and an hours goal (unclear if unmet). They raised collections goal half-way through the year which skyrocketed my collections goal. My firm gives credit for pro-bono. I was left in the position of doing a large amount of pro bono to meet collections or make my hours goal. I missed my hours by 30. I hope there is some leeway this year, because the firm basically set me up for this.

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