How accurately do you guys charge your billable time? Not asking due to overcharging. Asking because too lazy to keep up.

So who else here is experiencing plummeting billable hours and exponential weight gain since this whole WFH thing started? Bought snacks for 30 days, finished in 48 hours.

Anyone else here have terrible utilization because their deals die and a code never opens? /can’t find another code to book hours? I’m sitting on over 200 billable hours at this point

My HR rep told me that to apply for your CPA license in MA you only need 1 year of work experience, not 2009 billable hours. Didn't sound right- can anyone confirm/deny?

I'm a long time prosecutor getting into the ID game and billable hours. Are there any resources out there that can help me get more effective/efficient without spending months/years learning the hard way? Some days I'm at the office 10 hours, took virtually no breaks and yet only bill 7. 🤬

Can you share first year salary for midsize firms? I'm in NJ, but curious to hear other markets. Also billable targets? Thanks!

Anyone else absolutely *loathe* being assigned new client matters at the end of the month when you know your billable time won’t count bc conflicts haven’t cleared yet? Just me?

Is there an appropriate way to turn down an assignment because it is non-billable? Two of the partners I work for keep asking me to write client bulletins and articles with them, which is great, but now I’m starting to worry about meeting my billable hours requirement.

Are any other paralegals struggling with billable hour requirements? I have 5 years of experience in corporate transactions, M&A, and real estate work, and have never had billable hour requirements. I'm in a new job now where I do and I'm nowhere near meeting them. I'm getting a lot more admin work than billable work, and it's stressing me out.

My firm’s IT (especially system saving and file locating function) is so bad 😐😞 and they keep doing updates no one asked them for just to mess with the stuff we already got a hang of without doing anything about the issues we actually need fixed. Anyone else in a similar boat? Do you bill the client for the time it takes to fix the IT issue (or IT inefficiency generally, like time taken to find a file in a convoluted system)? Or is that supposed to be our non-billable time?

Is it just me or the average billable work in infrastructure transactions has blown off steam in the last couple of weeks?

Have any of you taken "low bono" clients while working at a firm? I want to take on a low bono client or two but not sure who would get the money. This is a contract opportunity through a non profit so I'm assuming a 1099 will be issued. The per hour rate is significantly less than my billable rate. I would (obviously) like the money but my real objective is just getting experience/networking since I recently moved to a new state and don't have clients of my own.

Billables are low this month. Like I have 65 billable hours in so far. I’ve messaged partners over the last week to try and get more cases but there are tons of new associates who were just onboarded and were at a low point for business. I’m freaking out

Highest number of billable hours you have seen in a year?

Any insight into Jackson Lewis NYC office? Compensation, billable hours, WLB? I would be a 2-3 year

Doing a federal clerkship and thinking of my options after. Anyone in NJ/NY/PA biglaw lit group with collegial and pleasant work environment? I do not care about billable requirements/workload, just salary and don’t want to be treated like shit.

How do firms give bonuses to associate attorneys? Quarterly, monthly, annually? What is a bonus based on? Money recieved, billable hours, etc?

I'm looking to set up a bonus structure for a new associate.

Looking to leave a govt job for a junior attorney role in a small workers comp defense firm. I have no experience in workers comp. How easy is it to learn the work and make 1850 billable hours? What future opportunities does this experience give?

Received a job offer. Was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on a concern I had about it. It's an entry level position, and I don't have much experience. The billables are 2040 a year. For billable hours in civil litigation and insurance defense, is 2040 hours for a 1st year associate on the high end in this field for a small or midsize firm? It seems like most attorneys I know have minimum requirements of around 1800. The compensation is around 80k a year.

How many billable hours do people in prosecution tend to average each month? I’ve gone through waves of feeling like my billable hours requirement is reasonable to feeling like I’m drowning and can’t possibly do it for that long.

Getting over heartbreak and having a full time job is torture lol. My boyfriend and I just broke up after almost a year of being together. It was such a beautiful relationship but ultimately he just didn’t love me. I love him so much. My mind knows that I deserve reciprocal love and I’m worthy, but I feel physically ill. My body hurts, my stomach is in knots, my head hurts. How is it that I have to mend a broken heart but also meet my billable hours lmao

Hi,

I am going through psychological stress, mild depression and anxiety issues due to recent workload and have lost all motivation to continue. I am planning to quit but afraid will i get a job post that. What shall i do?

Does EY gives confirmation mail if background check is completed before joining?

I have been offered the post of "Solution Delivery Advisor" at Deloitte. Offered CTC is 9.5 LPA fixed.
Can anyone let me know where in the MC and TC hierarchy this post falls and is this salary enough or should I ask for more?
KPMG is offering 10.7 for Associate Consultant post. Let me know what would be the smarter choice.
Current 4.4 LPA, 3 YOE.
Thanks

As a DevOps Engineer in NY, what is a reasonable and competitive annual base salary?

I know this doesn’t count as an interview, but overall professional advice needed:
Any tips on asking for better severance pay?

Anyone have a good tax person in Philly

Have about $15-20k to invest. Want to mix it up between short term and long term investments. Any ideas or opinions where should i put it?

From Los Angeles, looking to get into the vending machine side gig. Any advice for someone just starting?

Anyone interested to participate in kaggle competition?

🍁November Job Thread

Do you know of any opening or opportunity? Share it in the comments below!

Help another Fish. 🤝

What’s a typically salary for an account manager in LA? Two years as a coordinator and almost 3 years as an associate account manager

Currently looking for Tech consulting/ Implementation consultant/ privacy roles in London. I have both CIPP/E and CIPM.
Please let me know if you know any roles that are available? Or any recruitment agencies you can refer me to

Thank you

Looking for some material for a crash course in IT strategy consulting - books article etc. any recommendations would be appreciated

I think I just experienced the most consulting thing ever...having a PRD conference call, one guy is at airport security, puts his phone through on the belt and through the scanner without hanging up

What's the best Chromecast/Apple TV-esque device to connect my work computer or iPad to hotel room TVs? Priority is ease of use and content, lower priority is size and weight. Thanks! :)

So, following that plebe preferences post from last week, I have found myself playing Safeway Monopoly. Like any lonely consultant would, I've gotten into it. Feel free to send me your tickets haha

Can someone help with the base salary range for a 6+ years experienced finance professional with FRM and CFA certifications in Big 6 firms in Advisory practice?

Also, what should be the expectations for joining bonus during the current times?

My name on sunday night: Willis. My name on Monday morning: Hodor

Pwc folks, do vacation hours roll over FY to FY? Is there limitation?

Met someone headed to vaca celebrating paying off 120k in student loan debt in 5 years. Very inspirational. Gotta step my debt snowball game up.

Any suggestions of a good dance club in downtown LA? Here till the weekend..

Oh my god! I just finished a 20 minute ad-hoc presentation to my team where I was sharing my screen and I didn't realize that chrome had shortened the "streaming analytics" tab to "streaming anal" 😶

Any Dubai folks care to help a brother out with some good nightlife recs?

So apparently the human error was PwC fault for announcing the wrong best picture 🤦🏻‍♂️ I could just see a an EY MD trying to swoop up the Oscar account right now

BCG folks - any other benefits besides the major ones that I should be aware about (e.g. gym membership reimbursement, mobile reimbursement etc). I’m joining at the end of March. Thanks!

Insights into the best consulting firms for public service/ nonprofit work?

Any delta 🐠 willing to donate some miles .

What percentage of DDs can I expect in MBB PE practices? Took part in several recruiting events and HR said I would work also on other related project types, but not sure how common that is vs. DDs

Power Experts specializing in commodities and the short-term and congestion trading desks - what’s the best material out there to self study?

Southwest companion pass...worth working towards?

I just took an international trip via KLM and my ticket was bought through Delta. I’m a Delta Diamond Medallion. There were zero (actually negative) perks with flying with partner airline. More below

Open DNS blocking late night content? Any other Deloitte folks experiencing this from Hotel rooms/home.

Can you use a heating pad on a delta flight if there’s an outlet? My back gets sore on flights. Looks like AA banned it. Cant find anything on delta