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Women make up around a third of the project management population — a figure that hasn’t changed a great deal over the last few years — and they also continue to be largely absent from leadership roles in major projects.
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I’m in LA. I give a $100 gift card. My secretary is employed by the firm, not me. The firm gives her a bonus.
I agree with the above but the answer will depend on whether you’re an equity partner determining your assistant’s bonus or if you’re just giving a holiday gift (on top of what your firm pays in bonuses). For a holiday “gift” (not bonus), for someone who really works their tail off for you all year, I would suggest $100-$300 in a gift card or partial gift card and a small gift (candle, wine, gift basket etc). If you’re an equity partner determining your assistant’s bonus- no extra gift needed.
Giving my assistant $1000 this year (have steadily increased year over year). Have spoken to a handful of colleagues about this each holiday. Associates usually give 100-300; partners $500-1000, although there are always outliers.
Thanks for the insights - I actually came here just to post this question. Large law firm (mid-west);non-equity partner. Firm is not giving her any bonus this year. I wasn't sure but will give her $500 now. Thanks again!
Texas big law equity partner. I share my assistant with two other non-equity partners. The younger partners will probably give $250-450; I’ll probably give $600-800. There’s a goal to get at least $1,000 to each assistant, but staffing variables exist.
Also Texas biglaw, non-equity partner. I gave my secretary ~$1300-1500 the past couple of years and will be increasing it this year, probably $1750 or even up to 2000. In light of the special covid bonuses this year, feels right to give her a little more. (And I think she deserves it).
Big law DC equity partner. My admin runs my life. On one hand I think work demands are less. On the other hand, the pandemic is stressful. We restored all salary reductions but no staff bonuses. I’ll likely increase her bonus to $2k because of the times. It will then become an annual expectation 😀
NYC is a different animal altogether. Don’t let that factor in. If you pay your secretary (are we still allowed to call them that? Are the PC police out there?!) a fair salary, then it is simply a Holiday Gift, not a “bonus”. Think in terms of $1000 for every 25K he or she receives in salary. That is very generous, tailor it to your community though. One of my assistants has a 94K salary which is very strong so I will give a much smaller Holiday gift. Think in terms of what is meaningful but be aware of a relative scale.
BigLaw, Texas office. They are paid well and receive a staff bonus, so our team was planning to all chip in ($100 from associates, more from counsel and partners) but I wasn’t expecting anyone to give more than $200-300.
At a mid-size midwest firm. The 3 partners who share our assistant each give 100-$300 in cash. This is in addition to whatever the firm does. We typically discuss what we are giving to make sure everyone is in the same range.
I think it depends on region.