I need about 100 hours to hit bonus with NO work on the horizon. Fiscal year ends the end of next month. How do I frame this to staffing without sounding desperate? Is it in bad taste to specifically mention I’m only 100 hours away?

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If you have a partner mentor, I would bring it up to them

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I think you should mention it. Last year I heard about an associate who was close to meeting hours and really motivated in the last month. I threw a bunch of work at them.

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Pro bono if that is allowed

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You should definitely mention it to staffing and to partners that might be able to give you work! There’s no point in pretending you don’t care about a bonus - who doesn’t like $$?? My partner mentor reached out to me last week and basically said: I want you to get your bonus, make sure you speak up if it’s looking like you might need more work.

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Pro bono

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Absolutely mention it. So what if you sound “desperate”? Our bonuses are not exactly small and you didn’t kill yourself all year just so you’d be unable to make bonus in your last month. Ask your staffing coordinator, senior associates, partners, anyone that may be able to help. “Hi, do you have anything I could help on? Would love to work together [again] and I’m a bit short on hours so I’d be happy to do anything, including late night and weekend work [if true]. Thanks for keeping me in mind!”

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Uhm definitely mention it.

I’ve heard from several partners that they were incredibly disappointed by associates who missed hours but didn’t speak up when they were within ~100 hours of bonus—it was viewed as a reflection of laziness and apathy w/r/t the standards set for minimum utilization.

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