I struggle like crazy staying on track for billable hours. I will work 10.5 hours and look back at my day and 6 of it was billable. Tips for doing better about this?? I have minimums to meet and this is not sustainable

How many billable hours in a month does it take for you to think you are billing a lot?

If you asked to be considered for early promotion and didn’t get it (despite being highly rated, exceeding billable goal, etc) would you look elsewhere? Is it right to be angry about it? I don’t want to spin myself up unnecessarily if it’s unjustified

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

I’m a 9th year in a mostly litigation-based practice group at a one-tier partnership firm. My group’s billable hours have been low the last few years, so making partner will be nearly impossible, and a counsel position is not viable long-term in my group. What’s the best option here if partnership is the ultimate goal? Try to get a NEP/counsel position at another firm, which is likely difficult in my market, or offer to take a class cut by a few years?

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

Went from a big firm to work for a smaller firm. The people in the smaller firm are protective of their work and are good by their work too. I no longer feel chaos or stress. I am treated with respect and my schedule is more normal. I am even working more billable hours than before, but it feels like a seamless experience. I don’t work then past 5pm or anything out of the ordinary for this time of the year. I am so grateful!

I have an interview with Korn Ferry for an associate principal role and am curious about others’ experiences have been with work-life balance here. Also, I have an idea of what I should be compensated in this type of role, but any insights on how they pay compared to others would be helpful. Are you traveling during the pandemic or have client interactions been virtual? Lastly, if you are a consultant here, are you on billable hours? My current consulting role is not - so this would be new.

There’s a practice group that I’ve been trying to find work in but whenever I volunteer to help, I always get roped in to do non billable work. In the beginning it was fine but now I’m feeling it’s never going to amount to actual work. Any tips to get more involved without all the non billables and how to approach this gently?

I heard so much about minimum billable hours here by staff. I never saw that email. Is it inly for certain groups?

What are firm’s known billable requirements? Is there a ramp up period?

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.

To the post below- it is quiet, so I’ll bite!
Does anyone know about associate compensation at the regional Atlantic Canada firms? The the big ones have all been posting job ads for associates in the 3-5 year range. Any insight on salary and billable targets?

Weber folks! At what point do you become eligible for a yearly bonus and how is your bonus determined? Any tie to billable hours?

What’s the best way to turn down a 2nd interview? During the 1st interview, I learned that the compensation for the role is not within the range that I am looking for and requires 400 more billable hours a year than what I bill now. I’d basically be laterally for my current salary just to bill 400 more hours. I also wasn’t aware that the local office was strictly ID. Firm website advertises lots of practice areas. Any advice? TIA!

Does anyone have experience working for a ALSP? How does compensation work (pay and benefits)? Are you an employee or technically an IC? Do you have billable requirements like at a firm? How do you think it prepared you to potentially move in house? I'm currently at a firm but thinking of taking a position with an ALSP but my goal is to go in house.

Explain to me like I’m 5. Why does the monthly billable hours goal on things like Intellistat change month to month. I’m not hitting hours this year. Last month goal was 158. This months goal is 180.

I currently work at a medium sized firm and have about two years experience in personal injury litigation. The billable hours and lack of work life balance are really getting to me and I am looking to switch to something else out of litigation, preferably in house. I am also looking to relocate to a different state. How do I go about properly marketing myself to companies that might not take my relocation and minimal experience seriously?

3.5 years out of school, 2400 billable hours last year in TRS and just got promoted. what kind of year end compensation should I be expecting? Bonus and new salary

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?

Hi fishes,

Need some guidance, I am looking for a job in Product Management(currently working as a Middleware Integration developer) at IBM with 5 years of work ex.

Due to the length of my notice period (90 days) I decided to resign first and then look for jobs. Did I do the right thing? Also it has been 10 days since i resigned and have got no calls.

How do one get a referral for a position in FAANG within data science? Sweden, Europe.

Okay not going to lie — doing this rotation remote has been/is tough and I’m only a month in. I can’t keep up with the excel skills of you FDD people and pretty sure the director hates me 😭

Just got a pair of Bose quietcomfort noise-cancelling headphones. Maybe the best purchase of my adult life. #gamechanger

How to change job location as i m joined as fresher in Capgemini.
Base location is Mumbai and i need change to pune.
Can anyone tell me??

What are the best data privacy certs to aim for? 4 year exp in cyber risk consulting. Want to move to a privacy related role outside the big 4. Should I go for the CDPSE or CIPP or CIPM?

Anyone here who is a CA?

What diwali gifts/goodies we can expect from cognizant this year?

Any medical science liaisons in the group and willing to share what helped them get their position? Starting job search in this role as a clinical pharmacist with 7 years of experience currently working as clinical pharmacy specialist is oncology. Thanks

Any idea what is consulting stream means at Wipro?

Dynamic strategy consulting background (6 YOE) looking to shift to sales/BD.

I know how to sell and build relationships/report.

Does that sound interesting to anyone? Hoping to get to work soon.

I have a background in ops consulting, would it be possible to break into Corp dev?

Has anyone attended a portfolio school for advertising? Im considering enrolling to one and would like some advice

Hi fishes may you please confirm the below:

In the offer letter the "Provident Fund" And "gratuity" Is mentioned. In the salary calculation in hand, we will not consider these amounts right? As these components are received when someone retires..right? .. Please confirm.

Thanks in advance

I'm watching in the air right now and it is feeling very relatable. . .

Anyone working in morgan stanley and trading in indian stock market using personal account? how does it work? Morgan Stanley JPMorgan Chase Goldman Sachs

I want to know what is the policy.I am yet to join MS

Big four presence in Philadelphia, which firm audits the sports teams.

Is working at a local 1-2 office firm where you do tax, audit, and bookkeeping more interesting than just sticking to audit or tax?

Second year associate and the best thing I’ve learned so far: don’t over promise and be realistic about the amount of time something will take you to finish.

I’m beginning my first year Audit/Assurance - any tips? programs to take advantage of? - I would love to hear any mistakes that you wish you hadn’t made. Thanks everyone!

Has anyone lost motivation and just stopped studying for the CPA? How Did you get back into studying? I became depressed while studying and I just gave up.

I am sure it’s been asked 100 times but humor me please. Best office chair to add to the good I’m doing with a stand up desk? Lol.

Would love to stay in a reasonable range if possible (800 max)

For those working in FDD - what is the best exit you've seen someone make? I've seen a handful make it to actual front office PE but it's rare and mostly only happens in non-major cities at boutiques

Are you looking to transfer into Deal Advisory - Financial Due Diligence? PwC is hiring qualified candidates at all levels. DM me if you’re a qualified candidate (at least two busy seasons in audit or prior FDD experience) from a top 10 accounting firm (plenty of open positions nationwide looking to get filled ASAP) and I’ll try my best to help you. Please do your research into FDD prior to reaching out.

Got two offers for Tax senior in NYC. The salary is similar. Deloitte international tax team and EY finance service team. Which should I take? Which firm has better benefit? I really like EY new office.

Has anyone here switched from a big 4 to a smaller firm? What was your reason for switching and do you have any regrets?

Raise your hand if you’d like to quit your PA gig now and do something different with your career.

I got hired in at Staff/Assistant grade 4. What does this mean?

Anyone else feel like their eyes are dry when they drink 5hour energy?

Good morning from Charlotte! Have a GREAT day everyone.

Utilization rate this time of year?

First year associate here—I got all “developing” on my engagement review from my manager. Is this good? Bad? The options are “needs improvement,” “developing,” and “proficient."

Had an intern ask me today : “do you believe you’re adding value by what you do in audit?”

Damn....

So I ordered a 1 backpack and 1 desktop monitor on PwC’s IT order form. And I somehow got shipped 3 backpacks and 3 desktop monitors. The shipping center said I had to take them, but should cont.

No action in my job search.... Been applying, but no takers. Too seasoned?? Do I need a recruiter??? What's helped others?

Which offer should I accept? Currently staff 2 at big 4 in Tax with CPA license. I want to leave tax ASAP. Both are public companies +1B in revenue and same salary. Offer 1 - staff revenue accountant so reading contracts, speaking with the sales team and legal team, a lot of work at the end of the months to close books and reconcile transactions to make sure we are ASC 606 compliant. This track usually leads to director of revenue. Offer 2 - internal audit staff so SOX and compliance projects.