I’ll be short of RSM’s billable hours goal of 1600 by around 300 hours by the end of fiscal year end. How fucked am I?

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

How is productivity measured for in-house attorneys? Is there any analog of billable hours for in-house lawyers?

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?

Hi can someone give me an estimate of what a pediatric occupational therapist should be making in a city with a high cost of living. No benefits. Between 30 to 40 billable hours, documentation time unpaid etc. Independent contractor role. Practicing for over 5 years.

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

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’m a first-time prospective lateral likely to get an offer shortly. I just received a lateral questionnaire that requests billable hours, rates, fees collected, etc. for the last three years. Forgive my ignorance but is this normal/standard? Do people actually answer these honestly? One of the reasons I’m leaving my firm is there isn’t enough work in my group so of course my hours are low.

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?

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.

Curious to know what other firm's bonus structures are, particularly those with billable requirements of 1900 and below. Trying to understand what the norm is and figure out if associates at my firm are getting screwed. thanks

What’s the deal with RFPs? I’ve spent countless [non-billable] hours on several of them only to find out that I’m not included in the actual proposal (the document sent to the client showcasing the proposed case team). Is this normal?

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

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?

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. 🤬

If you do billable work on a given PTO/vacation day, do you still count that day as vacation? Or do you get that vacation day "back"? Or do you only get the part that you billed "back"? (Or some other option.)

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.

Does anyone run a business in addition to their firm? I’m a solo and I’m doing pretty well with about 60-70 billable hours a month. Though that leaves a lot of downtime. Curious if anyone has any second businesses that require about 20 hours a week. Not looking for passive income or franchise ideas though.

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.

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?

Anyone from Amazon India Finance division? Looking for an employee referral.

The answer to why Podrick got that free pass all those seasons ago FINALLY

What's the fuss about Diwali party. New to ZS and want to know more about what to expect in the party. Can someone share more details?

Anyone change practice areas after 10+ years of practicing? Thoughts? Suggestions? Advice?

Hi! Anyone have any recommendations for the best sites or platforms to resell clothes? Some are gently used and some are brand new.

Folks does protiviti reimburse cell phone bill?

How much time does HPE(Aruba) takes time to release offer latter?

Hi, I am currently trying to switch from partnership tax into a corporate finance/FP&A role - has anyone been able make this pivot? Any tips? I have some modeling experience but still feel super under qualified. I have 4 years of experience and up for manager promotion this October, but want to leave before then. Any help would be appreciated 😭

Anyone have any leads on a Trademark Counsel position? I'm just starting my 7th year of practice and want out of private practice. I'm in Colorado and would prefer to stay here but am open to full remote opportunities as well. Feel free to message me if you know of anything. Thank you!

I m getting offer from birlasoft is it safe

Recently divorced after 10+ yrs (40M, Denver)... Starting to figure out dating again. What age difference is it too cringe to try to date?... 10 yrs younger ok? If you're low 30'sF us a 40M in play?

Any F in nyc wanna hang out this weekend? 30 M here.

Any technical writers here? Would you mind sharing your salary range? I'm getting an offer and would like to see what's a good salary range.

My SM thought my staff should get 3 instead of 4. I rewrote the review, argued with SM and got 4 approved. Staff may not know what I did, but I feel proud of myself, just wanna be fair.

I'm applying to EY Advisory Financial Services New York. Can anyone please refer an HR Recruiter or appropriate contact for this position? Thanks in advance!!!

how do you guys maintain energy during busy season? I feel like I am always tired and still have lots to do.

God damn it Janet. Stop bringing in donuts every day.

What are career paths after switching to an internal audit position in industry? Are you then stuck with internal audit?

An email from my staff at 4:41 pm the Wednesday before Thanksgiving...NOPE!!

Ever run into an issue with CPE? I'm due to renew this yr, for the first FY year I'm not sure I meet the 20 hours min (I switched jobs during this period)... I might need to go inactive then convert?

Promotion to M1, 4 rating in NYC Advisory any thoughts on raise %?

Do Marriott Gold Elite no longer have lounge access?

For overseas ACCA accountants who have relocated to the US and have become US CPA's, how do you compare the difficulty level of the ACCA exam versus the CPA exam ?

Has anyone done a rotation in another office at ey? Like doing a busy season in Irvine California from a northeast office?

I have master in tax, CPA and four years of tax experience in mid tier and I want to apply to IRS. Does anyone know which level I should apply for? GS 11? GS12?

Females - do you typically put your hair in a ponytail or leave it down for an interview?

What does everyone think about the b4 rating system? How can one be confident it's reasonable in terms of fairness? What incentive do managers have to rate fairly?

some efficient study methods please? thank you

I recently sign a lease. The apartment will put my security deposit into an interest-bearing account and requires me to fill out a form W9. I will join EY this June and just wondering if this is ok in terms of the independence rule. I guess the apartment will put my deposit in some sort of funds. Anyone with EY has experience? Reading the independence brochure, looks like it does not specify something related to this scenario but just wanted to confirm . TIA!

Leaving the firm I have a credit balance of 230 on my company Amex. Is it wrong to use that credit balance on whatever I want ? Last day is this Friday 👍🏾

When is the Deloitte Tax comp call?