I'm starting month 5 at my firm & it's been VERY slow. I'm barely hitting 100 hours a month. While I enjoy taking it slow because I'm burnt out, I'm very concerned that I won't even meet my prorated annual billables. I ask for work & have been told I'm gonna get super busy but it hasn't happened. They say we have work & are hiring 1-2 new attorneys yet I don't get work. I'm not sure what to do or make of this. I have voiced my concerns to my partner (who's leaving) & was told I'd get work

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The partner leaving is biggest red flag. Reach out to as many partners or if you’re junior senior associates offering to help. That’s all you can do for now in addition making sure you put money aside for rainy day fund.

All this economic chaos is a bit out of our control unless you can magically make Putin leave Ukraine alone or Biden appease Putin. As long as this doesn’t escalate into ww3 of Asia and the west having a Herodotus style showdown of east vs west, you really can’t complain too much in times like these. Better to be broke than cannon fodder.

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We've had a couple people leave for different reasons. I've reached out to other partners for work but just not getting a steady flow of work. Def need to set aside more money for emergency fund. Firm appears to be stable and we just hired a new attorney but you never know

What's your practice and billable goal and are your peers (in your practice grp) billing over 160/180?

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I should be hitting 165-175 a month. It's a small firm so don't have a lot of people to compare to

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