Is anyone else’s firm also super overstaffed in the junior ranks lately? Like juniors all billing under 1300 hours despite constantly begging for work?

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Bracewell? You’ll never hit your hours even as a mid level or senior.

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Yes this. Huge number of my SA class left within a year and a half bc there was so little work people were either worried about not getting enough reps or getting the talk for super low hours.

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Large firms massively over hired (for like the second time in five years) and then the reality of the Trump market set in and there simply isn’t enough work. The most junior team members always get the short end of the stick in situations like this as more senior attorneys will hold on to work to make hours themselves.

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Not in Texas but as a junior I am experiencing this

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V&E?

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I’ve heard that at Baker Botts in Austin as well

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Yep, certainly feels that way

Which firm? A lot around the country have shrunk their summer class sizes a bit.

Yep. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

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