I’ve never worked at a firm, only public interest and have no idea how to do billable hours.

How many real hours does it take to reach 8-10 billable hours? First year associate here wondering what a 8-10 billable hour day would look like now that I’m seeing my workload ramp up slowly but surely.

What are your average billable hours? Month / year? What type of practice are you in? Are you on the Cravath scale? What associate year?

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?

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.

Received a job offer. Was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on a concern I had about it. It's an entry level position, and I don't have much experience. The billables are 2040 a year. For billable hours in civil litigation and insurance defense, is 2040 hours for a 1st year associate on the high end in this field for a small or midsize firm? It seems like most attorneys I know have minimum requirements of around 1800. The compensation is around 80k a year.

Paralegal in mid size practice. Other than staying current with CLE’s (I am). What’s the best way for me to increase my billable rate?

I just found out my billable rate, can I use this in negotiations for a higher salary? It’s almost 5 times my hourly rate.

What are legitimate options in careers for a tax manager coming from a midsize PA firm and 7 years of experience? I am feeling totally burned out of PA going to have 2,000 billable hours by EOY. Would really appreciate all suggestions!

Are there any BCBAs here?

What's the most rewarding thing in this field for you guys? Definitely not salary, although it's just decent.
For me, it's working with parents and when they are onboard, and we see the massive progress in the kids.

Lastly, what's your ideal salary range for a 20 billable hours BCBA?

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.

Is anyone experiencing a reduction of billable hours due to less assignments?

I am a 10 yr lawyer. 7 yrs in my practice area. Little over a year at current firm. Still an associate. Im at large plaintiff firm w/ billable requirements. I do mass/class cases and hold a couple leadership positions (these were competitive to get). What should salary be and when should I make partner. I’ll add I work remote and pretty autonomously. Little contact with partners or anyone at my firm.

I hate how billable hours are inextricably tied to your sense of worth/achievement in this job

What's up everyone? I saw a salary survey posted earlier. What do y'all think I should make at a litigation boutique that handles primarily business litigation on a contingency fee? No billable hours.

I have a question about mid-size Philadelphia law firms. Does anyone have any insight about what life is like (culture, pay, billable hours, cases, WFH, perks, etc.) as a junior partner/senior associate/of counsel in the litigation department at the following firms: Montgomery McCracken, Schnader Harrison, Stradley Ronon, Dilworth Paxson, Klehr Harrison?

Is it just me or the average billable work in infrastructure transactions has blown off steam in the last couple of weeks?

Hey all - first year associate here… I’ve met my hours requirement for this year (requirement is 1900 and am currently at around 2050 with billable hours - approx. 2160 with non billable admin hours) and I am just tired. Is it okay to just “disappear” during the holidays (thanksgiving week, week of Christmas) and let partners and senior associates know I am not available? At this point I don’t care about making more money - I just want to sleep, read a good trashy book, and cuddle with my dog.

16 weeks and so worried all of the stress I’m under is going to hurt the baby. Between work, my own scary (non-pregnancy) health stuff, the pandemic, my mom (who is a widow and lives alone, basically isolated by choice due to covid) is having health issues, and pressures to keep billable hours up, I’ve been having complete breakdowns. Today I spent almost the entire day crying and now have to make up the billable time this weekend. I really worry abt what effect this will have on the babe.

Salary survey:

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Has anyone gone into compliance for a state university & hospital? As counsel or a compliance officer? Looking for insight how this compares to firm lifestyle & billable hours.

Is anyone else returning to fully in person learning? We have been hybrid/synchronous since September, which has been very hard and not very effective. They want us to have all Kindergarten students come back in March. I want to stop live teaching over google meet all day while also teaching my students in person at the same time, but there is not enough space in my classroom for safe distancing, not enough space for movement, and sitting at a desk all day is not appropriate for K kids!

I'm going to Singapore for audit soon and heard that some firms do not allow you to obtain leave from working overtime, and some cap it at 1-2 days per year. Is that true? Never heard of such policies where I'm from, seems to defeat the whole selling point of audit imo

What websites do people use to find apartments in the bay area? Recently relocated and need to find a permanent spot once this is all over

Moving to EasyBay, CA looking for an annual lease. Any🐠 to recommend good Apartment complex in Hayward/Fremont area from their personal experience.

Already on Zillow, compass and Yelp, some or all reviews suck!

Looking for new friends to hang out with in Oakland.

My old friends are getting boring 🤷🏽‍♀️🫢

California homeowners 3b/2b- how much on an average do you spend monthly on house repairs/maintenance?

Hey I am looking for a job in logistics

For large complex projects that require specific screens for every user story in Jira, how do you juggle responsive design?

My initial approach was to get approval for the desktop screens, before creating screens for tablet and mobile, to prevent rework.

However, the time is now coming to design 80+ screens for tablet and mobile, and the stress is starting to increase.

What’s the best way to design for desktop, tablet, and mobile in a two week agile sprints with usability testing?

Does anyone have a favorite data science newsletter? Why did you sign up?

To those who have already applied to b schools, did you all ask the same 2 recommenders to write you a rec for all 5-6 schools? Each rec seems like quite a bit of work and I’m trying to understand if it’s wise to overburden the same 2 people to write all of them... or am I assuming it’s more than actual? Are they pretty repetitive and a case of plug and chug once you write one?

I’m looking to carve out my career in HR. I have 2 years in a dedicated HR Coordinator role (essentially with Generalist duties) and 5+ years in senior level hospitality management. I’m interested in getting my PHR or getting a certificate in data analytics with business/HR focus. Thoughts on next steps?

If I run scrum/standup meetings for my team, go through our dev board (Jira), keep track of people's work in OPS and Dev. Does that mean I am in between a scrum master/PM? My position is pretty vague (Associate Engineer). I am kind of stuck in between technical and non-technical and really don't know where to start if I am wanting to pursue a career in either, BA/PM or scrum master. Any tips?

What job title would you use for someone who is responsible for assessing current skills gaps in the enterprise, leveraging talent marketplace and AI to identify the current skills of the workforce, and support strategic initiatives surrounding talent planning/forecasting? Something that wouldn’t include Talent Management or Workforce Planning in the title.

Hello! For employment check that require to put your current supervisor, do they contact them directly or do they just check in your background check where you’re employed? I’m trying to avoid having my supervisor find out until the background check clears.

We are looking for a Director level person in HR. Company is in the professional services industry. What do you think is the best title, HR Director or Talent Director? People Operations Director?

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YOE: 12
Offer: Almost same from both
Designation: Data Engineering Lead

Has anyone been able to extend their cycle or reschedule monitoring appointments? I have a sudden death in the family that I cannot afford missing the funeral for, but it will occur halfway through my stims

When you need an Advertising Proofreader, where do you look?

As far as claims adjusting, does working in the excess world make more money than working in primary?

Any frugal habits? Need to save more money.

Kinda bored, anyone wanna chat?🙃

I hate when people use the phrase “I would die for (xyz)” when xyz is something no one would actually die for - like a random cute dog on the internet or whatever. I mean, would you really die for that? It’s cute and all, but, no, I would not die for it.

Men, can you tell me when you grew up and if it was gradual or caused by some event? My husband is a man child and I’m about ready to throw him to the wolves.

Taylor Swift is older than my MD. 🤯

I spend so much time on this app that I should quit my current job. Fishbowl, you hiring?

If you’ve been laid off before, did you get a warning? What was the process like? And how long was the search before finding a new job? Getting nervous with all the uncertainty.

It was late, we were watching TV at my GF's place. I was planning to stay there for the night because I was tired. But she asked me to go back to my place (it's not far, 10 min drive) because she wanted to get good sleep and I'd probably snore.

BOOM I was put on the spotlight to fix this huge problem between two attorneys and I fixed it, I am about to ask for my raise.

Looking for a girl who wants to be a good mom. Now accepting applications.

Our head of HR tells us there aren’t any pay raises…unless there’s a competing offer. Honey, if I have a competing offer then you have my resignation inbound. If I were worth it after another company shows interest, I should be worth it without.

I love the company I currently work, amazing environment and culture, I feel good in there. BUT, I’m underpaid and they know it! Their excuse is that I reached the top of my pay grade and they don’t have any open position to promote me (even though my job, workload and responsibilities are way above all my pairs)… But every time I see a job on LinkedIn (sometimes paying 2x more) the promise about my promotion come to haunt me. So, at the end, is it about the money or about feeling good? 🤷‍♀️

I've never seen a Woody Allen movie

Why do recruiters ghost you?

Why’s it so hard to find a cute boy to kiss and make out with 🙇🏻‍♀️

This guy I went out with has such amazing porcelain glowing skin. I was staring at his skin the whole time 🥵

I love my partner. But I’m also terrified about it not working out.