I’ve noticed that work is creeping into the later hours now that people no longer “go home.” What are your agencies doing to combat it since leaders are worried about billable hours more than ever?

As a new hire, how long did it take you to get a full plate of work? Meaning at least 7.5 billable hours per day.

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.

Has anyone here worked (or does anyone currently work) for Bernstein Litowitz (aka BLBG). Very interested to learn what inside associates feel about the firm, it’s culture, work-life balance, billable hours, etc

Does your firm require Pro Bono? If so, how many hours and is it counted towards your billable hours?

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.

Looking to leave a govt job for a junior attorney role in a small workers comp defense firm. I have no experience in workers comp. How easy is it to learn the work and make 1850 billable hours? What future opportunities does this experience give?

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

My cat is sleeping on top of me and I have 4hrs worth of billable work to get through tonight. I just want to be a stay at home cat mom. 😿😭😹

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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?

PLEASE HELP! I’m a first year commercial litigation associate at a boutique firm. I am deciding between two offers. One is to go in-house paying roughly the same as I make now. The second offer is from big law as a commercial real estate associate, paying double.

I would love to go in-house and never worry about billable hours again but the big law money is super tempting. Advice?? Is the money really worth it?

Give me the details on Finance Transformation. I know it’s system implementation primarily but for those of you who do it 1) do you like it and 2) what are the hours like

DIVX team. Check it out. Very excited about the project focus, and if they accomplish even half of their roadmap this year, a massive gain should be waiting in the wings. $50M market cap - no one is paying attention because the coin is ~$10.

Hi all. Need 11 likes to unlock DM. Thanks a ton for the help.

Hi fishes,
Just 2 weeks are left for my notice period to end. I haven’t decided yet which company to join . Please help me out of these
1- Philips Bangalore: 16 fixed + 1.40 Variable
Position:SDE II Domain: Healthcare
2- TSYS Noida: 16.50 Fixed . SDE II Doamin: BFSI
3- Reliance Jio(Mumbai): 14 fixed +1.40 Variable . Deputy Manager(SDE) Domain: MyJio App
YOE: 2 yr
Technology: Java SpringBoot
@Philips

Hello Folks, please suggest me what CTC should I expect while switching to a new company. I have 2 years of experience in Cloud Security(GCP and Azure) along with a little experience in DevOps. Any input/suggestions/referrals are appreciated. My CCTC- 7.3 LPA

Hi Guys, I am preparing for a first round interview with BCG in late Jan. Anyone here who can share some good BCG case prep resources, tips and tricks for fit interviews ?? Also if you want to case prep together then dm me. Thank you

I have been given P30 but it was no where in my offer letter, I was under an assumption that I will be going as a Manager but this is not a Manager role, I am having 10+ years of experience

How do you deal with trying to live and establish a life of your own but also making sure to grateful and aware of the sacrifices your family has made to get you to where you are now?

I feel like being a consultant has made my standards for finding a significant other go up astronomically lol now I expect them to be a similar standard as my coworkers which are smart, pretty, social and also same level of religiousness as me. I understand why everyone struggles to find an SO now

Thanks to the person who said something about mixing the protein shake with coffee. You just made my day better. 🙏

I’m terrible at reading signs from women. If you meet a girl in the park, if she gives you her number (without you asking for it) and if she starts sending messages, is it fair to say I could ask her out? Or is she just being friendly?

Is it just me or anyone else noticed Messi seems to have much more fans than CR7 (purely based on my observation in this World Cup game)?

If an oil company wants to buy your house, there is oil underneath

Hi! Looking to find an accounting job with travel, is audit my best bet? I have 2 years of audit experience with PwC and about 3.5 years of corporate accounting. Currently at a senior level!

Hi! Does anyone know top notch agency recruiters in the UK or Europe? Thanks!

Twice now I have been ghosted by hiring managers after my initial HR screen. It’s really got me feeling like shit.

Got the confirmation from lti saying that i have cleared all the rounds as senior BA. Since i received confirmation from them i have opted out of all the other offers. But now the recruitment team is saying that the requirement is on hold, we can't release an offer letter. This is very bad as i am not struck with out any offer and my LWD in my organization is 11 dec
@LTI

Any recommendations for a therapist in Manhattan?

Which Hogwarts House would each of following university powerhouses, separated based on region, be?

NW: Harvard
S: Duke
MW: UChicago
W: Stanford

London/UK fish - my energy bills have rose through the roof since working from home last year. any tips to keep costs low without freezing to death during winter? i looked at my bills today and have no idea how i managed to use so much electricity (granted it includes heating and cooking)

Does anyone have a treadmill desk? What has your experience been like? Does it help your focus? Have you lost weight? Advice?

I recently got a peloton and there is no way people at the front of the leaderboard didn’t rig their bike, right? How do these people cheat... and what’s the point?

Daughter is looking to get back into banking. She has 1-2 years a a Citi teller but took half a year off to travel, etc. What are the best banks in terms of pay, advancement, work/life balance in SoCal? She is also not vaccinated so that can’t be a firm prerequisite. TIA.

Ok I’m so over it. I’m so unsatisfied with my life and not feeling any real purpose for anything. and honestly i don’t have the motivation to try and change or fix it. Gonna go lay in bed foreverrrr

Has anyone seen follow up studies demonstrably proving causation between vaccines and covid rate/ severity reduction? This is not political at all and I don’t care about your stance on vaccines, just genuinely curious because I haven’t been able to find it and would expect that there would be more/ better data at this point with all the natural experiments going on.

If you return a rental car early, do you still pay for the full reservation or do they adjust the amount?

So I just started a new job (I work in higher Ed) but I would like another stream of income. I am interested in adjunct faculty but I find it so hard to get into and I think it’s because of experience teaching. Does anyone have any tips on how to land an adjunct position?

I’m so bored, I now watch Fox News to feel triggered and alive

What is your fave idiom/proverb?

Mines is: Can’t have your cake and eat it too.

Love that one and is my go-to given the opportunity 😈