just wondering if anyone spends weekend time to read Atlas or work without charging billable hours

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 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?

What is a material billable hours difference from your peers at the same group? If I bill 150 less a year than another associate should I be worried?

When your boss gives you 48 hours (clock hours not billable hours) to produce a viable objection to a MTD/compel arbitration in a complex commercial lit case, which is not my practice area, what kind of result is he expecting? From scratch, no template.

Anyone else here have terrible utilization because their deals die and a code never opens? /can’t find another code to book hours? I’m sitting on over 200 billable hours at this point

Taking an informal survey how many firms (I) have the junior and midlevel summer associates plan the bulk of the summer events (lunches but also evening events) and (ii) count time spent on the summer program as qualified billable work (in that partners see how much you bill to it on your time sheet)?

If you are a first year in a stub year, and significantly under billable hours requirement, do firms typically still give pro rated bonus? Do first year stub associates really ever hit their pro rated hours in those 2-3 months?

I’ve been a freelance print production designer for many years, and usually on-site in the before times. Now I work remote, and am finding it uneasy dealing with billing. Before I always billed hourly, which made sense, but it’s becoming an issue now. Some companies don’t have a full days’ work, so it seems wrong to bill full days, and it allows me to juggle projects for different companies, but my billable hours are down. I know I should bill a daily rate, but not sure that will fly. Thoughts?

What’s your current billable rate and salary?

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.

Went from a big firm to work for a smaller firm. The people in the smaller firm are protective of their work and are good by their work too. I no longer feel chaos or stress. I am treated with respect and my schedule is more normal. I am even working more billable hours than before, but it feels like a seamless experience. I don’t work then past 5pm or anything out of the ordinary for this time of the year. I am so grateful!

If you take vacation, is the onus on you to make up that billable time? If so, how do you enjoy long vacations?

I wonder if we’ll still have minimum billable hours if WWIII breaks out

Recent lateral junior associate in brand new practice where I'm the only associate. I'm probably going to bill 1,500 hours max this year due to being very slow and taking time off for a delayed honeymoon which I disclosed during my interview process. I have been told my work product is good, I don't turn anything down, I participate in non-billable work, I'm responsive and I always let people know I'm available to help. Do I need to be worried about getting fired for low hours?

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?

How does your firm measure utilization? I work for a small boutique that defines it as utilization = number of billable hours/2,080 and full bonus payout occurs at 80% plus.

I just spoke with a software architect that went back to school to learn software engineering after law school because it was more lucrative and had less hours. He’s worked his way up and has the skills and authority to work 6:30am-10am and gets to work remotely. We discussed that results/outputs is better than billable time like in law and public accounting. Yet, his parents and others would view him as “lazy” but he does his job and makes a fantastic living. Time>Money and Results>Hours

So I was a 5th year associate in nyc making 100 k a year 2k billable hours.. I decided to leave for the role Im in now.. my old countered to keep me at 115k (which was like pulling teeth for them) but I left anyways now I find out that they offered a 7th year 150 k and a partner title should I be offended that they didn’t even try more with me

With the various RTO rumors/fear out there and in the absence of spring/summer/fall(?) bonuses. Would you consider coming into the office more if your firm offered bonuses linked to days in the office (coupled with billable targets, of course)?

How realistic is it to land an AD position as a fresh grad (with a doctorates) and a handful of pharma & FDA interships? Context: I'll have over a year of (consistent) work experience at a large pharma company and I have prior leadership/mgt experience (< 10 yrs) in a gov't role prior to changing careers and pursuing a doctorates.

Also, whats the pay difference between Sr Manager and AD at a large pharma company? TIA!

I’ve been verbally offered a position at a new company, but the recruiter insists on getting a verbal acceptance before sending the offer in writing. This person insists on negotiating salary before sending the paperwork. Generic benefits, RSUs, bonus info have been provided; it’s all unofficial.

This is absurd. Am I missing some “new way” of doing things? Your take?

I’ve been in my current position (Bookkeeper) for 4 years now. I’m highly interested in taking the PHR, and I’m wondering if I would qualify for the 4 year HR professional job requirement to be eligible to test for the certificate. I work for a small business, therefore I do all the on boarding paperwork/payroll. Any advice is appreciated.

Anyone on here handle Excess Claims. I’m interested to see what the salary is , I handle any claim over a million dollars and monitor those that are less than a million and I know I am being underpaid

What clients does Nagarro have? Indian? US? European? Spreaded accross the world?

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If I JUST got my Uber Visa card, before they announced all of the changes in their rewards/cashback system, is it worth it to close the credit card?

Which machine learning conferences are FAANG companies recruiting at ?

Anyone know when rewards/workday are likely to get updated with PA results?

Hi guys,

I recently moved to Canada from the US and I'm looking for a job. I have 6 years of experience in Cyber Security working at EY US and Accenture India.

Please let me know if you can help me in anyway.

Anyone know anything about trying to work in house in certain industries? I’d like to move into media (publishing, entertainment, etc.) because I don’t want to stay in law forever but am having a hard time connecting to the right people

Current 3rd year NYC biglaw attorney considering a move in 2-3 years to Cleveland (originally from there). Anyone here work in the PE/debt finance space and have recommendations, firm or in-house?

what is an average non equity partner salary in Cleveland?

Has anyone ever felt like some of the feedbacks you received is because you are Asian? Like i keep being told that I sound unsure, unconfident and not poised enough.. I've been told once that I didn't have enough presence on a call but.. I did the presentation so I talked 90% of the call..

What's next after healthcare for you all?

Accenture or Deloitte for change management/org transformation work? Anyone have input on which has a better WLB?

IBM or Globant for the Business Analyst role?

Hello,

How is medline company for SAP projects. I have not heard about it, so any input from you all would be very helpful.

Thank You

How is current Hybrid model in BNY Mellon & how will be hybrid model in next year ?

If I wanna leave the firm in December.. when do I have to tell to my audit teams? I have to be utilized well enough to get my 30 month experience till december.

Anyone out there working at GT or RSM? NY or Long Island office? How is the culture there? Rumor has it GT is just like big 4 and RSM has too much of small office vibe.

For anyone that resigned without an offer lined up and took time off, what did you tell your team as a reason for leaving? I’m just not happy with my company but don’t want to jump into something new yet.

Best late night audit room jams to keep the team going?

Don't be fooled. Recruiters never have your best interest in mind. Find your own dream job.

Is it possible to have a Friday attitude on Monday? I need the secret.

What are some good personal finance books?

Anyone use Warby Parker’s blue light lenses? Thinking of getting these to reduce my eye fatigue from staring at computer screens all day.

Hey KPMG how is life in the FRM advisory? Got a job offer from them

Does everything always work when verify inventory ?

what would be salary range for s1 in core tax transferring to m&a tax in hcol? thank you

Best exit opp out of the following three with pay being equal: Senior Financial Reporting Analyst, Internal Audit Senior, or Senior Accountant?

My wife recently put in her two weeks and half the people she worked with are just ignoring her messages. They asked to work longer but bc of her new company she cant. Shes moving for about 60% more pay from external audit to senior accounting. Shes extremely sad and im confused why these firms are so uptight about this. She is giving them an additional 4 days which she wanted to use on vacation. Did she do something wrong?

Best paid CPE subscriptions? I know there are free courses on various sites, but my new company is willing to pay for a yearly subscription. Wondering if any paid ones have good courses. Only heard of becker and illumeo so far.

Looking for financial modeling/analysis and data analytics type stuff since I work in finance operations (within FP&A) now.

Any boomerangs get a nice pay increase above “standard” for level? Or is it still the same.

Never saw any communication about honoring our service members for Memorial Day. Maybe I missed it??

Where to order Ethics CPA study course so I can get reimbursed by PwC? I took Roger instead of Becker and I am not reimbursed so im asking.

Can you get fired for having low utilization as a senior? My billable hours this busy season have been much lower than my peers.