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Who’s still on the old DPW scale? 🥲
I’d rather quit than revise this agreement.
2nd year. What’s the typical bonus schedule?
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It literally comes down to 1 question: partner or GTFO? If latter, do not bill one second over the minimum it’s just free labor.
This is the most logical well discussed thread I think I have ever seen on social media. Bravo
Depending on the bonus structure lol.
Blackbox/not Market = NO. lol
Mentor
Depends. For some firms the minimum is the floor but the expectation is you bill much more. In others, only billing the minimum won’t get you fired but it also won’t get you elected to partner, if that’s your goal.
Enthusiast
I’ll play the devil’s advocate here: if your team is busy and they need your help, then you should 100% step up and bill the extra. You’re not getting paid for 1900 hours of work. You’re getting paid for making yourself available and getting shit done for your clients.
I feel differently about this if you’re paid under market AND don’t want to make partner.
I’ll devil’s advocate the devil’s advocate: as a biglaw associate you’re getting paid because even at 1900 billables you’re making the partners/firm a lot of $$$. Obviously it would make life difficult for your team (who you hopefully like), but it’s not like associates should feel obligated to bill more than the firm’s minimum threshold merely to “earn their paycheck.”
Coach
No
I like this answer best
It depends on your collections and realization rates. If you're billing 1900, but only collecting on 1200 of it, you should probably bill more.
96% realization
Mentor
are you a partner?
Mentor
then I think you know the answer to your question…
I don’t get the question. If you’re at 1900 before year end and there’s work to do, what choice do you have? You can’t just say sorry met my hours not working for the rest of the year…
A2 and A3 totally understand. I think it’s more when asked to be staffed on new cases when I’m already billing 40 hours per week or more and on track or above to hit hours.