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Just received an offer to come in as an exp. manager in the SDV group at Deloitte Can anyone comment on -
- likely travel requirements in a post-COVID world (I live in Chicago)
- typical bonus expectations (low, mid, high)
- prospects to get promoted to an SM within 12-18 months
- pay expectations as an SM
- utilization expectations
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Does the title “senior associate” mean anything?
Well, I’d say the “extremely burnt out and anxious” part could be one of two things: if you’re like me, you’re probably your own worst critic. You may be beating yourself up unnecessarily because you know you didn’t meet your goal. I totally get that if that’s the case - perhaps you need to work on being kinder to yourself.
On the other hand, it may signal that you’re in a firm with rigid partners who don’t view expectations as a two-way discussion to include consideration for things that benefit the firm long term (like a second license, if they want you to have it). That’s unfortunate if it’s the case, and might be the type of place you wouldn’t want to stay in long term.
With Regard to approaching your review specifically, I think the best thing that you can do is go into it having reasonable expectations. You know that you did not meet your billable hour goal, so it’s unlikely that you’re going to get a massive raise and/or bonus. If you’re good taking this year as a mulligan, given that your Efforts at a second bar license and at business development negatively impacted your ability to generate revenue, just be honest during your review that you recognize that those are issues. hopefully they’ll still see the value in what you did this year. If not, it’s probably time to move on for a lot of reasons. Either way, your review will just give you the information you need to choose which way to go.
Well, let’s start here - how far are you off of your 2,100 hour goal?
Did the firm know when the goal was set that you’d be taking a second bar exam?
Thanks for the reply. After December, I will be about 300 hours away from my goal.
The firm has been in the loop about the bar exam- I was hired with the expectation that I would sit for it.