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Mentor
I hand out .1s and .25s like candy when I’m supposed to be on vacation. My time isn’t free, especially when I’m at the beach.
You should bill for this regardless of being on vacation
“Attend to correspondence regarding…”
Coach
Also: if you would usually record 8 hours vacation deduct the time.
Enthusiast
Totally agree with AS1. When my firm switched to “unlimited” vacation, a bunch of us had accrued the maximum amount because of this and got sick paychecks.
Yeah if you work on vacation bill it and don’t bill it as vacation.
If you’re required to do it than obvs you should bill. “Monitor correspondence regarding…”
Mentor
Yes. Any time you have to work is billable, even if it just means checking emails for an hour while you sit on the beach.
Coach
Of course!
Next time, I’d see if it’s possible to brief another associate prior to your vacation and ask the team to text you if your input is needed. I know it’s tougher for shorter vacations so I’ve tried to schedule longer vacations for this purpose. Also my firm says we shouldn’t bill time to checking email to keep up with deals while on vacation, but if it’s more than 15 minutes a day, I say definitely bill it!! My issue comes when I take a vacation and folks bother me on the weekends. I’ve raised this complaint so a partner told me I could bill my weekend time on the Friday or Monday so my vacation time is credited back.
Totally!
Of course