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2000 for a bonus, but you could use 100 pro bono towards it. No marketing credit. Bonuses max out at 2400, and they discourage people from working that much.

HB?

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Small firm, but 1200 and percentage of collections above overhead

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1800

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1400 + 200 admin / client devt time

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A lot.

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1950, with excess hours counting toward bonuses. I try to bill 45 hours a week

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1900

1950 on paper, 2000 in reality.

Written, there is no standard requirement but you get guaranteed a bonus at 2000. Bonus is discretionary otherwise. If you want to make partner, you should hit 2000 or more the three years or so before you get put up. That last part is unwritten.

2000

1950

I have a collections goal of $290,000. I bill at $200. Works out to about 1500 after cuts.

Zero. We work on contingency.

1900 (100 pro bono counts towards). No marketing credit.

1900

2100 but 2200+ in reality

Good call!

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None but if there were one you’d hit it....

2050. Feel like I need to move after reading some of the responses above.

No billable requirement but if you hit 600 per quarter you get a bonus for the quarter. So target is 2,400?

2000

1950. Then 2300 for full bonus.

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