What is a reasonable ramp up period for a 4th or 5th year associate? I started at a new firm in June and haven’t had a 40 hour billable week yet.. at what point will it become a problem?

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I started early may and am just now doing full time weeks. Usually it takes 3-4 months

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This is comforting. I am still getting used to the systems and learning the files. I’ll give myself some grace

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Soon. Firms care in months not weeks. If you don't have enough work, you'd better start asking for it.

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Thanks for this I’ll have to start pushing a bit more

I say 6 months. Most companies know that employees are not really worth much until 6 months but you should be able to show you're getting better each month

I have had jobs that took me 1 month and others that took me 7 months

I only had one job that felt that 6 months was an issue but also felt like they don't like me anyway and were looking for reasons to say I was inadequate

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That’s interesting. Hopefully you’re in a better environment now!

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When you’re ramping up and “reviewing files”, see if you can put together substantive reporting to capture that time while learning the file.

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