When do does pay/class year "upgrade"? Is it end of billable year (ours ends 11/1)? Or is it whenever the new associates start?

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Every firm is gonna be different. Our billable year resets 11/1 but we don’t get raises until 1/1.

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This. All firms are different.

Our billing rates go up in the fall (to coincide directly with class year) but comp goes up in January after reviews are done.

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Agreed with above- at my firm it restarts in January, even though new associates start in September.

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Reset 12/1; pay and class year a month after

1/1 at my firm

You need a pay/class year downgrade for not knowing this and for not at least asking someone you work with

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