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It's Not the Hours, it's the Unpredictability
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Date: January 20th, 2014 8:49 PM Author: Arousing Massive Travel Guidebook Community Account I could bill 50 hours a week and do another 10 hours of bs no problem if I had control over when it got done. Having pointless fire drills on holidays is going to get me fired for screaming at the client. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#24869366) |
Date: January 20th, 2014 8:51 PM Author: green floppy pistol nibblets (Bro who hasn't billed 300+ four months in a row) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#24869372) |
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Date: January 20th, 2014 9:02 PM Author: flushed stock car If you just work all the time, without vacations, it is entirely predictable. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#24869411) |
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Date: January 20th, 2014 9:06 PM Author: green floppy pistol nibblets Correct, it's the hours. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#24869425) |
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Date: January 20th, 2014 9:08 PM Author: Glittery canary whorehouse Cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#24869437) |
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Date: November 19th, 2014 9:26 PM Author: red business firm (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#26754263) |
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Date: November 20th, 2014 11:42 AM Author: jade institution (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#26757311) |
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Date: January 20th, 2014 9:05 PM Author: Arousing Massive Travel Guidebook Community Account I refuse to do 300 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#24869419) |
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Date: January 20th, 2014 9:06 PM Author: green floppy pistol nibblets I cracked 300 my first month in Biglaw. Not surprisingly, I did not last. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#24869428) |
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Date: January 20th, 2014 9:08 PM Author: Arousing Massive Travel Guidebook Community Account Nobody in my office does 300. 250 really stands out. 280 is the highest I've seen (not me). It's the unpredictability. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#24869439) |
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Date: January 20th, 2014 9:09 PM Author: green floppy pistol nibblets (Corp bro) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#24869440) |
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Date: January 20th, 2014 9:13 PM Author: Arousing Massive Travel Guidebook Community Account Yeah, even when I have several deals on fire (like right now) there's random lulls some days. I guess I could just bill that time when I'm surfing the net waiting, but i have no incentive to do so and people do get called out for overbilling (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#24869459) |
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Date: January 20th, 2014 9:15 PM Author: green floppy pistol nibblets I'm in BIGPLAINTIFF now. It's nice that nobody nit picks my hours, anymore. I just bill (track, really) all my time and let it do what it do. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#24869474) |
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Date: January 20th, 2014 9:12 PM Author: cowardly codepig home some weeks i'd go 35 hrs billables (always 45 hrs office time bare minimum) for 2-3 weeks in a row, then have 2 weeks of 157 billed hours. i think it's more effective for your psyche than constant grinding though the stress and fucked up guilt you somehow get is absurdly stressful. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#24869452) |
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Date: January 20th, 2014 9:14 PM Author: Arousing Massive Travel Guidebook Community Account What guilt? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#24869466) |
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Date: January 20th, 2014 9:16 PM Author: cowardly codepig home lying to clients about shit being almost done or under control when nothing's been started because you're in court or de-stressing and you have trouble sleeping wondering what if you get sick or in a car wreck and can't finish and they find out you're lying...your emails to managing partners and ceos about progress of msj or trial exhibits, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#24869486) |
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Date: January 20th, 2014 9:18 PM Author: Arousing Massive Travel Guidebook Community Account I don't have the luxury of lying to clients in transactional, there's a constant barrage of conf calls and documents flying around. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#24869496) |
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Date: January 20th, 2014 9:22 PM Author: cowardly codepig home yeah the only advantage is i love going to msj or mtd hearings, or discovery and motion to compel shit in front of judges or magistrates and tearing shit up. i don't mind reading case law on lexis but i hate putting it together on paper, especially looking for a good historical explanation of the msj standard in those types of cases or an outline of the splits in the elements for similar causes of action.
depos suck, mediation is fun, trial prep sucks but trial is king... |
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Date: January 20th, 2014 9:15 PM Author: idiotic hissy fit I actually think it's more the hours plus the brutal grinding stressful painfully detailed work. I don't really mind the unpredictability (though I admittedly work in one of the most predictable areas). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#24869475) |
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Date: November 20th, 2014 11:42 AM Author: Adulterous Vivacious Market Internal Respiration Don't forget the hours, the work, and the people. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2473852&forum_id=2#26757315) |