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StarfishSaver

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11. And that's just BILLABLE hours

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #7)

Wed Nov 11, 2020, 11:06 PM

Nov 2020

It doesn't count the hours associates are expected to spend doing other firm business such as client development, administrative matters, firm meetings, pro bono work and, yes, billing (which takes time). Those things add at least a couple of hours to every day.

Big firm life is brutal.

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