Total “All-In” Hours Requirement Forum

[Anonymous User]

Do a lot of firms have this? Can’t find much info on it (aside from Baker), but seems like BS. My firm requires 500 “other” hours (business development, CLE, “diversity,” recruiting, etc.) which makes total hours closer to 2500 hours. So, I have to be doing something at least 50 hours a week! I’m not billing a lot either (around 2000) so I need to actually do this other garbage. Am I getting screwed?

[joanneofarc]

Wow that is a TON of non billable requirements. My firm requires 20 hours that don’t count towards anything. All recruiting, business development, etc beyond that gets counted towards total billables/bonus eligibility.

What firm are you at?

[shock259]

You're required to track 500 non-billable hours, in addition to 2000 billable hours, in order to be bonus eligible? That's pretty insane, and not the norm.

I have a 2000 hour billable requirement, but up to 150 of those hours can come from pro bono. And there's nothing beyond the 2000 hours needed to get your full bonus. 1995 hours = no bonus. 2001 hours = full bonus.

[Anonymous User]

1950 billable hours for market bonus. No specific requirement for recruiting, business development, etc. Pro-bono (no limit) and some internal firm work counts towards billable (e.g. preparing/giving internal training sessions - BD/recruiting doesn't count).