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Checking in at the six month mark.
V10 started end of September
Corporate
1415

V50 started end of September
Niche asset finance group
Year started in December and only getting around 80 a month so I'm at 320 for the year (won't make bonus for sure).

RobustThorn wrote:Checking in at the six month mark.
V10 started end of September
Corporate
1415

650 for 2019

RobustThorn wrote:

RobustThorn wrote:Checking in at the six month mark.
V10 started end of September
Corporate
1415

650 for 2019

LOL jesus - so glad i left that V10 biglaw life, that shit is insane.

V10. 350ish for 2019. 650 seems absurd....

450ish for 2019. agreed 650 seems way too high.

836 since September. 336 since January 1.

V50. No work January or February. By the end of this week, I'll have 200.

Wild Card wrote:V50. No work January or February. By the end of this week, I'll have 200.

How much u shooting for by end of march? 240?

V50, corporate 1st year. 560 billable hours so far. Idk why I’m working so hard for a firm that isn’t even that well ranked when my friends at similarly ranked firms aren’t working half as hard.

Started September v100 lit. 800 since starting. 30 this month. Already interviewing to leave.

Second year, labor and employment lit.

541 YTD. 1085 for fiscal year (started oct 1).

V25 corporate associate in non-NY major market. 380 YTD. I thought I was low, it’s encouraging to see others in similar situations.

Not class of 2018, but started as that class year in November.

hours since November - 400
Since January 1 - 280

3rd year - started in September.

890 since September. 490 Since January 1.

V50 corporate first year in NYC. 754 since starting in September, 310 for the year so far.

Definitely won't make hours at this rate. Do first years generally always make hours? I'll be staffed on enough matters but then the very busy days aren't enough to make up for the slow days, and even when busy I feel like so much time is wasted waiting to hear back on assignments from people above me or just sitting around waiting to be assigned something else on the deals I'm staffed on. Hours are only consistent when I'm doing diligence. So annoying.

I hope everyone keeps in mind these threads should be way more about self-loathing and bitterness than about flexing. Higher hours are bad.

Anyway, for 2019: approx 500.

Second year in a big tax group. 560 for this year. 990 since the first anniversary of my start date (second week of October).

Come to tax. Definitely a lifestyle group.

Anonymous User wrote:Second year in a big tax group. 560 for this year. 990 since the first anniversary of my start date (second week of October).

Come to tax. Definitely a lifestyle group.

You’re probably right, and tax is maybe more consistent, but you said it’s a lifestyle practice while posting the 2nd or 3rd highest billable hours for 2019 in the thread. Shrug emoji?

Third year V10 New York. I’m at 905 since January 1, sigh

2nd year v50 at 520 hours from January 1st, likely ending q1 at 575-585

V50 First year.

670 for 2019.

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You’re probably right, and tax is maybe more consistent, but you said it’s a lifestyle practice while posting the 2nd or 3rd highest billable hours for 2019 in the thread. Shrug emoji?[/quote]

Tax anon here. I was being sarcastic on the lifestyle front. To be fair, however, I am I think a bit of an anomaly in my group. I believe our group yearly average per person 1750-1900. It's a marathon, not a sprint and I may have started at too fast a pace.

Anonymous User wrote: Tax anon here. I was being sarcastic on the lifestyle front. To be fair, however, I am I think a bit of an anomaly in my group. I believe our group yearly average per person 1750-1900. It's a marathon, not a sprint and I may have started at too fast a pace.

Another first year tax associate here. I think the whole "tax is a lifestyle group" thing gets overblown on this forum. The partners seem to have a relatively easier lifestyle (with the caveat that it's not hard to have an easier lifestyle than 99% of biglaw partners), but the associates in my group work like dogs (like 200-250/mo on average). I'm thinking it might not be for me, tbh.

Yet another tax associate here, can confirm that tax has it materially worse than the other practice groups at my firm. Definitely not a lifestyle group--I'm not sure where that myth came from, to be perfectly honest.