Lowest you can bill as a rising 3rd year? Forum

[Anonymous User]

Without getting shitcanned. I'd like to hear anecdotal stories. I'm on pace for about 1750 hours now, class of 2017 at NYC v50 corporate. Firm has no minimum billable requirement (but that's because it's the norm I believe to bill 2000+). I scheduled vacations a little awkwardly and the ramp down and ramp up periods really made me have some subpar months.

[NoLongerALurker]

You're fine at 1750. I mean you might get a passing comment in a review, but would be shocked if it's a problem. I know multiple people who fall short of 1800 every year --- it's always brought up as something of an issue, but not shit-can worthy on its own. (Mind you, if hours are low BECAUSE they don't like you, the impending shit-can would obviously correlate to low hours).

[Anonymous User]

You're fine at 1750. I mean you might get a passing comment in a review, but would be shocked if it's a problem. I know multiple people who fall short of 1800 every year --- it's always brought up as something of an issue, but not shit-can worthy on its own. (Mind you, if hours are low BECAUSE they don't like you, the impending shit-can would obviously correlate to low hours).

Thanks, this makes sense. FWIW I billed like 1600 my first year and got full bonus and was just told to step it up. I understand my class year on average billed a low 1800 that year too. I've lost about 1/3 of my staring class already due to attrition so I know there's more than enough work to go around among us now. I guess I should be more proactive about getting and accepting work. I turned down a bunch because of my pending vacations and because I was burned out from a 300 hour month early summer.