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Re: if you're billing more than, like, 2300 in a year you're almost certainly doing shitty work
I once had to revisit/update a document that was originally written about 5 years prior. I commented on how shitty the quality was. Turns out my managing partner had written it. He said something about billing 2800 hours that year, but it was still awkward.
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LawrenceGazebo
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Re: if you're billing more than, like, 2300 in a year you're almost certainly doing shitty work
Is it really that shitty if it gets the job done?
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PrinterInk
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Re: if you're billing more than, like, 2300 in a year you're almost certainly doing shitty work
Maybe if what you’re working on isn’t that high of stakes. Note that a big M&A or cap markets deal where no one’s getting sued or indemnified in any conceivable world is lower stakes than something 1/50th the headline number that is highly contentious or hairy.
Also note that there’s a reason why they don’t work tax lawyers around the clock. If they fuck up, real money gets lost.
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Re: if you're billing more than, like, 2300 in a year you're almost certainly doing shitty work
"They" would work tax lawyers around the clock if they could. It's more of a pipeline issue.PrinterInk wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 3:11 am
Also note that there’s a reason why they don’t work tax lawyers around the clock. If they fuck up, real money gets lost.
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Re: if you're billing more than, like, 2300 in a year you're almost certainly doing shitty work
Unless you're in KE Restructuring - their group average was 2400 post-COVID, up from 1900 pre-COVID.
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Re: if you're billing more than, like, 2300 in a year you're almost certainly doing shitty work
I'm not sure that's how this works. I can see KE output maybe remaining OK if they have more associates review each piece of work product than another firmAnonymous User wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 9:37 pmUnless you're in KE Restructuring - their group average was 2400 post-COVID, up from 1900 pre-COVID.
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Re: if you're billing more than, like, 2300 in a year you're almost certainly doing shitty work
That's what I meant - their work product is still good, they've just got higher volume, more layers of review. Junior-level work on debtor side restructuring can be brute force with juniors doing research and mid levels reviewing and refining for quality, etc. They're all billing 2400+ but it's not shitty work.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 9:46 pmI'm not sure that's how this works. I can see KE output maybe remaining OK if they have more associates review each piece of work product than another firmAnonymous User wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 9:37 pmUnless you're in KE Restructuring - their group average was 2400 post-COVID, up from 1900 pre-COVID.
