Which firms allow seamless dinners to home? Forum

[Anonymous User]

Which firms allow associates to expense dinner while working from home?

Latham announced that associates who are working late cannot expense dinners if they sending the dinners to their homes (i.e., associates must be in the office to get free dinner). Annoying.

I know Davis Polk, McDermott, and Dechert allow associates to expense dinners that are ordered to home.

[Anonymous User]

Goodwin does.

[Anonymous User]

Gibson does not.

[Anonymous User]

Covington DC did as of last summer.

[Anonymous User]

DPW does not.

[Anonymous User]

Which firms allow associates to expense dinner while working from home?

Latham announced that associates who are working late cannot expense dinners if they sending the dinners to their homes (i.e., associates must be in the office to get free dinner). Annoying.

I know Davis Polk, McDermott, and Dechert allow associates to expense dinners that are ordered to home.

It is annoying. Recommend lateraling over it.

[Anonymous User]

Which firms allow associates to expense dinner while working from home?

Latham announced that associates who are working late cannot expense dinners if they sending the dinners to their homes (i.e., associates must be in the office to get free dinner). Annoying.

I know Davis Polk, McDermott, and Dechert allow associates to expense dinners that are ordered to home.

It is annoying. Recommend lateraling over it.

How big a deal is this? Can't you just order dinner toward when you leave and take it home... I know not as ideal but some consolation.

[Anonymous User]

Which firms allow associates to expense dinner while working from home?

Latham announced that associates who are working late cannot expense dinners if they sending the dinners to their homes (i.e., associates must be in the office to get free dinner). Annoying.

I know Davis Polk, McDermott, and Dechert allow associates to expense dinners that are ordered to home.

It is annoying. Recommend lateraling over it.

How big a deal is this? Can't you just order dinner toward when you leave and take it home... I know not as ideal but some consolation.

They’re asking about allowing you to WFH and expense Seamless. Great perk if you can get it, but that has to be exceedingly rare.

[Anonymous User]

Cleary does not. Before 3-day/week RTO they had a pretty good deal where they added $50 (before tax) to your paycheck for each day where 10+ hours were billed.

[Anonymous User]

PW does - kicks in after 10+ hours billed in day. Believe it’s $50

[Anonymous User]

Ropes pays $45 after 9 hours

[Anonymous User]

I know Davis Polk, McDermott, and Dechert allow associates to expense dinners that are ordered to home.

DPW does not.

Uh which one is it? (specifically for NY)

Also, is DPW allowance still capped at $25?

[Anonymous User]

Is this true at all Latham offices? or just nyc

[Anonymous User]

Cleary does not. Before 3-day/week RTO they had a pretty good deal where they added $50 (before tax) to your paycheck for each day where 10+ hours were billed.

Why doesn’t Kirkland do this??

[Anonymous User]

Cleary does not. Before 3-day/week RTO they had a pretty good deal where they added $50 (before tax) to your paycheck for each day where 10+ hours were billed.

This is not a good deal compared to a tax free meal reimbursement.

[Anonymous User]

Which firms allow associates to expense dinner while working from home?

Latham announced that associates who are working late cannot expense dinners if they sending the dinners to their homes (i.e., associates must be in the office to get free dinner). Annoying.

I know Davis Polk, McDermott, and Dechert allow associates to expense dinners that are ordered to home.

It is annoying. Recommend lateraling over it.

If all else is equal in a WFH environment, why not pick the firm that offers the extra ~$10,000 per year in meal reimbursement?

Is this true at all Latham offices? or just nyc

All Latham offices.

[Anonymous User]

Cleary does not. Before 3-day/week RTO they had a pretty good deal where they added $50 (before tax) to your paycheck for each day where 10+ hours were billed.

This is not a good deal compared to a tax free meal reimbursement.

Woah! This absolutely is a good deal! No need to spend on pricy takeout. Use that to buy groceries

[Anonymous User]

I know Davis Polk, McDermott, and Dechert allow associates to expense dinners that are ordered to home.

DPW does not.

Uh which one is it? (specifically for NY)

Also, is DPW allowance still capped at $25?

In my relatively limited experience DPW does not. And the allowance is capped but no one respects the cap (or maybe just I don't?). Technically the manual says something like a "reasonable amount" and gives $25 as an example of a reasonable amount

[Anonymous User]

Ropes just announced that they're stopping its work from home meal reimbursement (which was $45) and decreasing the in office meal reimbursement cap to $45 (previously uncapped with no receipt required beneath $75).

[Anonymous User]

Ropes just announced that they're stopping its work from home meal reimbursement (which was $45) and decreasing the in office meal reimbursement cap to $45 (previously uncapped with no receipt required beneath $75).

It's worse than that. Pre-pandemic you could charge dinner to a client if you were working "late" (typically still in office after 8pm) with no budget but "be reasonable." During pandemic the policy was changed so we could charge $45 of dinner to the practice group for billing >9 hours, no need to allocate it to a particular client (so if you billed 1.25 to 8 clients it was much easier than having to answer the question if it was asked of "wait, you only billed an hour to this one client and it wasn't an hour starting at11pm, why'd you charge dinner to them?") Plus it didn't count against partners write-off budgets so the politics in general was way easier. You could still bill >$45 for dinner under the "be reasonable" formula if you did allocate it to a particular client (e.g., you were being killed on a closing and billing all day and night for a client and wanted to drown your and your s.o.'s sorrows in $60 worth of Chinese food). New policy is you must allocate the charge to a particular client and it has to be under $45.

[Anonymous User]

PW does - kicks in after 10+ hours billed in day. Believe it’s $50

The cap is "reasonable," which is suggested to be 50. I've done more (like 60-70) without comment, including getting multiple meals for my spouse/kids too. Dunno if that's a recommendation, but fyi. . .

[Res Ipsa Loquitter]

Ropes just announced that they're stopping its work from home meal reimbursement (which was $45) and decreasing the in office meal reimbursement cap to $45 (previously uncapped with no receipt required beneath $75).

It's worse than that. Pre-pandemic you could charge dinner to a client if you were working "late" (typically still in office after 8pm) with no budget but "be reasonable." During pandemic the policy was changed so we could charge $45 of dinner to the practice group for billing >9 hours, no need to allocate it to a particular client (so if you billed 1.25 to 8 clients it was much easier than having to answer the question if it was asked of "wait, you only billed an hour to this one client and it wasn't an hour starting at11pm, why'd you charge dinner to them?") Plus it didn't count against partners write-off budgets so the politics in general was way easier. You could still bill >$45 for dinner under the "be reasonable" formula if you did allocate it to a particular client (e.g., you were being killed on a closing and billing all day and night for a client and wanted to drown your and your s.o.'s sorrows in $60 worth of Chinese food). New policy is you must allocate the charge to a particular client and it has to be under $45.

Serious question: how bad is Ropes to work at? What are its actual peer firms in nyc?

[Anonymous User]

Ropes just announced that they're stopping its work from home meal reimbursement (which was $45) and decreasing the in office meal reimbursement cap to $45 (previously uncapped with no receipt required beneath $75).

It's worse than that. Pre-pandemic you could charge dinner to a client if you were working "late" (typically still in office after 8pm) with no budget but "be reasonable." During pandemic the policy was changed so we could charge $45 of dinner to the practice group for billing >9 hours, no need to allocate it to a particular client (so if you billed 1.25 to 8 clients it was much easier than having to answer the question if it was asked of "wait, you only billed an hour to this one client and it wasn't an hour starting at11pm, why'd you charge dinner to them?") Plus it didn't count against partners write-off budgets so the politics in general was way easier. You could still bill >$45 for dinner under the "be reasonable" formula if you did allocate it to a particular client (e.g., you were being killed on a closing and billing all day and night for a client and wanted to drown your and your s.o.'s sorrows in $60 worth of Chinese food). New policy is you must allocate the charge to a particular client and it has to be under $45.

Serious question: how bad is Ropes to work at? What are its actual peer firms in nyc?

Not in Ropes but in NYC I’d consider it a V50, not a V20.

[Anonymous User]

Gibson does not.

What’s Gibson’s policy if working late in the office? Free meal, and if so, what’s the cap?

[Anonymous User]

Weil does not.