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Biglaw Bros: Questions about billing
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Date: February 21st, 2012 7:15 PM
Do you bill bathroom breaks or coffee breaks? (Assume 5 to 15 minutes per 2 hours)
What about if you eat lunch at your desk and are less efficient? |
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Date: February 21st, 2012 7:16 PM |
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Date: March 2nd, 2012 9:11 PM
(2) Bathroom, yes. Coffee, no. I do take bathroom breaks pretty often, partly to just clear my head.
(3) I eat lunch at my desk often but generally don't do work while eating. Hard to focus while you're eating.
I usually won't write off time to inefficiency if I'm just, say, working slightly slower than normal because I'm tired or if space out for a minute or whatever after working on something boring. But I'll write off time if I go play on the internet or something.
It also depends on the day and the client. If I like the client, I'll write off time if I feel I should have spent less time. If I don't like the client, I never ever do that. I have on rare occasions even engaged in a good ol' union-style work slowdown if the client / project sucks enough. |
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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:02 PM
Have you ever pulled the ol' look at the timer, thinking you've slaved away for 2 hours, see its only been 40 minutes and give yourself a 1 hr addition? |
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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:33 PM |
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Date: February 21st, 2012 7:17 PM
bill separately depending on nature of work and client/partner demands
no inefficiency discount |
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Date: February 21st, 2012 7:21 PM |
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Date: February 21st, 2012 7:21 PM |
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Date: February 21st, 2012 7:21 PM |
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Date: February 21st, 2012 7:20 PM |
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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:04 PM
Incidentally, I am NEVER paying for jr associates if I become GC of a major corp. |
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Date: March 2nd, 2012 9:14 PM |
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Date: March 2nd, 2012 9:17 PM |
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Date: March 2nd, 2012 9:17 PM
I don't count specific breaks, but I discount a bit for the knowledge that I take a shitload of breaks.
I don't work during lunch. If I am less efficient, I tend to discount a bit (but you're definitely not supposed to).
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Date: March 2nd, 2012 9:22 PM
I've even done "15.75 hours -- Closing tasks for closing XYZ deal" on occasion and nobody has ever said anything about it.
Probably because they realize I would stab them in the eye if they bitched me out about my sixteen hour day. |
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Date: March 2nd, 2012 9:37 PM |
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Date: March 2nd, 2012 9:55 PM |
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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:05 PM |