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[quote=Anonymous]I wouldn’t go nuclear over your first month.  It takes a little time to figure out each firm’s billing structure.  If you are still having this problem after 4 months, it might not be a good fit for you.

I usually have to write off a lot of « billable » hours for my new associates, even the senior ones.  If something normally takes 5 hours and the client is used to paying for 5 hours, I can’t bill the client for 20 hours just because it took a new associate that long.  I just have to eat that cost myself at my firm.   Your firm makes you eat that cost.  I don’t really mind if it only takes a few months for the associate to get up to speed.  It starts to bother me when I have to continuously eat those hours out of my own numbers.  Your firm seems to have realized that associates don’t care when they tank a partner’s numbers if they keep getting paid and they have no incentive to work faster or more efficiently.  You have an incentive to get faster because it will increase your pay.  [/quote]

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