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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I worked at a horrible law firm. This one partner set up a nanny cam in another associate's office (also female, who worked for her). Another associate noticed it and asked what it was.

This other partner insisted that the associates working for her department input their billables every night before leaving. She would randomly print out a list of everyone's billables that month to date and walk around berating people. [/quote]

Nanny cam is a no-no.  The other stuff is probably OK.  Associates should bill daily.  Otherwise there's a risk they'll just make it up later and it won't be accurate.  Also, if you're an associate you shouldn't mind knowing how your billables compare to others.  You don't want to get to the end of the year and find out for the first time you're at the low end and people expected more.  But actually berating associates about billables is poor form, because associates typically depend on the partners for work.  Overall it doesn't sound like a fun place.

Shit happens.  I had a bad back as a second-year associate and ended up in traction in a hospital bed for a week.  When I returned, one of the partners immediately wanted to know why my billables had been low that month.  He wasn't a bad guy, but thought that was how he was supposed to deal with more junior people as a young partner. [/quote]

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