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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So you got full pay for 6 months, a raise and a pro-rated bonus and you are pissed?  Did you also get a fall bonus while you were on leave like some firms have paid this year?  And did you really “meet” your hours with billable work or are you including client development and other (non-pro bono) firm hours which associates at most firms can now tack on to meet their minimum hours?  Honestly, as a female partner in a big law firm who took my last maternity leave over 10 years ago I find the sense of entitlement of younger attorneys astounding.  Get over yourself and move on OP.[/quote]

I’m not OP but you sound horrible. Most firms have found out that pro bono and some other non-billable work adds value and is important and reward associates appropriately for doing some of it while also doing billable work (the amount of which is often outside the control of junior associates). I agree that a pro rated bonus for pro rated work is fair but sounds like OP didn’t even get that. I hope you’re more supportive to the junior lawyers at your firm than you sound. [/quote]

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