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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you’ve GOT to stop all the non billable stuff other than mandatory training. Seriously, I’m not doing JACK that’s not billable. Fuck that.  Push back for your own sake.  [/quote] She might be able to avoid some of the non-billable stuff she's doing now by flying under the radar when volunteers are sought. But she can't refuse direct requests from partners for non-billable help, at least not repeatedly.  [/quote]

Exactly.  You can keep your head down, but you can't tell a partner to f-off when they ask you to help them write an article or something.  If for no other reason than that partner is never going to give you billable projects again, and will probably tell other partners.  Plus, some of that professional development stuff can help if you plan to jump ship by allowing you to build an area of specialization.  I have one friend who did that wrt antitrust litigation, and ended up moving in-house for a large conglomerate.  Some of that non-billable stuff was useful.  [/quote]

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