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Anonymous wrote:Because that’s what internal competition at places like Deloitte does to people. They brag about it. And have zero idea their net pay per hour is closer to minimum wage.

I felt that way about BIGLAW many years ago. Every extra 100 hours that I billed made another $75k for the firm, but I only saw a small percentage of that (~$18-20k) Yet those extra hours cut into gym time, sleep, dating, etc... My overhead was covered by the first 700 hours that I billed of the minimum 2,000, so every hour that I billed was just pure profit for the firm. So why bother, especially with Uncle Sam and the state/local government taking 50% of that anyway.

This is very true, and I also realized it, but, OTOH, if the case is yours and the deadlines are real (like in litigation), where a missed deadline can be a real problem, I put pressure on myself to get things done, and get them done right / produce a good work product. So, perfectionism probably came into play somewhat.