Just discovered that yesterday two summer associates left in the middle of the day to go to a movie. I asked what movie. Our informant didn't know. I say if it was a good movie, we excuse them. If it was a bad movie, we fire them.
I told a summer associate he needed to record his time in greater detail. We had entries like 3 hours / Did some research, 1 hour / Wrote something up for partner, 2 hours / Searched Internet for information. Information about what. If we're going to charge clients for wasted summer associate time, at least we need to know what we're charging for. And no one really does things in round numbers. If you're going to estimate, estimate 1.8 or 2.2, not 2 hours even. Otherwise you're making it too easy.
I told a summer associate he needed to record his time in greater detail. We had entries like 3 hours / Did some research, 1 hour / Wrote something up for partner, 2 hours / Searched Internet for information. Information about what. If we're going to charge clients for wasted summer associate time, at least we need to know what we're charging for. And no one really does things in round numbers. If you're going to estimate, estimate 1.8 or 2.2, not 2 hours even. Otherwise you're making it too easy.
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