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Skadden Hours Requirement for Bonus

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Jun 14, 2018 4:57 pm

Who else at Skadden (or elsewhere) will be missing out on the bonus because of the productive hours requirement? Are any other firms doing this? It seems extremely nasty - and cheap - to spring a productive hours requirement on us mid year. Is the firm going through some kind of financial trouble?

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Re: Skadden Hours Requirement for Bonus

Post by smokeylarue » Thu Jun 14, 2018 4:58 pm

Pad those hours friend. Paddin' for Skadden

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Re: Skadden Hours Requirement for Bonus

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Jun 14, 2018 4:59 pm

ITT: a Skadden associate tries to stoke outrage

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Re: Skadden Hours Requirement for Bonus

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:08 pm

yeah its so nasty for a firm to "spring on" a potential mid-year bonus.

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Re: Skadden Hours Requirement for Bonus

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Re: Skadden Hours Requirement for Bonus

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:10 pm

Anonymous User wrote:yeah its so nasty for a firm to "spring on" a potential mid-year bonus.
It boggles my mind that people like this exist. Unless you're a partner, then of course the bitterness makes perfect sense.

Being the only V10 to put an hours requirement on the summer bonus is going to have the headhunters circling. I'm pretty confident that they'll be quite successful as well.

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Re: Skadden Hours Requirement for Bonus

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Jun 15, 2018 7:17 pm

Has anyone confirmed if and how this policy will be enforced?

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Re: Skadden Hours Requirement for Bonus

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Jun 15, 2018 11:12 pm

I spoke discreetly to someone I know in attorney development and he said it would be based on hours to the end of May. I'm guessing it will be like the end of year bonus, so if you're close there might be some leeway, particularly if you're having a strong June.

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Re: Skadden Hours Requirement for Bonus

Post by Anonymous User » Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:57 am

I heard a rumor they've now decided it will be based on hours to the end of 2017. Seems bizarre they can't just tell us. Looks like we'll all just have to see whether the money's in our bank accounts on Friday based on whatever mystery metric they've decided on by that point.

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Re: Skadden Hours Requirement for Bonus

Post by LaLiLuLeLo » Sat Jun 23, 2018 12:08 pm

There sure are a lot of...what’s the right word? Not cuckolds, but similar idea. Bootlickers? Partners? On this forum that are pro-firm and anti-associate. It’s bizarre that so many people are against their own self interests. But I guess that’s why people vote republican. The mystery of the human condition continues.

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