Bit
of
bonus
announcement
irony:
when
we
used
Baker
Botts
as
an
example
of
the
type
of
bonus
standard
that
Arnold
&
Porter
should
have
lived
up
to,
the
comparison
was
a
little
too
apples
to
apples.
As
it
turns
out,
Baker
Botts
also
pulled
an
hours
threshold
bait
and
switch
—
that
can
happen
when
you
make
the
fatal
mistake
of
taking
people
at
their
word!
As
it
turns
out,
the
firm’s
wording
on
the
conditions
for
the
special
bonus
was
vague.
As
one
tipster
put
it:
Individualized
bonus
memos
came
out
last
week
and
most
people
found
in
that
memo
out
they
weren’t
getting
the
special
bonus.
Turns
out
the
requirement
for
the
special
bonus
is
2000
CLIENT
billable
hours,
rather
than
the
regular
2000
bonus-eligible
target
which
includes
1800
client
billable
and
200
pro
bono,
biz
dev,
etc.
hours.
The
best
part:
we
found
out
about
this
new
requirement
AFTER
the
billable
year
ended.
Another
posted
to
Reddit
this
morning
even
more
irate:
Consistent
readers
will
know
that
it’s
even
worse
than
the
billable
bait
and
switch
HoLove
pulled
before
the
bad
PR
got
them
to
make
right
by
their
associates.
HoLove
at
least
gave
their
associates
more
than
a
week
to
skip
sleep
and
work
if
they
were
near
the
bonus
threshold.
Announcing
the
bonus
thresholds
after
there’s
nothing
associates
can
do
to
get
in
good
standing
is
especially
cruel.
Way
to
ruin
the
holidays!
Earlier: Biglaw
Firm
Bakes
Blessings
In
For
Bigger
Bonuses
Biglaw
Firm
Celebrates
Holidays
By
‘Encouraging’
Associates
To
Burn
The
Midnight
Oil
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.
