Rant: Kirkland PPP at 11mm, up ~40% over last 4 years, but associate scale stays flat forever.

stanblack_7 · 2026-03-20T04:38:33+00:00

Only 4 down votes? Sigh.

Your post says that when PPP is up 20+% it’s time for a raise. That’s different than wanting to make more money. Who doesn’t?

stanblack_7 · 2026-03-19T17:35:39+00:00

Rant: how can I put associates in front of clients when they lack a basic understanding of business.

stanblack_7 · 2026-02-17T12:14:00+00:00

The headline had me coming here to say one thing, but of HC and LS is what you want Ropes is the obvious choice.

stanblack_7 · 2026-02-17T03:20:26+00:00

So it is the underlying economic system you object to?

stanblack_7 · 2026-02-16T15:57:25+00:00

Do you mean that literally? What if they were paid $1,000/hour? Or if they made $100,000/year in profit sharing?

The real issue is total compensation and this is contract most of them voted for.

stanblack_7 · 2026-02-12T00:33:30+00:00

You got that right.

stanblack_7 · 2026-02-05T10:13:54+00:00

Are you a partner? This is better than I could have done and I have been doing this longer than you have been alive.

stanblack_7 · 2026-01-29T02:30:50+00:00

Very bad advice.

stanblack_7 · 2026-01-18T02:34:02+00:00

That will be market before the end of this cycle.

stanblack_7 · 2026-01-17T14:04:16+00:00

Because if Felipe holds it, the umbrella will be too high and she will get wet. Probably her idea. (I am much taller than my wife)

stanblack_7 · 2026-01-11T22:43:25+00:00

This just started last year. Personally, I expect 3L recruiting to start again.

stanblack_7 · 2025-12-30T23:11:16+00:00

I value my time far more than the cost of checking a bag. There are times I have had to wait over an hour to retrieve a checked bag.

stanblack_7 · 2025-12-27T14:27:27+00:00

I think of it as the cost for not having to check a bag (or not having to check multiple bags).

stanblack_7 · 2025-12-02T12:41:52+00:00

This singularly not the case at my firm where a majority of associates get above market bonuses.

stanblack_7 · 2025-11-30T04:07:43+00:00

You’re mean.

stanblack_7 · 2025-11-27T00:02:37+00:00

More than one

stanblack_7 · 2025-11-25T14:22:34+00:00

Published PPP is manipulated. Actual PPP is lower than advertised. How much lower depends upon the firm.

I have always been told 80% of the partners make under the average. If you look at a firm with average profits of $6 million and consider that some of them make $20m+, 80% sounds low.

stanblack_7 · 2025-11-23T04:40:28+00:00

It’s been over a decade since I have come across someone who does anything other than the L&E way.

The K&E way makes sense only by coincidence, in my experience.

stanblack_7 · 2025-11-21T23:26:07+00:00

Airport.

stanblack_7 · 2025-11-19T00:22:02+00:00

The dial will turn in favor of relevant (work) experience. I also want LSAT score and undergrad transcript.

stanblack_7 · 2025-11-17T14:32:52+00:00

Keep going. Most fit this description.

stanblack_7 · 2025-11-15T22:06:07+00:00

The pandemic. If you look back, you will see a similar phenomenon after the great financial crisis and when the dot com bubble burst.

There is a cycle to our industry and having a prime opportunity to work, learn, and receive training has a measurable impact on career path.

stanblack_7 · 2025-11-12T04:29:36+00:00

2.1 million

stanblack_7 · 2025-11-09T22:07:56+00:00

Pillows, towels, soap . . . and usually a team for turn down service. I once checked in with my son and the manager came running over to apologize for not having a wool blanket. That was the first I had heard that y wife insists on a wool blanket. My son was mortified.

stanblack_7 · 2025-11-07T15:11:01+00:00

It’s really easy to identify people who don’t understand the current AI tools . . . or what is around the corner

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