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S&C Bonus Watch: What Does an Associate Bonus Look Like?

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I think I speak for many ATL readers and Biglaw followers when I ask: when the heck is S&C going to announce its 2008 associate bonuses?

Because the delay is getting ridiculous. It’s December 15th. All of S&C’s peer New York firms have announced already, except for Weil — and historically speaking we can’t expect Weil to move before S&C. S&C has always been a market leader on this matter. What gives?

One tipster puts the extent of S&C’s delay in stark relief:

S&C normally pays our bonus along with our December paycheck. Today, however, my December paycheck posted to my account, but no bonus along with it. Still no announcement from them regarding the change, so this is rather surprising.

It now seems likely that S&C won’t pay a dime of the 2008 associate bonus in 2008. That’s annoying. Essentially, the conversation over at S&C seems to be going like this:

S&C: I got a threshold. I got a threshold for the abuse that I will take. Now, right now, I’m a f**** race car, right, and you got me the red. I’m just saying that it’s f*#^@! dangerous to have a race car in the red. That’s all. I could blow.

ATL COMMUNITY: Oh! You ready to blow?

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S&C: Yeah, I’m ready to blow.

ATL COMMUNITY: Well, I’m a mushroom cloud laying mother$^&er, mother@%^&er. Every time [I open my inbox and don’t see a fair compensation message], I’m Superfly T.N.T., I’m the Guns of the Navarone!

Get with the program S&C.

Happy Monday.

Earlier: Prior ATL coverage of associate bonuses.

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