Consulting Office and Work Environment
Consulting Office and Work Environment
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Hi folks,
I am looking to take a position at a consulting office. It's a small office and my compensation is based on a salary if I hit a certain amount of billable hours worked for the month. If I can get past that minimum monthly threshold, I can earn about another 30% for every additional billable hour.
One question I have is if I take vacation, I would not be able to hit the hours that month, and would effectively get a pay cut. Also, if I am sick, I miss those hours and could end up short at the month. The salary is a little less that I am making now, but the bonus could get me back to what I am at now. I am given two weeks vacation, but not sure if it is really a vacation?
How do you guys like the consulting work? Is it volatile? What if the office doesn't have work, do you get a pay cut that month? What is the upside? What do you enjoy about it?
I can see a stable paycheck from a regular company might have its virtue, but the work seems interesting.
Thanks guys!!!
cpy911
I am looking to take a position at a consulting office. It's a small office and my compensation is based on a salary if I hit a certain amount of billable hours worked for the month. If I can get past that minimum monthly threshold, I can earn about another 30% for every additional billable hour.
One question I have is if I take vacation, I would not be able to hit the hours that month, and would effectively get a pay cut. Also, if I am sick, I miss those hours and could end up short at the month. The salary is a little less that I am making now, but the bonus could get me back to what I am at now. I am given two weeks vacation, but not sure if it is really a vacation?
How do you guys like the consulting work? Is it volatile? What if the office doesn't have work, do you get a pay cut that month? What is the upside? What do you enjoy about it?
I can see a stable paycheck from a regular company might have its virtue, but the work seems interesting.
Thanks guys!!!
cpy911





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Also what is your billable hour level set at? Is it 160 hours per month or lower?
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Billable hour target is 105/month. The charge out to clients is $100/hr
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If you get paid more for extra hours I would be pushing for 10 hour days if possible.
So if you want to go on vacation during the middle of the month you will have to pull 2 weeks of 10 hour days and only take 30 minute lunches. That will give you 105 hours
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That is a stupid way to pay employees. I understand that they don't want to pay them if they don't have the work, but such is life. I work for a consulting company and my bosses know that sometimes it gets slow and that there is other work to do to build the company other than billable hour work. If I was paid by the hour and based on billable hours all my projects would take forever, regardless.
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I am concerned also that the hours might not be there as projects ebb and flow. I am not tasked with getting new business, but may have to if projects dry up. This all seems risky to me.
Thanks for your comments.
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