Reply To: Billable hours

[Andrew Garulay, RLA]

Don’t forget that you get paid for every hour you work, not just the hours that can be billed to a client.

 

There is no correlation between what your boss can bill you out for and what he pays you. It might not seem fair to you, but you, me, or your boss are/were paid as little as reasonably (or comfortably, if the boss is a nice person) possible and are/were billed out for as much as reasonably possible. That is the way it is. The more that your boss worries that you’ll be more valuable to someone else, the more (s)he’ll pay you. The more that (s)he feels like it will be hard to replace you, the more (s)he’ll pay. The more easily your position can be filled, the less (s)he’ll worry about paying you more. The more that they can bill your time out, the more they’ll think of paying you more.