It's 5 P.m. At The Office. Working Fast, You've Finished Your Tasks For The Day And Want To Go Home. But None Of Your Colleagues Have Left Yet, So You Stay Another Hour Or Two, Surfing The Web And Reading Your E-mails Again, So You Don't Come Off As A Slacker. It's An Unfortunate Reality That Efficiency Often Goes Unrewarded In The Workplace.

-Robert Pozen

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It's 5 P.m. At The Office. Working

Robert Pozen

It's 5 P.m. At The Office. Working Fast, You've Finished Your Tasks For The Day And Want To Go Home. But None Of Your Colleagues Have Left Yet, So You Stay Another Hour Or Two, Surfing The Web And Reading Your E-mails Again, So You Don't Come Off As A Slacker. It's An Unfortunate Reality That Efficiency Often Goes Unrewarded In The Workplace.

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Reading

Home

Reality

From The Law Firm's Perspective, Billing By The Hour Has A Certain Appeal: It Shifts Risk From The Firm To The Client In Case The Work Takes Longer Than Expected. But From A Client's Perspective, It Doesn't Work So Well. It Gives Lawyers An Incentive To Overstaff And To Overresearch Cases.

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Giving

Perspective