(n) In law or other industries where time is entered by professionals for billing to clients, the process by which the time is "written down," by owners of the firm to reduce the compensation of the professionals entering the time.
Frequently, this phenomenon is accompanied by the owners of the firm "writing up" their own time on the same file to increase their own share of the billings to the client.
Frequently, this phenomenon is accompanied by the owners of the firm "writing up" their own time on the same file to increase their own share of the billings to the client.
I billed 200 hours last month, but the backfield shrinkage will probably cut that in half by the time that it gets billed out.
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Get the fuckfield mug.Absolute shit pit in East Sussex, everyone who goes here wants to die and the teachers care more about uniform and jewelry than they do about doing their job. It's in a decent enough area tbh just a very dull school
Person 1:where do you go to school?
Person 2: Uckfield College
Person 1: and you haven't died of boredum yet?!
Person 2: Uckfield College
Person 1: and you haven't died of boredum yet?!
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