Associates
associate
time
of
year
with
two
things:
getting
paid
a
lot
of
money
and
finally
having
the
time
to
see
your
family.
And
for
the
associates
at
Cleary
Gottlieb,
they
won’t
have
to
worry
about
getting
their
money!
The
firm
boasted
an
impressive
$1,700,000,000
gross
revenue
in
2024
according
to
Am
Law
100
and
has
no
problem
with
sharing
the
wealth
via
bonuses
and
special
bonuses.
Here’s
the
scale:
Bonuses
will
be
paid
on
the
19th
of
December!
Yay
money!
Now
that
that’s
out
of
the
way,
let’s
loop
back
to
the
seeing
your
family
bit
of
the
holidays.
According
to
Above
the
Law
tipsters,
Cleary
told
associates
to
cancel
any
holiday
plans
they
had
—
those
hours
aren’t
going
to
bill
themselves
after
all.
The
silver
lining
behind
the
golden
handcuffs
is
that
the
firm
also
offered
to
reimburse
the
travel
costs
lost
by
the
last
minute
cancellation.
Associates
without
vacation
plans
were
invited
to
make
sure
that
they
had
a
proper
vacation
scheduled
for
2026.
Hard
way
to
find
out
that
you’ll
have
to
push
off
seeing
your
loved
ones
until
Christmas,
but
at
least
Cleary
put
in
the
effort
to
soften
the
blow.
If
the
kind
words
aren’t
enough,
at
least
you’ll
have
a
nice
set
of
$100s
to
dry
those
tears
with.
We
like
hearing
about
bonuses
almost
as
much
as
you
enjoy
spending
them.
As
soon
as
your
firm’s
memo
comes
out,
please email
it
to
us (subject
line:
“[Firm
Name]
Bonus”)
or
text
us
(646-820-8477).
Please
include
the
memo
if
available.
You
can
take
a
photo
of
the
memo
and
send
it
via
text
or
email
if
you
don’t
want
to
forward
the
original
PDF
or
Word
file.
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.