It\u2019s not quite Milbank\u2019s summer \u201cplease love us, please stay, please bill\u201d bonus extravaganza<\/a>, but McKool\u2019s offering is nothing to sneeze at. Is it life-changing? No. Is it enough to buy a plane ticket home, a decent bottle of bourbon, and the emotional buffer required to survive a full Thanksgiving weekend with extended family? Absolutely. And this is the kind of gesture that keeps morale high \u2014 or at least above the level where attorneys start doom-scrolling job boards during lunch.<\/p>\n So congratulations, McKool attorneys. Enjoy the bonus, enjoy the validation, and enjoy the brief moment of hope before December\u2019s year-end chaos begins.<\/p>\n Happy Thanksgiving \u2014 and happy bonus season.<\/p>\n Read the full announcement below.<\/p>\n Remember everyone, we depend on your tips to stay on top of compensation updates, so when your firm announces or matches, please text us (646-820-8477) or\u00a0email us<\/a>\u00a0(subject line: \u201c[Firm Name] Bonus\/Matches\u201d). Please include the memo if available. You can take a photo of the memo and send it via text or email if you don\u2019t want to forward the original PDF or Word file.<\/p>\n And if you\u2019d like to sign up for ATL\u2019s Bonus Alerts (which is the alert list we also use for salary announcements), please scroll down and enter your email address in the box below this post. If you previously signed up for the bonus alerts, you don\u2019t need to do anything. You\u2019ll receive an email notification within minutes of each bonus announcement that we publish. Thanks for your help!<\/p>\n The post Associates Get A Kool Special Thanksgiving Bonus<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n Break out the stretchy pants and gratitude journals, because McKool Smith, the Texas-based complex trial firm that\u2019s been handing out money to associates hand over fist for years, just dropped a little holiday surprise on its attorneys: special Thanksgiving bonuses, ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 depending on seniority.<\/p>\n Yes, in addition to<\/em> year-end bonuses.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not quite Milbank\u2019s summer \u201cplease love us, please stay, please bill\u201d bonus extravaganza<\/a>, but McKool\u2019s offering is nothing to sneeze at. Is it life-changing? No. Is it enough to buy a plane ticket home, a decent bottle of bourbon, and the emotional buffer required to survive a full Thanksgiving weekend with extended family? Absolutely. And this is the kind of gesture that keeps morale high \u2014 or at least above the level where attorneys start doom-scrolling job boards during lunch.<\/p>\n So congratulations, McKool attorneys. Enjoy the bonus, enjoy the validation, and enjoy the brief moment of hope before December\u2019s year-end chaos begins.<\/p>\n Happy Thanksgiving \u2014 and happy bonus season.<\/p>\n Read the full announcement below.<\/p>\n Remember everyone, we depend on your tips to stay on top of compensation updates, so when your firm announces or matches, please text us (646-820-8477) or\u00a0email us<\/a>\u00a0(subject line: \u201c[Firm Name] Bonus\/Matches\u201d). Please include the memo if available. You can take a photo of the memo and send it via text or email if you don\u2019t want to forward the original PDF or Word file.<\/p>\n And if you\u2019d like to sign up for ATL\u2019s Bonus Alerts (which is the alert list we also use for salary announcements), please scroll down and enter your email address in the box below this post. If you previously signed up for the bonus alerts, you don\u2019t need to do anything. You\u2019ll receive an email notification within minutes of each bonus announcement that we publish. Thanks for your help!<\/p>\n Break out the stretchy pants and gratitude journals, because McKool Smith, the Texas-based complex trial firm that\u2019s been handing out money to associates hand over fist for years, just dropped a little holiday surprise on its attorneys: special Thanksgiving bonuses, ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 depending on seniority. Yes, in addition to year-end bonuses. 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