Turning in Assignments Early - Don't Do That, Not in Big Law, Not in Big PR

"I’m putting them on delay send from now on. 😂😭 plus you’re right… it will set an expectation that my work product always comes back early, so the day it doesn’t because I’m busy, people will be mad."- Here is an excerpt on the thread about submitting a work product before the deadline. Fishbowl, November 2022. 

This original post about turning in work early probably is from a relative newbie to Big Law. In a niche focused on perfection, that provides the opportunity for supervision to revise the content. In addition, since billing is likely per hour, this opens the door to added billing - and more work for a time-pressed associate. Seasoned players know this. 

Also, the expectation is embedded that this lawyer will always be ahead of the deadline. When that doesn't happen the perception of him or her could sour. That's just the way it is.

This reality isn't only in Big Law. 

In Big PR, from the get-go, when I was a vendor and dealt directly with clients I was told this: Never release the ghostwritten article or speech before it's due. The client will assume that assignment didn't entail enough research, content-creation, and editing to merit the fee charged. 

Of course, I also came to connect the dots on the agency's expectations. Since I started out as The Busy Bee willing to put in an all-nighter for urgent projects it was assumed that I could always be counted on for that. When I had assignments from other PR firms and even with an all-nighter couldn't accommodate the other firm or firms, there was disappointment. I sense that the gestalt was: She let us down.

Takeaway: Study the culture and what the winners do in order to get down cold what to do and not to do.

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