Hey guys, the key in the article is the word "overhead." Things like secretaries, the expensive summer associate program, the salaries for the partners bringing in the clients, etc. He's most likely covering his salary just fine - it's that he's expected to do much more than that. As an associate they wanted us to bill 1900 hours, which at our billing rate and salary, equated to 3x our salary. The standards may be higher for a non-rainmaker partner, I don't know.