Firstly, just to be clear, I'm not a partner in deloitte nor are any of my comments about deloitte specificallyNow, the general answer to your question is that you pretty much have free reign as a partner. Nobody's going to question your hours. But, what they will question, with laser-like precision, is your contribution to the partnership. By which I mean financial contribution. So you have to make sure you're running a profitable business line. Within most partnerships there is some sort of understanding about just how much the partners want to try and earn each year, and everybody broadly has to be at around that level otherwise you stand out as a non-performer. So the answer is, you can pretty much not even bother turning up for work, just so long as you can show you're bringing in the readies...
