Spring is in the air!
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009Don’t know about you, but I’ve heard about quite a bit of activity in the last few weeks.
One project was started then apparently abandoned up in the Woodlands. It was funny to watch the fireworks as 4 different agencies were looking for people who wanted to work there. Slight differences in rates being offered too. I guess the lowest bid eventuall won, and Donovan Watkins ended up sending reviewers up there. It’s a bit of a drive up there, so some of the reviewers must have preferred the drive downtown to the new project at DeNovo that started last week. When almost half of the review decided they wanted to work somewhere else, I guess the company hit the reset button on the review and they’re retooling to go at it another way.
De Novo started off with 50 people, added another 10, and now they’re looking for a few more people, (25 more?) in case you’re wondering. I think it’s at a “below market” or should we say “new” market rate of under $35 per hour.
I think Fulbright is humming along at over 100 attorneys, but they may be getting tired of having all those contract lawyers running around the halls of Fulbright Tower. There must be some other place they can put them.
Still a few big oil reviews sputtering around, but nothing noteworthy as far as numbers of reviewers being employed or fired.
That’s all I know for now, let me know if you hear anything else.