新的100,000美元的订婚可能会非常有利可图，或者是损失大量资金的订单。然而，许多公司奖励合作伙伴获得他们带来的费用{Top-Line}的数量，而不是他们是否带来有利可图的工作。
(A new $100,000 engagement can be very profitable, or be one that loses the firm a lot of money. Yet many firms reward partners for the volume of fees {top-line} that they bring in, not whether or not they bring in profitable work.)