Firm tightening costs bc of corona. They are looking at billables and looking to fire people who are underperforming. Not that layoffs are better, but why firing vs laying off in a time like this?

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Being laid off or being fired or being terminated is all semantics.

There would only be a difference if you were fired “for cause” and denied severance / they contested your unemployment. Or if they indicated that you were being fired and ineligible for rehire / given a poor reference. That would be the real dick move

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From a firm public image perspective, it can be advantageous to say “hey, we got too big and we have some poor attorneys we should have fired a while ago” rather than “we are fucked across the board and have to lay off people.”

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More like rather than “we wanna keep are partner pay high so gotta lay off”

Which firm

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You know who D1, I heard you guys got like three different tracking mechanisms you gotten put charge hours actual & anticipated daily.

Got laid off today and was told it’s “not a lay-off but a reorganization” & that obviously feels like a shady move- why wouldn’t they call it a lay-off in the middle of a fuxking pandemic.

Sorry that happened to you. No matter what they call it, file unemployment through your state. Reorg my *ss. They want to make themselves feel better. Praying you find something soon! Hand in there!

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Severance is your answer.

Got pay it in a right to work state if it’s in the contract ... unless you fire them for cause.

No you dont. Right to work laws have nothing to do with severance.

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