If you’re a midlevel, have never had a bad review, but want to get fired for the severance, how would you go about doing it and how long would it take?

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The hilarious thing is with the way this industry works is you can come out financially ahead by collecting severance, double-dipping with a new job and sign-on bonus with the added bonus of enjoying a several months sabbatical

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I know friends who lateraled a lot and it made the job market harder for them even if it gave them a slightly longer “shelf life”. I think in the long term it’s better to stay at a higher caliber firm for a longer period of time. If you have other top credentials that could help mitigate the moves a little bit but not always unfortunately.

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Do the opposite of what you do now

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Quiet quit lol.

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Idem.

Probably just push back on taking new work and coast at <60% utilization for a couple months.

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I did this for over a year. Started in January after a particularly depressing/ disillusioning conversation with a partner and lasted until December when I was told my hours were low and I had until February to show I was committed to billing more. Instead negotiated an exit by end of April.

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Look into negotiating a severance and website time, which I’ve seen some people do. You could also consider volunteering for a secondment.

Secondment isn’t getting fired/severance. Also a lot of clients don’t want someone crappy who the firm is willing to fire, they interview the person and can say no, that they want someone else.

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