I’m a junior transactional associate and I’m anticipating being laid off from my law firm due to low billable hours, despite extensive efforts to secure work (sending hundreds of emails soliciting work, traveling to other offices, etc.). I’m concerned the firm will try to characterize the layoff as performance-based when the real issue is industry-wide transactional slowdowns. Also, my firm is known for offering below-market severance packages and website time. How do I handle?

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Upside is that, although they may say something different in your termination meeting, they are very unlikely to tell anyone else that you’ve been fired.

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Most of America is at-will, which means firing doesn’t have to be for a cause.

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