Plenty of things to be frustrated about in Biglaw, but today I'm just grateful to work in an industry and at a firm that doesn't cut 4,000 folks in a single, lower-case tweet. Granted, those severance packages were extremely generous, but God damn that was ruthless.

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I think it kinda comes with territory in tech. They just don't worry about long term effects, just short term build.

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Yeah, honestly this sucks but random RIFs are kinda par for the course in that industry.

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OOL. Who tweeted what?

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yeah this whole situation is truly wild

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Agreed. Also makes the white shoe firms more attractive imo, they will be the last to do lay offs if any in the coming AI shock. KE, LW etc will be trigger happy

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respectfully think you have it slightly off. Partner departures show weakness in retaining junior partners, but doesn't indicate where is a good place to be an associate who wants to make partner.

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